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Wholesale Inflation Rises On Global Commodity And Energy Costs

Mumbai, Aug. 6 -- The rise in wholesale price inflation in June to nine point eight seven per cent was attributed by the Minister of State for Finance, Pankaj Chaudhary, to price pressures in items se... Read More


ONGC To Set Up One Point Seven Five Million Tonne Storage In Mangaluru

Mumbai, Aug. 6 -- ONGC will set up one point seven five million metric tonnes (mn t) of storage at Mangaluru in Karnataka, with half the capacity earmarked for strategic reserves and the remainder for... Read More


Government Engages Stakeholders Over Chabahar Port Project

Mumbai, Aug. 6 -- The government told the Lok Sabha that it has engaged with concerned stakeholders after the conditional sanctions waiver for the Chabahar Port project ended on April 26. The written ... Read More


Modi meets Rajya Sabha MPs over breakfast, asks them to stay away from lobbyists

India, Aug. 6 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi met 36 Rajya Sabha lawmakers, including those who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after quitting the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Aam Aadmi Pa... Read More


Funding: African leaders urge self-reliance on infrastructure

Tanzania, Aug. 6 -- Dar es Salaam. African leaders and top policy-makers have made a resounding call for the continent to pivot towards strategic domestic resource mobilisation and self-reliance to br... Read More


New safeguards introduced following USD 2.5 million finance sector fraud

Sri Lanka, Aug. 6 -- Sri Lanka's Ministry of Finance directed its efforts towards ensuring the takeover of the External Resources Department by the Public Debt Management Office, introducing formal le... Read More


Rs 15 crore short: CAG exposes tribal land compensation gap in Bengal

India, Aug. 6 -- The CAG has flagged the West Bengal government's "failure" in safeguarding tribals' interests while land was being acquired for mining projects, leading to inadequate compensation pay... Read More


Lakhimpur Kheri farmers' death accused Ashish Mishra's plea for bail relief denied by SC

India, Aug. 6 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to further relax the bail conditions of Ashish Mishra, the prime accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. A bench comprising Chief Jus... Read More


6 on hunger strike as JPSC row storms into Jharkhand Assembly

India, Aug. 6 -- The protest against alleged examination irregularities in Jharkhand is likely to rock the Monsoon Session of the Assembly on Thursday, as the stir gained steam over the past 13 days w... Read More


Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid opposition protests

India, Aug. 6 -- Opposition protests over police action against students and other issues forced the adjournment of the Lok Sabha till 2 pm on Thursday, August 6, even as Speaker Om Birla voiced conce... Read More