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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.

Fuel rates remain unchanged for second day in row

The petrol prices in other metro cities are - Rs 79.51 in Kolkata, Rs 84.22 in Mumbai and Rs 79.76 in Chennai.

18 July 2018 11:47 AM IST

TRAI chairman R S Sharma.

Apps should collect minimal data like Aadhar: TRAI chief

Sharma said the encryption standard should be proportional to the security that needs to be achieved.

18 July 2018 9:52 AM IST

Modi government is considering hiking the basic salary of central government employees to Rs 21,000.

Fat pay for top-rung IIT graduates, peanuts for other fresh engineers

Compared to the average salary of engineers from other IITs, those from top institutes are offered 90 per cent higher.

18 July 2018 8:58 AM IST

Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian

New ways needed to raise farm income, says Subramanian

Job creation and stigmatised capitalism' two other big challenges.

18 July 2018 8:52 AM IST

PDS sugar rate for select groups is also hiked from Rs 15 per kg to Rs 20.

Sugar stockpile to double on record output: ISMA

India has so far contracted to export 2,75,000 tonnes sugar from its record production of 32.25 million tonnes.

18 July 2018 8:22 AM IST

The board meeting took place a day after LIC got approval of its board to increase its stake in the bank up to 51 per cent.

IDBI Bank seeks Centre's nod to sell stake to LIC

Irdai has already given its approval to the insurer for the stake purchase.

18 July 2018 5:47 AM IST

Panel to tweak norms to stop defaulters

Besides, senior officials of Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs are also part of the committee.

18 July 2018 5:40 AM IST

The association also also hit out at controls on in-shop advertising saying it will remove differentiation between retailers selling legal tobacco products and fly-by-night retailers selling smuggled tobacco products.

Retailers oppose tobacco curbs

We are also asking it to issue notification to states to stop harassing retailers.

18 July 2018 5:35 AM IST

Privacy rules may hit app-based biz

Privacy rules may hit app-based biz

Trai's assertion that the existing norms are not sufficient is contradictory: IAMAI.

18 July 2018 5:26 AM IST

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. (Photo: AFP)

Iran lodges complaint against US over renewed sanctions

Iran is committed to the rule of law in the face of US contempt for diplomacy and legal obligations.

17 July 2018 3:33 PM IST

Reviving supersonic passenger flights will harm the environment as the jets will not likely be able to comply with existing fuel efficiency, pollution and noise standards for subsonic aircraft, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Reviving supersonic passenger flights will harm environment, says...

Modified engines will burn five-to-seven times more fuel per passenger than subsonic jets.

17 July 2018 2:12 PM IST

US President Donald Trumps Sikorsky S-76. (Photo: AFP)

Sikorsky announces sale of S-76D Helicopter to govt of Maharashtra

This contract marks the first sale of an S-76D helicopter in India.

17 July 2018 12:30 PM IST