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US undermining UNSC by forcefully moving resolution on Azhar: China

"We urge the US to act cautiously and avoid forcefully moving forward this resolution draft," Geng said.

Indian Railways likely to surpass revised freight target for FY19

The transporter has handled incremental freight traffic of 54.14 mt from April to February in 2018-19

Income support scheme can be realised by cutting other doles: Y V Reddy

It would be difficult for state governments to implement a similar scheme as they largely depend on the Centre for finance, he said

Donald Trump presses OPEC to boost output to bring down oil prices

Oil prices took a brief, sharp turn downward after Donald Trump's statement before recovering somewhat.

India's 'power' conundrum: Deeply connected but not yet electrified

Discoms go back in red, clouding the country's '24x7 power' dream

Bullish bets on Indian rupee rise ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019: Poll

The confidence rode on brightening re-election prospects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janta Party, translating into inflows of $5.99 billion so far this year into equities.

CBDT raises alarm as direct tax collection stands at Rs 10.21 trillion

Asks for urgent action, especially with respect to recovery of arrears and current demand, to achieve the collection target

The NDA govt's war against black money a mixed bag in terms of results

Cash hasn't vanished but overall, the exchequer is richer

Mission Shakti: India's space research spending triples to Rs 11,538 crore

India's spending on space research almost tripled from Rs 4,163 crore in 2009-10 to Rs 11,538 crore in 2018-19

Centre issue tenders for developing 30,000 MW of renewable projects

Of the tenders issued, Andhra Pradesh has already received expression of interest for its 600 MW hybrid power project from close to a dozen companies

Govt to crack down on mills for selling sugar below MSP, letter warns

Sugar mills face cash crunch as they have to pay stipulated prices to buy cane from farmers at a time when there is a glut of sugar

India now has capability to hit targets in space with accuracy: DRDO chief

The test was conducted, under 'Mission Shakti' operation, from the Dr AP J Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha

Rahul's income plan for poor may cost more than Budget 2019's subsidy bill

Congress' proposed minimum income guarantee scheme will reportedly require Rs 3.5 trillion at its peak

Efficacy of rural development schemes to depend upon implementation: Report

A fund of about $350 million is proposed to develop and upgrade agri marketing infrastructure

UK to not impose any new tariffs on Indian seafood exporters after Brexit

UK intends to retain the same GSP tariff preference for shrimps from India

Adityanath govt banking on MSME scheme in UP to counter unemployment

Yogi government claims loans worth Rs 17,500 crore disbursed to entrepreneurs under ODOP scheme

Willing to return if there's an opportunity to be of use, Raghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan, a former Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund who was denied a second term as Reserve Bank Governor by the BJP-led government

India seeks bids for $5-bn transmission lines to fuel renewables growth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has set a goal to raise solar power generation to 100 GW and wind to 60 GW by 2022

Collapse in farm jobs reason behind rising unemployment, shows NSSO data

In 2017-18, only 39.7 per cent of rural men and 17.4 per cent of rural men in the working age were employed in agriculture

Lok Sabha elections: Govt likely to get EC nod to revise MNREGA wages

The government in this year's interim budget had proposed to allocate Rs 60,000 crore for rural employment scheme under MGNREGA for the year 2019-20