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India continues to remain at the top spot in attracting investments from foreign institutional investors. FIIs invested a whopping sum of $6.34 billion in Indian equities so far this year which is the highest among emerging markets. Next to India is Mexico attracting investment of $4.83 billion, followed by Brazil ...

News Buckling under pressure from alliance partner BJP, the PDP-led government in Jammu and Kashmir arrested separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat in connection with the raising of Pakistani flags during a rally on 15th April 2015. Police had registered a case against several separatist leaders including Bhat and Geelani for ...

News Indian mangoes, grapes, pomegranates and lychees may soon find their way to the US market after Washington agreed to send its inspectors to approve the country’s pre-shipment inspection process, moving a step closer to lifting entry restrictions on Indian fruit. This was decided at the first bilateral video conferencing ...

News The Centre has relaxed guidelines for wheat procurement from Haryana on a request from the state government, after unseasonal rains and hailstorms in March damaged crop and hurt grain quality. Under the eased guidelines, the limit of shrivelled and broken grains in wheat for procurement has been increased to ...

News China, which is yet to fully endorse India’s permanent membership of the UN Security Council, today said it supports India’s “desire” to play a bigger role in the UN and will strive to work out a “package plan” to reform the powerful organ of the world body. China is ...

News In view of serious concerns about women security, the Centre said it was trying to ensure deployment of police women in all police stations across the country rather than having all-women police stations. He stressed the need for Central government taking the lead in collaborating with all concerned stakeholders ...

News Raising the pitch for India’s permanent seat in the UN Security Council, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the days of “begging” for it are gone and India has the “right” to be in the powerful world body considering its exceptional contribution to global peace. He also asked the world ...

News Industrial production growth accelerated to a three-month high of 5% in February compared with 2.6% in the previous month on the back of strong manufacturing, data released by the statistics office showed. Growth for November was also revised to 5.2% from 3.9% estimated initially, pointing to an upward turn ...

News Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked Apple Inc to set up a research & development facility in India, even as the iconic brand increases focus on the country. Prasad suggested that the Cupertino-based company deepen its presence in the country. “Apple has a very strong presence ...

News India is working with North African country of Morocco and even contemplating a Joint Working Group on terrorism and Extradition Treaty to fight the menace amid the growth of Islamic State (IS) and various offshoots of Al Qaeda in the region spanning from Africa to the Gulf. “The setting ...