Pro-democracy wave hits Yemen, Algeria
Monitoring Desk After the uprising in Tunisia and Egypt, pro-democracy demonstrations have begun in Yemen and Algeria. Nearly 20,000 protesters across Yemen today went to the streets to celebrate the…
Aviation sector can absorb $120 bn: PM
THIRUVANANTHAPUAM: Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh has said that the aviation sector of the country has the potential to absorb investment of 120 billion US dollars.
India welcomes Mubarak exit
AMNNEW DELHI: Echoing the world sentiment India on Saturday welcomed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's decision to step down.
MUBARAK-DAY FOR EGYPT
AMN CAIRO: (AMN) After three weeks of rigorous uprising in Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down on Friday night and handed over power to the military.People across the country…
India to legislate Right to Food Act soon
ASHOK B SHARMA / TIANEW DELHI: The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh Thursday assured his government’s commitment to legislate Right to Food Act for ensuring social safety nets for…
High-powered committee to review ISRO–Devas deal
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HI MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 AMN NEW DELHI : The Government has appointed a high-powered committee to review various aspects of the controversial deal ISRO's commercial…
Centre to reveal names of black money holders
NEW DELHI: (AMN) The Centre assured the Supreme Court that it would reveal the names of persons, who have stashed black money in foreign banks after registering a formal case…
Govt approves recapitalisation of rural banks
AMNNEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet Thursday approved the recaptalisation of regional rural banks to improve their capital to risk weighted assets ratio. Briefing media persons here after a Cabinet meeting,
Govt working on to retrieve black money
AMNNEW DELHI: The Government Wednesday spelt out in the Supreme Court that host of measures were being taken to retrieve black money from abroad.
India to witness bumper food grains
AMNNEW DELHI : India’s wheat production is estimated to go an all-time high of 81.47 million tonnes while food grains will rise to 232.07 million tonnes in the current year.