State-owned fuel retailers on Friday decided to defer their decision to suspend jet fuel supplies to Air India after the national carrier promised to make regular payments to clear outstanding dues, officials said. The three state-owned oil companies – Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) – had earlier this month threatened to snap ...

In the national capital on Friday (October 18) morning air quality reached the “very poor” category and is expected to fall drastically by the weekend. Delhi’s overall air quality index stood at 306 on Friday. It was 270 on Thursday. AQI Delhi Technological The university has 312, Dwarka Sector Eight 316, Narela 310, Wazirpur 312 and Bawana 341. AQI is’ ...

The US is not going to get involved in “crazy endless wars” over 7,000 miles away, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, defending his decision to withdraw troops from northern Syria. The last week decision paved the way for Turkey to launch a cross-border military offensive that aims to push the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) from the region. Turkey ...

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police has arrested three men from near the Barapulla flyover here and recovered heroin worth Rs 100 crore from them, a senior officer said on Thursday. Mohammad Hashim (32), Mohammad Sabbir (49) and Naresh Kumar (49), all residents of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh used to supply drugs in the national capital, he said. “On ...

The meeting of the Trivendra Singh Rawat cabinet will be held in Almora on October 23, instead of October 24. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the meeting will be held at Govind Ballabh Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development at Kosi, a remote place in Almora district. The proposal to amend the circle rate of ...

Gold prices on Thursday declined Rs 105 to Rs 38,985 per 10 gram in the national capital on a stronger rupee and weak global cues, according to HDFC Securities. However, silver surged by Rs 509 to Rs 46,809 per kg here from its previous close of Rs 46,300 per kg. On Wednesday, gold closed at Rs 39,090 per 10 gram. ...

Union HRD Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ chaired the 4th meeting of the IndianInstituteofinformationTechnology(IIITs) Council in New Delhi today.At the outset, the Chairman stressed on the need of leapfrogging by IIITs in order to become world class Institutes. The IIITs should compete with the best Institutes in the world so that the international students prefer our country over others for ...

Around 50 depositories of the scam-hit Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative Bank staged a protest outside the RBI demanding revoking restrictions on cash withdrawal, currently capped at Rs 40,000 over a six-month period. The protesters marched from Patel Chowk to Reserve Bank of India protesting against the suspension of banking operation since September 24. According to police, the PMC bank depositors ...

E-commerce giant Flipkart on Tuesday said it is setting up a new local entity – Flipkart Farmermart – that will focus on food retail in India, as it looks to take on arch-rival Amazon in the segment. According to sources, Flipkart is expected to invest about Rs 2,000 crore initially in the business and pump in more funds as required ...

Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal participated in the 3rd edition of India Energy Forum2019by CERAWeek in New Delhi today. Piyush Goyal was part of the Indian Ministerial panel along with R. K. Singh, Minister for New and Renewable Energy and Pralhad Joshi, Minister of Coal and Mines. The discussions were conducted by Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer ...