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ABUJA: The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) began fresh measures to halt what it described as artificially...

MUMBAI: Indian steelmakers mostly fell amid uncertainty whether the government would raise import duties on the alloy and whether any...

OSLO: Norwegian energy provider Statoil (U.K.) Limited on behalf of the Mariner co-venturers awarded the contracts for supply base and...

KATHMANDU: India has increased grant aid to Nepal by 40 percent to IRs 4.2 billion (Rs 6.72 billion) in the...

NAIROBI:  Baby trafficking has become money-spinning industry in Kenya because of widespread poverty. It is common in Kayole, a slum...

ANKARA: Greek solar energy company Photovoltaic Energy Systems is preparing to invest in renewable energy in Turkey, a company official...

MADRID: The Spanish manufacturing sector has expanded in February as new orders logged its fastest growth since April 2007, survey...

BERLIN: German energy company RWE says it has completed the 5.1 billion euro ($5.7 billion) sale of its oil and...

BERLIN: Germany import price index fell 4.4% year-on-year at the start of the year, faster than December's 3.7% decline. Economists...

MUMBAI: Bombay stock exchange (BSE) Sensex, get 262 points and National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) Nifty regained 8,900-mark in...

NEW DELHI: A section of employees of Visakhapatnam Port Trust has announced protest at Vizag Port against corporatization of major...

TOKYO:  The Japanese government's growth strategy has targeted 10,000 tax-free shops in 2020. Japan has successfully courted tourists, with a...

KOLKATA: Experts predicted that Indian households hold nearly 20,000 tonnes of yellow metal and if Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley's gold...

BALASORE: Indian farmers are forced to pay 25 percent more for smuggled fertilizer as administration has turned a blind eye...

TEHRAN: Iranian parliament has approved a bill to issue $5.5 billion (150 trillion rials) fund for oil and gas development...

DUBAI: Following an invitation extended to Dubai Customs, Dubai Police and Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA) by the Japan External...

WELLINGTON: Meat industry association's chief execuive Tim Ritchie has said that it was a relief to have the nine month...

ROME: VimpelCom Ltd.’s Italian unit agreed to sell a stake in its wireless towers to Spain’s Abertis Infraestructuras SA for...

AMSTERDAM: India’s second largest software services firm Infosys has signed a five-year agreement with global express delivery company TNT to...

BERLIN: German carmaker Volkswagen says after-tax profits rose 21 percent for last year, to R145bn. The maker of Volkswagen, Audi,...