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The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Policy on Biofuels which allows doping of ethanol produced from damaged foodgrains, rotten potatoes, corn and sugar beet with petrol to cut oil imports by Rs 4,000 crore this year alone.

Ethanol-mixed petrol saved foreign exchange, lowered emission: Pradhan

Almost 67 crore litres of ethanol was blended with petrol in 2016-17.

25 July 2018 5:42 PM IST

Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday inaugurated Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana here on Sunday.

India has taken note of US sanctions on Iran, says Dharmendra Pradhan

In 2017-18, India bought 22.6 million tonnes of crude oil from Iran, Pradhan said.

25 July 2018 5:15 PM IST

CAIT demanded immediate action against policy defaulter e-commerce companies and impose ban on working of their portal.

E-commerce companies to face tax audit over GST refund issue

The anti-profiteering authority was set up last year to ensure that consumers get the benefit of tax rate reduction.

25 July 2018 4:56 PM IST

There are about 40,000 to 42,000 MCom students awaiting their results.

18 pc GST on coaching classes, institutes to impact hard up students

GST has continued to haunt the students from the weaker section of society and professionals in India.

25 July 2018 4:40 PM IST

Along with state governments, the Centre is trying to build infrastructure for modern healthcare all over the country, Modi said. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

India willing to address trade deficit with Uganda, says Narendra Modi

Investment in India is very easy for anyone because India is a policy-driven governance, says Modi.

25 July 2018 4:09 PM IST

We see a very positive scenario for infrastructure segment with extra investment lined in for all areas of core infrastructure such as roads, metro rail, expressway, airports and expansion on existing highways: Nitin Lall

59 mega infrastructure projects get costlier by Rs 1.36 lakh crore

Total original cost of implementation of these projects was Rs 1,49,564.80 crore.

25 July 2018 3:58 PM IST

Under GST, e-way bills are to be necessarily generated by transporters for movement of goods beyond 10 kms which have a value of Rs 50,000 and above.

Transporters' strike against rising diesel, toll prices enters 6th day

Freight rates remained unavailable due to ongoing nationwide indefinite strike.

25 July 2018 3:34 PM IST

The 2 drones scanned the open drain in Mahul village.

IIPH-Hyderabad working on drone delivery system for medical products

The medical products are proposed to be carried in a modular purpose built digital carrier box.

25 July 2018 1:23 PM IST

The AI politician is constantly learning to respond to people through Facebook Messenger as well as a survey on its homepage. While Gerritsen acknowledges that humans biases can creep into algorithms, he said that he does not view bias as just a challenge to technology solutions.

Indian techies chasing American dream never had it this bad

Indian tech firms used to underpay their Indian employees in US, until a parity pay was made mandatory by Trump...

25 July 2018 9:07 AM IST

Data analytics major SAS has created a new division to help organisations fight frauds and cyber crimes.

SFIO receives Plaints against ICICI Bank, L&T

However, the minister has not provided details of the complaints about ICICI and L&T.

25 July 2018 12:37 AM IST

PM Modi was interacting with women associated with Self Help Groups through video conferencing on the Narendra Modi (NaMo) app. (Photo: ANI)

Want to boost India-Rwanda economic ties, says Narendra Modi

Modi stated that this meeting would help to strengthen economic and cultural relations between the two countries.

24 July 2018 6:04 PM IST

The income tax department on Wednesday came out with draft notification for fresh registration of trusts who have carried out modification of their objects. (Photo: PTI)

Benami properties worth Rs 4,300 cr attached, says govt

The I-T department has set up 24 dedicated Benami Prohibition Units across India.

24 July 2018 5:11 PM IST