Indian Authorities Reject Uber’s Application for Delhi License
NEW DELHI—Uber Technologies Inc.’s application for a license to operate in the Indian capital has been rejected for a second time, according to an order passed by transport authorities in the city. The ride-hailing company applied for a license after its services were banned in Delhi in... read more »
Sensex trades firm amid global rally, Nifty above 7,850; Banking stocks gai...
2.22 pm: GAIL (India) shares advanced over 1 per cent on BSE after the company announced during market hours on Wednesday, that pipeline welding of 12 inch pipeline connecting HFCL Barauni to IOCL, Barauni commenced on Tuesday at Barauni, marking the first phase implementation of company’s... read more »
Exports declined by 20.7 percent in August, says Commerce Ministry
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has said that India’s exports plunged 20.7 per cent in August this year, to 21.3 billion dollars. In data appearing in the public domain, the ministry said that this was ninth consecutive month when exports have slumped and global economic slowdown and... read more »
L&T gets Rs 1,700-cr job order to build Bangladesh power plant
Engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said it has bagged a Rs 1,700 crore order from Japan’s Marubeni Corporation to set up a 400-MW gas-based power plant in Bangladesh. “Bangladesh Power Development Board awarded the EPC contract for setting up the... read more »
REFILE-UPDATE 8-Guatemala’s president quits, jailed pending hearing on corruption ch...
Guatemala’s Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Thursday while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country... read more »
Search ramps up as death toll in Malaysia boat tragedy hits 15
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian authorities on Friday stepped up a search for survivors from a boat that sank while crammed with Indonesian migrants as the death toll rose to 15, the Malaysian... read more »
Migrant crisis: Hungary train stand-off enters second day
A tense stand-off between police and migrants on a train in Hungary is continuing into a second day. On Thursday, police let the migrants board the train in Budapest but then tried to force... read more »
UK PM David Cameron considers help for Syrian refugees
British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to draw up a plan on Friday as a response to growing pressure to accept Syrian refugees, thousands of them directly from UN camps on the... read more »
38 injured as Mangalore Express derails near Villuppuram
At least 38 passengers, including 25 women, were injured when Train No. 16859 Chennai Egmore-Mangalore Central Express derailed near Poovanur railway station in Tiruchi Division around 2 a.m. on... read more »
