Beijing, Chinese stocks opened mixed on Monday with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.07 percent to open at 3,433.86 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.25 percent higher at 11,991.7 points, Xinhua news agency reported. The ChiNext Index, tracking China’s NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.36 percent to open at 2,658.97 points.
A record number of shoppers are expected to head online this year to do their Christmas shopping, a new nationwide survey commissioned by Australia Post reveals. The Australia Post research highlights 87 per cent of people will be turning to online shopping to buy one or more of their presents this year, compared to only […]
India’s pending application for entry into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) should come up for consideration at its plenary in June 2016. Indian diplomats have been in discussion with NSG members for some time, and on October 30, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj discussed the matter with visiting NSG chairman Rafael Grossi, who indicated that […]
India has called for reforming the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reflect the rise of the developing and transitional economies and give them more say in governance. The share of the developing and economies in transition in the world gross domestic product has increased from 39 percent in 2008-2010 to 49 […]
A day after returning to India from Pakistan where she was stranded for years, speech and hearing impaired Geeta met President Pranab Mukherjee — who called her “a symbol of India-Pakistan unity” — and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and took a ride on Delhi Metro. “You are the daughter of both our countries, a symbol […]
Frankfurt, Oct 20 (IANS) Germany’s Hesse province Economics Minister Tarek Al-Wazir will be visiting India next month with a business delegation of more than 30 German companies, India’s consulate general here said on Tuesday. “Hessian Minister of Economics Tarek Al-Wazir will be visiting the cities of Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi along with a business […]
Washington, Tech giant Apple has been told to pay $234 million to the intellectual property arm of Wisconsin University, Madison, for using without permission patented technology developed by its team, including two Indian-American engineers. The award amount a federal jury in Madison asked to Apple to pay Friday was about $165 million less than what […]
Officials of India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will hold a high-level meeting to discuss workers’ issues during Overseas Indian Affairs ministry secretary A.K. Agarwal’s visit to the Gulf nation beginning on Wednesday. The secretary during his four-day visit will discuss with senior officials of the UAE’s labour ministry issues pertaining to recruitment and […]
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said he’s happy to see that under Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has taken steps to renew focus on building its economy, and called for closer ties between the two countries. In an email interview here, Key said closer economic and political ties between New Zealand and India would […]
The NSW Caravan and Camping Industry Association today celebrated the best of what the industry offers with the announcement of the winners of the 2015 Awards of Excellence. The awards showcase amazing holiday parks and residential communities, quality dealerships and service providers, and NSW manufacturing excellence. “NSW is the most popular caravan and camping destination […]