Prime minister Modi will be attending the AGM of a leading business chamber for the first time at a time when the economy has started to recover.

Debt-ridden Essar Group on Friday announced the closure of its BPO arm Aegis sale for Rs 2,000 crore and said it has been able to pare debt by Rs 75,000 crore, thanks to the proceeds from the recent sale of its refinery business.

In a press conference organised by the Third World Network, Focus on the Global South and Forum Against FTAs in New Delhi, the groups wanted India to make its stance on WTO ministerial public.

Bulk of India's palm oil imports come mostly from Indonesia and Malaysia, whereas soyoil is mostly imported from Argentina and Brazil.

Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu has to present a permanent solution to replace the peace clause achieved at 11th inter-ministerial conference of World Trade Organization, or WTO at Buenos Aires, Argentina in second week of December.

With the 11th edition of WTO's Ministerial Conference round the corner, bureaucrats and trade lobbies have got down to chalk out a strategy for the congregation in Argentina. Watch Anilesh Mahajan talk about which issues might be taken up by India during WTO's MC11 and the reasons behind them.

Investigators worked through the night to determine what led a truck driver to plow down people on a riverfront bike path near the World Trade Center, brandishing air guns and yelling \"God is great\" in Arabic as his deadly route of terror ended with a crash, authorities said.

India's position in sub-index value under sustainability increased from 40.9 to 43.8 in 2017. \"The increase in value under the integrity sub-index from 53.4 to 55.1 is a reflection of Government of India's continued efforts to improve the transparency and member experience in various schemes,\" Preeti Chandrashekhar, India Business Leader, Retirement, Health and Benefits, Mercer said.

Suresh Prabhu, who took charge as Commerce and Industry Minister yesterday, said that his ministry will work on developing global supply chain for the agriculture sector.

According to Tinder, this new service will reduce the time required to match with people. \"No waiting. No wondering. With Tinder Gold, you can swipe, match and message-instantly,\" the official blog post stated.

In its 41st session on July 12, the World Heritage Committee inscribed 21 new sites in its UNESCO world heritage list which features the Indian city of Ahmedabad.

World powers lined up against U.S. President Donald Trump on climate change, reaffirming their support for international efforts to fight global warming.

On the sidelines of the summit, Prime Minister Modi will participate in a meeting of leaders of the BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - grouping.

With this, India has become only the 11th country whose citizens are eligible to enroll in the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initiative. On landing at select airports, the programme members enter the United States through automatic kiosks, instead of queueing up to clear the immigration by meeting an immigration officer.

The spread of the virus dubbed WannaCry - \"ransomware\" which locked up more than 100,000 computers - had slowed, cybersecurity experts said, but they warned that the respite may be brief.

Cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails that appeared to contain invoices, job offers, security warnings and other legitimate files.

Ransomware is a program that gets into your computer, either by clicking on the wrong thing or downloading the wrong thing, and then it holds something you need to ransom.

The company had reported a net profit of Rs 833.29 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. Total income also declined by 7.55 per cent to Rs 7,606.31 crore for the fourth quarter as against Rs 8,227.93 crore a year earlier, Hero MotoCorp Ltd said in a regulatory filing.

The comments assume significance in the wake of Indian companies, specially IT services providers, getting concerned over protectionism by the US and several other countries.

The Mukesh Ambani-run company's website states that its customers can sharply reduce their international call charges by activating the rate-cutter plan.