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India’s Commercial tax arrears raised to RS2,333 crore
NEW DELHI: India’s Commercial tax arrears have increased to Rs 2333.47 crore on organizations falling under the Bhubaneswar range. The...
Federal minister of climate change, Mushahid annoyed over Pak-Environmental Protection Agency’s performance
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change, Mushahid Ullah Khan, has expressed resentment over the depressing performance of Pakistan Environmental Protection...
Scientists find massive impact area from huge meteorite that struck Earth millions years ago
AUSTRALIA: A massive impact area from a huge meteorite that struck the Earth millions of years ago has been found...
SL’s ICT export revenue to reach US $ 1 bn in 2015: Minister
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s ICT exports are projected to top one billion US dollars this year while the sector has grown...
Exports drop by 29.4%: Kuwait trade surplus falls 43.6% in last quarter of 2014
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s balance of trade realized a surplus worth KD 3.333 billion in the last quarter of 2014, marking...
Ruble sets new high of 57.09 against dollar
MOSCOW: Russian currency Ruble had set new 2015 highs of 57.09 against dollar and 62.44 against euro. Russian ruble rose...
Wine grapes home of soil bacteria, study
PARIS: The fruits, flowers, and leaves on Merlot grapevines harbor bacterial taxa present in the surrounding soil, according to a...
Sony introduces ‘suspend/resume’ feature for PlayStation 4 after Microsoft updates to Xbox One console
LONDON: Sony pushes out a major PlayStation 4 update that will include the long-awaited suspend/resume feature, the company confirmed. PlayStation...
Australian dollar trades US78.08¢ lower
PERTH: The Australian dollar on Thursday began to ease off recent highs, as traders and investors were again starved of...
Macau gambling revenue dips 49% to $2.4b in February
HONG KONG: Gambling revenue in Macau plunged a record 49 percent last month, as wealthy players shied away from China’s...
Hannspree presents new Sports Watch compatible with iOS, Android for £29.99
LONDON: Hannspree has launched its new Sports Watch, which offers various fitness monitoring functions with a price tag of only...
Yen gains 0.5% to 118.91 per dollar in early trade
TOKYO: The yen gained 0.5 percent to 118.91 per dollar as of 6:01 a.m. in London, after reaching 118.86, the...
UAE central bank’s asset plunges 2.1% to Dh330.27b
ABU DHABI: Total assets of UAE Central Bank plunged down by 2.1 percent to Dh330.27 billion in January 2015, as...
Hong Kong’s C Cheng Holdings revenue swells 18% to HK$384.4 m in 2014
HONG KONG: C Cheng Holdings Limited one of the leading comprehensive architectural service providers in Hong Kong and the PRC,...
‘New public database’ hopes to make medical research less difficult
LONDON: Science needs your private data to speed up breakthroughs. Researchers find it increasingly hard to recruit participants. Apple did...
Indian customs nabs 6 for smuggling gold worth Rs160mln
AHMEDABAD: Indian customs arrested six persons including a woman at Ahmedabad International Airport and seized 60 kilograms of gold worth...
Indian rupee weakens by 31 paisa to 62.64 against US dollar
MUMBAI: The Indian rupee weakened by 31 paise to 62.64 against the US dollar today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange...
Malaysia Customs adds 1,315 medicines in GST zero rated list
PUTRAJAYA: An additional 1,315 medicines have been included in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) zero-rated supplies list. Customs GST...
Malaysia Customs foils three attempt to smuggle 2.213kg meth
SEPANG: The customs department thwarted attempts to smuggle 2.213kg of methamphetamine worth RM420,470, via parcels in three separate cases this...
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research discovered sound of stars
CANADA: An experimental work by a team of researchers at the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) may have...
