India’s GDP growth is likely to cross 8%: Suresh Prabhu
AMN / NEW DELHI Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu today said India’s GDP growth is likely to cross eight per cent in the next two years.He said, the government is taking…
Rajnath Singh reviews security situation along border in J&K
AMN / SRINAGAR On the second day of his visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reviewed security situation along the border in Baramulla and Kupwara…
Air India seeks Rs 1,000 cr loan to meet urgent capital requirement
AMN / NEW DELHI National Carrier Air India has sought proposals for short-term loans worth one thousand crore rupees to meet its urgent working capital requirements. According to the bid…
Austria to close 7 mosques, expel imams
Agencies / VIENNA, Austria / ANKARA, Turkey Austria has decided to shut down seven mosques and expel 40 imams as part of a crackdown on “political Islam”, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz…
NEWSPAPERS’ SCAN- JUNE 08
Former president Pranab Mukharjee’s visit to RSS headquarters has been widely covered on front page of most of the newspapers today. The Hindustan Times reports the former President as saying…
Trump ready for summit with Kim; says it will be more than photo-op
AMN US President Donald Trump has said, he is well-prepared for the much-awaited summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12. He has asserted that the…
Japan willing to talk to North Korea, normalize ties: Abe
AMN Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said that he is willing to talk directly with North Korea in a bid to resolve the festering issue of abductions of Japanese…
Short-term subsidised crop loan to be implemented through DBT mode: RBI
AMN / NEW DELHI Reserve Bank has said that interest subsidy scheme on short-term crop loans of up to three lakh rupees will be implemented through the direct benefit transfer…
India seeks explanation from Facebook over users’ data sharing without consent
AMN / NEW DELHI Government has sought explanation from Facebook over reports of data sharing without explicit consent. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has asked for a detailed factual…
IMF welcomes RBI decision to hike repo rate
Terms it as appropriate step in times of rising inflation The International Monetary Fund has welcomed the decision of the Reserve Bank of India to increase the repo rate by…