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China swung to a surprise trade surplus of $$5.35 billion in March as exports grew faster than expected and import growth eased from a 13-month peak, customs data showed on Tuesday. Import and export growth ... More »China swings to surprise trade surplus in March

  • Tata Steel Q4 net slips about 90 percent IANS - Fri 18 May, 2012 10:05 PM IST

    Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Tata Steel, India's largest private sector steel major, Friday reported a 89.64 percent slide in its consolidated net profit at Rs.4.33 billion for the quarter ending March 31, 2012, ...

  • Anti-Posco leader released on bail in Odisha IANS - Fri 18 May, 2012 6:04 PM IST

    Bhubaneswar, May 18 (IANS) A former Odisha legislator who was arrested in connection with clashes near the Posco steel plant site in Jagatsinghpur district last year was released on bail Friday, an official ...

  • Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), May 18 (IANS) Essar Steel's retail distribution division, Essar Hypermart, is expecting to sell one million tonnes of steel products through its network of sales points.'We are ...

  • Samajwadi Party slams UPA over price rise IANS - Fri 18 May, 2012 11:21 AM IST

    Lucknow, May 18 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party Friday attacked the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for failing to control the spiralling prices of essential commodities and said the ...

  • BOC India's three plants in advanced stages of co … IANS - Thu 17 May, 2012 10:14 PM IST

    Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) Industrial gas manufacturer BOC India, a member of the Germany-based the Linde Group, Thursday said its three plants at Jamshedpur, Taloja and Rourkela are in the advanced stage ...

  • India to get gas from Turkmenistan IANS - Thu 17 May, 2012 9:25 PM IST

    New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) India will now get natural gas from the Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan after the union cabinet Thursday approved its purchase through the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India ...

  • Sensex tanks 298 points, metal, auto stocks fall IANS - Wed 16 May, 2012 5:39 PM IST

    Mumbai, May 16 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities fell 298 points Wednesday as concern over eurozone and a depreciating rupee weighed on sentiments. Metals, auto and consumer durable stocks came ...

  • Railways should rationalise tariffs: CAG IANS - Tue 15 May, 2012 8:29 PM IST

    New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Noting that the Indian Railways are in the red financially and have not been able to meet the cost of operating passenger and other services, the Comptroller and Auditor General ...

  • Washington, May 15 (ANI): Graphene and carbon nanotubes could improve the electronics used in computers and mobile phones, says a researcher from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

  • London, May 15 (ANI): A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that oil prices could double over the next decade with sweeping implications for the global economy.

  • New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday declined permission, for now, to the erstwhile American oil tanker Exxon Valdez, rechristened Oriental Nicety, to anchor at the Gujarat ship-breaking port ...

  • SC bars US vessel from anchoring at Gujarat port IANS - Mon 14 May, 2012 9:19 PM IST

    New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday declined permission, for now, to the erstwhile American oil tanker Exxon Valdez, now rechristened Oriental Nicety, to anchor at the Gujarat ship-breaking ...

  • Mumbai/Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will Tuesday lead an 'Emerging Kerala' road show in India's financial capital Mumbai.Chandy along with Industries and IT Minister ...

  • New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A parliamentary panel has slammed the low number of convictions of foodgrain hoarders in the past three years and said it shows the non-serious approach of states towards curbing ...

  • Raipur, May 12 (IANS) Chhattisgarh legislator Bheema Mandavi of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party claimed Saturday that he was threatened by the mining mafia which was ruling the roost in the insurgency-riddled, ...

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