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Rejection of National Sports Development Bill by the cabinet brought relief for many sporting federations. Though, the biggest sigh of relief came for the BCCI. If the bill would have passed it would have led to acceptance of age stipulations and might have also come under the Right to Information (RTI) act.
The Board of Control [...]
Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda chose to be noncommittal regarding the final date of inauguration for Namma Metro, Reach 1 between the two stations. According to sources, he was asked after a disordered ride from M G Road to Byappanahalli with corporator and a group of BBMP officers.
BMRCL too, voiced similar opinions as that [...]
Government of West Bengal has decided to stress on more on tax conformity and simplification of the tax regime. In order to gather additional revenue of Rs 6,000 crore, it has also increased tax on foreign liquor and tobacco products other than ‘bidis’.
Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Monday presented the Finance Bill in the Assembly [...]
BMW, the German luxury carmaker, has finally introduced its premium sports utility vehicle (SUV) X3 in India. The newly launched X3 is made available in two diesel variants, the xDrive30d and the xDrive20d featuring3.0-litre and 2.0-litre engines respectively. Both the variants feature 8-speed-automatic transmission and Servotronic.
According to the company, BMW intelligent 4WD has been incorporated [...]
Breaking ground in investment sector can be a difficult task, especially for first time investors. In an effort to make the process easy to understand, Kotak Securities, India’s leading brokerage firm, has devised innovative ways to make investment a hassle free practice. It has introduced easy to use services like Mobile Stock Trading app, KEAT [...]
India’s opener Gautam Gambhir could be planning to return home from the ODI series because of his distressing health condition. Since the last 10 days, his health has shown minimal improvement and his non-return could result as a big setback for the Indian team. His exit from the series has been on similar lines as Yuvraj Singh, [...]
In a unique study conducted to ascertain use of effective low-cost drug treatments, it was found that an average Indian highly misused essential drug treatment. In cases of a heart attack or stroke, an average Indian is 20 times less likely to receive ‘statins’ than an average Canadian and seven times less probable to get the low-cost [...]
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and derivative contracts on benchmark US indices S&P 500 will be launched from Monday. The National Stock Exchange announced today and said that the decision will provide Indian investors the opportunity to invest in the world’s most influential stock markets.
NSE in a statement said that they are introducing derivative contracts [...]
A new genre of rockets along with their variants is being developed by the scientists of Indian Space Research Organization to host heavy satellites into space. The new rocket has the ability to launch 4 tonnes class communication satellites into geo-stationary transfer orbit and is named as ‘Geo-Synchronous Launch Vehicle-Mark-III’.
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has [...]
Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida will have its first driving academy next year. Jaypee Sports International (JPSI) along with Mercedes-Benz and Indian Formula One Grand Prix organisers will jointly set up the driving academy from next year.
After setting base in United States, Germany and China, this will be the fourth academy by the [...]