India suffers losses of $9.8 billion every year owing to multi-hazard disasters as 58.6 percent of its land is prone to earthquakes and 8.5 percent vulnerable to cyclone, as per a UN estimate....
The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) closed at $62.18 a barrel on Friday, compared to $62.21 last Thursday, the organisation's secretariat said....
Two- and three-wheeler major Bajaj Auto said on Monday that it achieved its best ever sales figure in commercial vehicles for the month of April this year but its two-wheeler sales declined by five percent during the month. ...
Tourists go sightseeing on a transparent horseshoe-shaped cantilever bridge at the Yunyang Longgang Geological Park in Chongqing, southwest China, May 3, 2015....
Four million mobile subscribers have supported COAI's campaign favouring net neutrality for internet-based communication services like WhatsApp and Skype and their being subject to norms similar to those applying to mobile phone operators, the apex body of cellular operators said on Sunday ...
"We found IHG like us hungry for business and our interests matched. IHG is strong in room reservations and has over 4,800 hotels under its fold. It has a young and energetic team. There were lot of synergies and hence the partnership," Manav Goyal, owner, director at Adyar Gate Hotels Ltd., told IANS....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pushed for fast-tracking all projects that will ensure a modern infrastructure backbone in the country, as part of the targets set for the 75th year of India's ...
The central government will spend Rs.20,000 crore for the development of roads in the northeastern states this year, Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said here ...
Mauli Teli has people coming up to her often and asking what 'halal' has to do with cosmetics. "Are such cosmetics only for Muslims?" they sometimes enquire. ...
Even as the increasing popularity of online shopping appears to pose a threat to the conventional brick-and-mortar stores, researchers have found that introducing physical outlets can increase revenue of online retailers by about 20 percent. ...
