Month: March 2019

SC to hear on Monday fresh plea for not evicting forest dwellers

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court will hear on Monday a fresh plea seeking a direction to authorities not to evict any forest dweller and to set up an SIT to look into alleged illegal acquisition of tribals’ land. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv […]

No end of tunnel for HFCs, FY20 looks as difficult as FY19: Report

Mumbai : The liquidity crisis has crimped credit growth for housing finance companies (HFCs) and is unlikely to improve much in FY20, even as the weak external environment will put a pressure on asset quality, warns a report. HFCs are expected to report a 13-15 percent credit growth in […]

Rs 3 lakh cr pvt power investment at risk as discoms delay payments

New Delhi : ?As much as Rs 3 lakh crore of investment in a dozen power plants of the private sector is at risk of turning into NPA as states buying power have not been making payment for months, official data and sources said. According to data available on […]

Distribution, product innovation key drivers for growth: Thomas Cook India

New Delhi :  Travel services firm Thomas Cook India is betting big on enhanced distribution with special focus on tier-II and III cities and product innovation to drive growth, a top company official said. The company currently offers services like foreign exchange, corporate travel, leisure travel, insurance, visa and […]

Germany’s Wunder Mobility bets on carpool for India’s pollution problem

New Delhi :  With India home to seven of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world, Germany-based mobility solutions provider Wunder is pitching carpooling as an effective remedy to the alarming levels of vehicular pollution in the country. Wunder has drawn up an aggressive expansion strategy for […]

US to host Chinese trade delegation starting April 3

Washington ;  A second student from the Florida high school where 17 were shot dead in 2018 has committed suicide within a week, US media reported Sunday. The Miami Herald said police in Coral Springs told the paper that a current student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in […]

Critically ill Indian man has over Rs 18,00,000 of bills in Dubai hospital

Dubai : A critically ill Indian man, who was visiting his son in Dubai, has surging bills over lakhs in a Dubai hospital after he was diagnosed with lung infection, leading to a multi-organ failure, UAE media reported on Sunday. Surendra Nath Khanna, 66, who hails from Punjab, was […]

Cyclone death toll above 750; fighting disease new challenge

Beira (Mozambique): Cyclone Idai’s death toll has risen above 750 in the three southern African countries hit 10 days ago by the storm, as workers restore electricity, water and try to prevent outbreak of cholera, authorities said Sunday. In Mozambique the number of dead has risen to 446 while […]

Polls close in Thailand’s first general election since 2014 coup

Bangkok :  Thais began the nail-biting wait late Sunday to see whether the ruling junta will return to power as a civilian government, or if pro-democracy parties can triumph against the odds, as polls closed in the country’s first general election since a 2014 coup. The Election Commission estimated […]

Cong ‘banking on lies’, might win election in Pakistan: Ram Madhav

Guwahati :  BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav Sunday said the Congress might win an election in Pakistan if it contests from there as the opposition party is “banking on lies” and the neighbouring country. Addressing a press conference here, Madhav also claimed that the statements of the Congress […]

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