NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand has emerged the surprise leader of the
ease of doing business ranking as per the position on the last day of
submission of evidences of reforms by states. Uttarakhand, which was ranked 23
last year, is followed by Telangana that has improved from 13th spot, with
several states becoming highly competitive even as the industrial states that
get the bulk of investments
The United States is seeking trade sanctions against
India after winning a dispute at the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding
Indian restrictions on imports of US poultry meat, eggs and live pigs, the WTO
said on Friday. The United States has requested a WTO meeting on July 19 to
launch the claim for compensation, according to an agenda circulated by the
WTO. The agenda did not give any
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have suspended Kithuruwan
Vithanage from all forms of the game for one year after finding him guilty of
misconduct and breaching the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Code of
Conduct. According to local media reports, the 25-year-old was involved in a
late night public brawl in Colombo last month. This is the second disciplinary
issue involving Vithanage
Jaipur, Jul 9 (UNI) Senior journalist and author LM Ishwar
passed away here yesterday after a brief illness. Ishwar (82), who had worked
with the Hindu and Blitz in the sixties and the early seventies, had also been
the press advisor to the then Rajasthan Chief Minister Harideo Joshi during the
mid 70s. Ishwar, who hailed from Hasan district of Karnataka, is survived by
wife and two daughters. Known
Javed Akhtar, the former Pakistan cricketer and umpire,
passed away at the age of 75 on Friday (July 8). Akhtar, an offspinner born in
Delhi in November 1940, went on to play just one Test match, against England at
Headingley in 1962. He went wicket-less in the game and did not feature in an
international fixture again. Akhtar, however, picked up 187 wickets and 835
runs in 51 first-class matches he played
Moscow: The Volga Neuroscience Meeting 2016 is the first
international conference on neuroscience in Russia. The Meeting is divided onto
four sections “Cellular neuroscience”, “Molecular neuroscience”, “Computational
neuroscience” and “Neuroengineering”. The meeting will also include two
workshops “Brain-computer interfaces and cognitive navigation” and “Dynamics in
life sciences, neuroscience
In his Vakola home, 8-year-old Jayden D'mello plays swift
moves with chess figurines against his elder brother. Jayden returned a
champion back from Moscow, where he was representing India along with six other
children at the international games. Between seven Indian participants, Jayden
D'mello (8), Bhoomi Prajapati (10), Riya Shinde (11), Aadish Cheruku (11), Yash
Chandra (13), Navedullah Khan
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat government would be organising 'Vibrant
Gujarat Start-Up Summit', a first of its kind event dedicated to the start-ups,
on October 21 and 22 at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar here, a senior official
said. It would be in the run-up to the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit to be held
in January next year, said Additional Chief Secretary, Industries and Mines,
Arvind Agarwal. "To focus
Inching towards fulfilling one of its poll promises, the Aam
Aadmi Party government on Friday approved the new slum and jhuggi-jhopri
rehabilitation policy, under which slums that came up before January 2015 will
not be demolished without providing alternative accommodation to its dwellers.
The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister
Arvind Kejriwal at the Delhi
The State Level Single Window Clearance and Monitoring
Authority (SLSWCMA) cleared 20 Industrial projects with investment of Rs with
543.26 crore and creating employment potential for 1,100 persons here. New
proposals approved at a meeting presided over by Chief minister Virbhadra Singh
included M/s Sagar Biotech, for setting up of Agro-Biotech Industrial
Project/integrated Tissue Culture
Chandigarh: The decision of Punjab Government to ply
government buses in rural areas, which has no or nominal bus services, has got
the nod from Hon’ble Supreme Court of India as the Hon’ble Court has dismissed
both the cases filed by the Punjab Mini Bus Association against the decision of
the state government. Disclosing this here today, Harmail Singh, State
Transport Commissioner, Punjab said that
Pretoria: India and South Africa on Friday signed three
memorandums of understanding (MoUs), including two on information and
communication technology and tourism. The MoUs were signed following
delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendara Modi and South
African President Jacob Zuma here. The first MoU is on cooperation in the area
of information and communication
In a bid to reduce transmission and distribution loss among
power distribution companies in the state, the West Bengal Electricity
Regulatory Commission (WBERC) on Friday signed an MoU with Korea Electric Power
Corporation (KEPCO) to conduct a feasibility study. In presence of State Power
Minister Sovandeb Chatterjee, the MoU was signed between WBERC Secretary J.C.
