Vedanta’s Goa mine may restart iron ore export to China
Vedanta’s iron ore division in Goa is expected to resume exports to China after a lull of three years. Representatives of steel manufacturing mills from China’s Jiangsu province and Tangshan area are currently in Goa to have discussions with officials of Vedanta’s subsidiary, Sesa... read more »
SBI Launches Mobile Wallet App Buddy
Mumbai: The country’s largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday launched a mobile wallet app, SBI Buddy, in collaboration with Accenture and MasterCard. The service will be also available non-SBI customers. The mobile wallet app can be used to send money, book tickets for movies, flights,... read more »
Indonesian Crash Searchers Recover Black Boxes From Plane
Low-lying clouds and rugged terrain on Tuesday were hindering efforts to remove bodies from the crash site, officials said. Search teams hastily built a makeshift helipad in hopes that a helicopter could land and evacuate victims. By afternoon, however, any attempt at evacuation was called off for... read more »
Small explosive thrown from bridge over river in Bangkok
Aug 18 A man threw a small explosive from a bridge in central Bangkok on Tuesday, police said, but it caused no injuries, a day after a bomb at a city shrine killed 22 people, including nine foreigners. The unidentified man threw the explosive near a busy pier on the city’s Chao Phraya river... read more »
Sensex up 340 points, August series begins on positive note
The benchmark BSE Sensex spurted by over 340 points to 28,045.97 in noon trade on Friday on continued across-the-board buying by participants as the August series in the derivatives segment... read more »
Maggi may undergo fresh tests following HC proposal
Nestle India, the manufacturer of Maggi instant noodles,has agreed for an independent lab testing of the product provided the tests were carried out in the presence of a reputed... read more »
Uber to invest $1 billion in India in next 9 months
Uber Technologies Inc will invest $1 billion in India in the next nine months as the online ride hailing company is bullish on the Indian market. Uber said it would use the additional... read more »
Police patrolling to CCTV cameras: Delhi govt starts witness protection programme, a first...
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Thursday decided to formulate a comprehensive policy for protecting witnesses, an official said on Thursday. Representational image. Image... read more »
Coal scam: Madhu Koda, eight others put on trial
Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, former coal secretary H C Gupta and seven others were today put on trial by a special court here in connection with a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in... read more »