(LiveMint) Oil demand in India rose 10.3% in January 2018, the fourth straight monthly gain. Total oil consumption expanded at the fastest pace in 14 months to 16.9 million tonnes from 15.3 million tonnes a year ago, according to the oil ministry’s petroleum planning and analysis cell. Improvement in road freight transport following the stabilization of the new nationwide sales tax and growing use of cars and scooters boosted the consumption. The growth in demand came over a low base as in January last year the nation’s oil consumption fell the most in 13 years following the government’s crackdown on high-value…
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(DJ) भगोड़े शराब कारोबारी विजय माल्या को ब्रिटिश हाई कोर्ट से तगड़ा झटका लगा है। यह मामला माल्या की बंद हो चुकी किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस से जुड़ा है। इसमें अदालत ने माल्या को सिंगापुर की कंपनी बीओसी एविएशन को हर्जाने के रूप में 9 करोड़ डॉलर (करीब 580 करोड़ रुपये) की राशि अदा करने का आदेश दिया है। किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस ने 2014 में बीओसी एविएशन से चार विमान लीज पर लेने का अनुबंध किया था। बीओसी एविएशन ने तीन विमान दे भी दिए थे। लेकिन किंगफिशर एयरलाइंस की ओर से पुराना बकाया नहीं चुकाने की वजह से एविएशन कंपनी ने चौथे…
National Highways Auority of India (NHAI) launched a countrywide drive on 10 February, 2018, to address issues that affect highway users, such as ease of tolling, electronic tolling/FASTag lane, cleanliness at toll plazas, behavior of the toll plaza staff, deployment of marshals, cleanliness of toilets, functioning of Highway Nest (Mini), wayside amenities and availability of ambulance and cranes in case of any emergency on the highway. Chairman, NHAI Shri Deepak Kumar directed all field Highway Operation Unit officers through video conference on 09 February, 2018 to visit at least two toll plazas each across the country and check the above…
(LiveMint) India’s factory output grew at a robust 7.1% in December on the back of high manufacturing production while retail inflation slowed to 5.07% in January as food inflation softened, according to government data released on Monday. In November, the index of industrial production (IIP) grew 8.8% and consumer price index (CPI) based inflation rose by 5.21% in December. Food inflation softened to 4.58% in January from 4.85% a month ago. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged and warned that inflation risks were skewing upwards. The central bank raised its March quarter CPI inflation forecast to 5.1%…
(PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government today said that it would establish cardiac and cancer care units in 174 district hospitals of the state. State Health minister Sidharth Narain Singh also said that the state had started the process of recruiting specialist doctors. “For heart patients we are going to establish cardiac care units. For cancer patients and helping in prevention of the disease, cancer care units are also in the offing,” he said while replying to questions in the state Assembly. The minister said that against the total requirement of 7,300 specialist doctors, there were 3,769 in the state. The…
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath invited Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to the UP Global Investors Summit, to be held in Lucknow on 21/22 February. CM Yogi Adityanath were in Delhi and had personally met top leaders and ministers in the central government and invited them for the very first edition of this UP investors summit. Many international investors are slated to take part in this summit along with top business honchos of the country. Importantly CM himself is taking keen interest in all the preparations of investors summit.
(TOI) Reports of Amitabh Bachchan’s ill-health have been doing rounds for a while now. According to latest reports, the megastar has been admitted to the hospital today on February 9 at Mumbai’s Lilavati hospital. The veteran actor has reportedly been complaining of pain in neck and spine and was admitted to the hospital as part of routine check-up. Big B was admitted at around pm and a team of doctors have been examining his health. His immediate family members are reportedly present at the hospital. Sr Bachchan had also suffered a shoulder injury recently owing to which he skipped the…
(Live Mint) Benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty closed higher on Thursday ending a seven-day losing streak. BSE Sensex closed 330 points higher, while Nifty 50 ended 100 points up. Outperforming the 30-share index, BSE MidCap and SmallCap gained 1.82% and 2.25%, respectively. All the sectoral indices on BSE except oil and gas ended higher led by healthcare, basic materials and realty. On NSE, Nifty PSU Bank index rallied over 2%. Sun Pharma, Dr. Reddy’s Labs, SBI and Infosys were top gainers, whereas PowerGrid, NTPC, Tata Motors and ONGC were among the major losers.
(Hindustan) फ्रांस से लड़ाकू विमान राफेल की खरीद को लेकर विपक्षी दल कांग्रेस द्वारा उठाए जा रहे सवालों पर गुरुवार को संसद में भारी हंगामा हुआ। कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी की राफेल डील से जुड़ी जानकारी सार्वजनिक करने की मांग पर लोकसभा में अरुण जेटली ने कहा कि हथियारों की डील से जुड़ी जानकारी सार्वजनिक करना राष्टहित में नहीं है। डील की कीमत बताने की मांग करके विपक्ष भारत की सुरक्षा के साथ समझौता कर रहा है। जेटली ने राहुल गांधी के बयान पर कहा, ‘राहुल गांधी ने झूठा विवाद खड़ा किया है। पूर्व रक्षा मंत्री प्रणब मुखर्जी के रक्षा…
(LiveMint) Launching an all-out attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Modi government, Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said she would work with like-minded political parties to ensure its defeat in the next general elections. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party, of which she is the chairperson, Gandhi alleged that the government was orchestrating violence against minorities to polarise society for narrow political gains. This would be seen in Karnataka too, which goes to the polls in a few months, she said. Gandhi told party MPs to work with dedication, loyalty and enthusiasm with Rahul Gandhi to strengthen the party…