Chakraborty and
President Shri Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate the first
edition of “India Skills Competition” on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day
on 15th July, 2016. Skill India will be celebrating its first anniversary
on the occassion. Skill India has been quite close to the President’s heart. In
a recent initiative, he has ensured that 1500 employees at, the Rashtrapati
Bhavan, get certified under the
The National Green Tribunal today sought the Centre’s reply
on a plea alleging inaction on part of the Taj Trapezium Zone Authority (TTZ)
that has led to deterioration of air quality “adversely” affecting the iconic
Taj Mahal. A bench comprising Justice M S Nambiar and Expert Member Ranjan
Chatterjee issued notices to Environment Ministry, Uttar Pradesh government,
Taj Trapezium Zone Pollution
The Supreme Court on Friday proposed to consider the
grievance of the National Human Right’s Commission (NHRC) that it has become a
“toothless tiger” with the apex right’s body complaining about difficulties in
discharging its duties, including non-cooperation from State governments and
lack of staff. The court noted the rights commissions’ submission that “it was
helpless in taking any
NEW DELHI, July 8: Commerce and Industry Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman will lead a delegation of over 110 Indian companies that
will showcase their engineering prowess at a trade fair in Russia. India is the
partner country for ‘INNOPROM 2016’, which is the largest annual international
industrial trade fair of Russia. The 4-day fair will start from July 10 in
Ekaterinburg. With ‘Industrial Net’ being the
West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) on
Friday signed an MoU with Korean power company, Korea Electric Power
Corporation(KEPCO), to conduct a feasibility study to reduce transmission and
distribution loss among power distribution companies in the state. The MoU was
signed between WBERC Secretary J C Chakraborty and KEPCO GM Moon Taeok, in
presence of state
PARIS, Jul 8 : England’s Mark Clattenburg will be the referee
for Sunday’s European Championship final between France and Portugal at the
Stade de France, governing body UEFA said today. The 41-year-old also
officiated in the Champions League final, won by Real Madrid over city rivals
Atletico in May. He becomes the second man to take charge of both major
European occasions in the same year
THE OFFICIAL opening ceremony of the first national training
camp for physically challenged persons was held at the Basic Training Centre of
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Bhanu, in Panchkula on Friday. The camp
started on July 7 and the official ceremony was inaugurated by Arvind Kumar, IG
ITBP, North West Frontier, Chandigarh. Trainers of Aditya Mehta Foundation will
train disabled
Washington: Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have
identified, on the dwarf planet Ceres, permanently shadowed regions most of which
likely have been cold enough to trap water ice for a billion years. The
findings suggest that that ice deposits could exist in these regions even now.
"The conditions on Ceres are right for accumulating deposits of water
ice," said Norbert Schorghofer, a
The facility includes weapons systems and loadmaster station
trainers that can be employed individually or networked together to rehearse
complete missions. Boeing and Mahindra Defence Systems on Friday opened a
center in Gurgaon to provide C-17 training services to the Indian Air Force
(IAF). The new center will be capable of conducting local and multi-site
simulations for added realism and robust
North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on
Saturday but it appears to have failed soon after launch, South Korea's
military said. The launch comes at the end of a week of sharply rising tensions
on the peninsula. It is only a day after the U.S. and South Korea pledged to
deploy an advanced anti-missile system to counter threats from Pyongyang, and
two days after North Korea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has given his assent to the
legislation consisting of a package of controversial anti-terror amendments.
The legislation is dubbed as Big Brother law was adopted by the lower and upper
houses of Russian parliament in June 2016. The nick-name Big Brother law was
coined by Edward Snowden, US intelligence contractor turned privacy activist.
He has condemned the
A team of international astronomers for the first time have
sighted a Jovian planet orbiting a triple star system. The planet has been
named as HD 131399Ab. The strange planet was sighted by team of astronomers led
by University of Arizona using the SPHERE instrument on European Southern
Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile. Significance of Discovery:
Usually binary solar
There is a difference of 25 per cent in workforce
participation rate of men and women worldwide but in India it is up to 40 per
cent. International Labour Organisation (ILO) Director General Guy Ryder has
expressed concerns over the widening gender gap in workforce in India. ILO will
work with the government in its labour reform process by bringing in
international experience and setting international
India and South Africa have signed Memorandum of
Understandings (MoUs) and agreements in four areas of bilateral co-operation.
These MoUs were signed in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South
African President Jacob Juma in Pretoria, South Africa. PM Narendra Modi Modi
had arrived in South Africa from Mozambique on the second leg of his
four-nation tour of Africa. Signed
Prominent Pakistani philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi died in
a Karachi hospital on Friday. He was 88. He was the head of the Edhi Foundation,
which he set up in 1951 to provide a number of social services including
emergency healthcare, free hospitals, drug rehabilitation centres and
humanitarian aid. The foundation runs one of the world's largest ambulance
services. Edhi had been suffering from
Sri Lanka on Saturday appointed a new central bank governor
after protests by the opposition against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's
handpicked nominee for the post. "We welcome the appointment of a well
respected professional," joint opposition leader Dinesh Gunawardena said.
