Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan from June 27-29, the Ministry of External Affairs. Modi would be participating in the summit. He would hold bilateral (discussions) and participate in plurilateral meetings which would be announced ...

Sri Lanka is in talks with the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for a $1 billion dollar loan, the finance ministry said, to help an economy that has been badly hit by a deadly terrorist attack and political turmoil. “We have been discussing with the Asian Infrastructure ...

Tech Mahindra signed a multi-year contract with Airbus for cabin and cargo design engineering. The main aim to capitalize on the specialized skills and competencies in the growing cabin engineering business over the next few years. About Airbus It is a strategic customer and partner of Tech ...

Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) nominated the inclusion of women's cricket in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, which is scheduled to be held in Birmingham, United Kingdom. International Cricket Council (ICC) in partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) presented ...

MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has made a history by topping the 2020 QS World University Rankings for the eighth consecutive year. Stanford University, Harvard University and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) -- all retain their positions at second, third and fourth in the ...

India has extended USD 15 million assistance to Niger for organising the African Union (AU) summit scheduled to be held in Niamey from July 7-8. The support of grant assistance was in response to a specific request made by the Niger government. This year, Niger is hosting an AU ...

The government is planning to increase personal income tax exemption from existing Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh in the Union Budget 2019, according to a Bloomberg report. The move comes at a time when the country is witnessing a sharp slowdown in consumer demand. It was earlier reported that the ...

Private sector lender IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (BFIL) announced their merger which will be effective from July 4. The National Company Law Tribunal on June 10, 2019 approved the Scheme of Arrangement among BFIL, IndusInd Bank and Induslnd Financial ...

World Archery appointed Abhinav Bindra to sort out the ongoing mess in the Archery Association of India (AAI). AAI violated the constitution by unanimously electing two parallel bodies in Chandigarh and New Delhi. Archery Association of India (AAI) is the national governing body of archery in ...

India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) (ECI) organized a five-day training program The program on Use of Technology in Elections for Election Officials of Union Election Commission of Myanmar. The Capacity Building Programs on Electoral technology is the 7th ...

A group of secretaries constituted to look into the e-commerce issues will hold its first meeting on September 13 to deliberate on the proposals of the draft policy. The meet assumes significance as a section of the industry had raised concerns regarding the draft policy. “The group, which ...

Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved the merger of the Indiabulls Housing Finance and Lakshmi Vilas Bank. Lakshmi Vilas Bank is going to merge with Indiabulls Housing Finance . A share swap deal with intent to create a combined entity with a larger capital base and wider geographical ...