Tag: EC
Government Exceeds 2016-17 Tax Target, Highest In Last 6 Years
The central government on Tuesday reported a total tax collection of Rs 17.10 lakh crore during 2016-17 -- an increase of 18 per cent over 2015-16.....
India-UK Set Up Joint Fund For Green Energy
India and Britain on Tuesday agreed to jointly set up a fund with corpus contributions of 120 million pounds each to finance Indian infrastructure projects, it was announcement.....
Japan Slams North Korean Missile Launch
Japanese spokesperson Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday said the firing of missile by North Korea is in clear violation of the UN Security Council resolutions and strongly protested the act.....
Greek PM To Visit Beijing In May For 'Belt And Road Forum'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Beijing to take part in the Belt and Road Forum on May 14-15, a media report has said.....
Mexico-US To Hold Bilateral Talks
Mexico has said its top official will meet key US lawmakers in Washington to discuss bilateral relations, which have been tense since President Donald Trump assumed office, a statement said.....
Amazon Replaces Twitter To Live Stream NFL
Twitter will not stream the NFL's Thursday Night Football games this year, instead Amazon will. The Jeff Bezos company won the rights paying $50 million for the deal, a media report said on Wednesday.....
Rain Likely In Delhi On Wednesday
It was a cloudy morning here with the possibility of rain on Wednesday, the weather office said.....
NASA's Cassini Probe Set To End 20-year Journey
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which was launched in 1997 and arrived at Saturn in 2004, is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story this month.....
Facebook's Appeal To Block Bulk Search Warrants Rejected
An US court has rejected Facebook's challenge to quash the search warrants ordering it to hand over information of hundreds of accounts involved with a disability fraud case related to the 9/11 attacks. ....
Changed H-1B Visa Norms Don't Mean Much For India: Nasscom
The Indian IT industry body Nasscom on Tuesday said the clarifying guidance by the USCIS on eligibility for computer programmers under the H-1B visa norms will have little impact on its members, as the clarification has been the adjudicatory practice for years. ....