Indrajith Coomaraswamy, 66, was appointed by President Maithripala Sirisena
after weeks of protests
Uncertainties caused by Britain's vote to leave the European
Union will cause euro zone economic growth to decelerate to 1.4% in 2017 from
1.6% this year, and downside risks are piling up, the International Monetary
Fund said on Friday. In its annual policy review of the 19-country bloc, the
IMF said a further global growth slowdown could derail the euro area's domestic
demand-led recovery,
A bipartisan group of two US lawmakers has introduced in the
House of Representatives a legislation, which if passed by the Congress would
prevent Indian companies from hiring IT professionals on H-1B and L1 work
visas. Since the revenue model of majority of big Indian IT companies is
heavily dependent on H-1B and L1 visas in the US, such a Bill is likely to have
a
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on FRiday lifted the almost
seven year old restriction on fresh purchase of shares of state-owned Punjab
National Bank by foreign investors. The RBI on Friday notified that the
aggregate foreign share holdings by foreign institutional investors/NRIs
/PIOs/FDI and others under Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) in PNB have gone
below the prescribed threshold
China's first homegrown large military transport aircraft has
entered service, with the country's Defense Ministry calling it "a crucial
step" in air power projection. The Y-20, with a maximum takeoff weight of
about 200 tons, officially joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in a
ceremony Wednesday in the southwestern city of Chengdu, the ministry said in a
statement. Designed to
Radhika Menon will become the first woman in the world to
receive the Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea from the International
Maritime Organisation for saving the lives of seven fishermen, whose hopes of
survival were all but over. Menon was at the helm of oil tanker 'Sampurna
Swarajya' of Shipping Corporation of India. New Delhi: Five years ago, Radhika
Menon became the first woman to
IDFC Mutual Fund has appointed Vishal Kapoor, a senior
executive from Standard Chartered Bank, as its chief executive officer.
Mr. Kapoor will take charge of his new position from September this year.
Vishal will be responsible for driving accelerated growth of IDFC AMC, heading
a seasoned senior management team including Kaplan Parekh, Anoop Bhaskar
and Suyash Choudhary . Infrastructure
Senior bureaucrat SK Kohli has been appointed as Controller
General of Defence Accounts (CGDA). The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has
approved Kohli’s empanelment for promotion to the post of CGDA. He is an Indian
Defence Accounts Service officer. The CGDA is mandated to audit, payment and
accounting of all charges pertaining to the armed forces, including bills for
supplies and
The West Bengal Government has taken up a project to set up
three biotechnology hubs across the state to bring in more biotechnology
innovations to the State. The three proposed biotechnology hubs will come in
Bardhaman, Kalimpong and Medinipur districts; they will help in the
co-ordination of various departments with the Biotechnology Department in a
better way. The Biotechnology
To promote India among travellers, the ministry of external
affairs is holding the country’s first SAARC Tourism Summit in Aurangabad,
which is also considered the tourism capital of Maharashtra, in the second week
of October. The government hopes that the summit will also bolster ‘Make in
India‘ and ‘Make in Maharashtra‘ and may bring more FDI. The announcement about
the summit was
Qatar, where he was IoT/M2M (machine to machine) director at
the group level. He will report to group managing director Amitabh Jhunjhunwala.
Juergen has 25-year experience in the global telecommunication industry. New
Delhi: Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group on Thursday named Juergen Hase as chief
executive officer of its Internet of Things (IoT) business. Hase joins from
Ooredoo, a telco in
South African writer, filmmaker and photographer
Lidudumalingani Mqombothi has won the 17th edition of prestigious Caine Prize
2016 for his short story “Memories We Lost”. With this, Lidudumalingani was
awarded 10000 Euros and a month at Georgetown University in the US as a
writer-in-residence. He will also be invited to speak at the Library of
Congress and receive invitations to
Noted author Kusum Khemani and Malayalam writer M P
Veerendrakumar have won the 'Kusumanjali Sahitya Samman 2016' in Hindi and
Malayalam categories respectively. While Khemani was selected for her novel
'Lavanya Devi', Veerendrakumar, a Rajya Sabha member who is also the chairman
of Kerala-based 'Mathrubhumi' group, was chosen for his travelogue 'Danube
Sakshi', said a press release by
Guwahati: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here
on Friday awarded life sentence to National Democratic Front of
Boroland-Songbijit rebel Pradip Brahma, alias Pwler, for killing seven people
in Balapara village of Kokrajhar district in May 2014. Brahma was the area
commander of the outfit's Manglajhora section of Dhubri platoon, 14th battalion
(southern command). Kokrajhar Police
United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)
Empretec Women in Business Award, 2016, has for the first time named an Indian
Woman Entrepreneur as Finalist. Dr Vinaya Shetty, Founder & President of
VIN Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd., was named among the 12 finalists for the
Empretec Women in Business Award, 2016. Twelve finalists were selected for this
The Union government is set to introduce Presidential Awards
for all classical languages, including Kannada, from this year. In the last few
years,only Tamil was declared a classical language and awards were given for
scholars in that language. From this year on, the awards will be extended to
other languages -classical Kannada, classical Telugu, classical Malayalam and
classical Odia "with the
DEFYING PLEAS from his party, Congress MLA Manas Bhunia on
Friday accepted from the Speaker his letter of appointment as the chairman of
the state Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC).This comes a day ahead of
a meeting called by the state Congress of its legislators and leaders. “Today,
I met the Speaker and accepted the letter of appointment as PAC chairman,”
Bhunia told
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