About 53 million homes in the country are yet to get electricity and many industries depend on diesel generation sets to meet their requirements.
Indian and Malaysian companies on Monday signed 12 MoUs in diverse fields, including building of an international airport at Hyderabad, even as Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi described the current volume of Indo-Malaysian trade as ina
Gone are the days when an Indian captain had to spend considerable amount of time trying to figure out where to hide his slow-moving fielders and pace bowlers.
The whitefly outbreak has intensified a debate over GM crops just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office reviews a proposal to allow farmers to grow GM mustard.
An overview of India's underwhelming performance in athletics
Ravichandran Ashwin believes India has a grip on the second Test against Australia and a couple of quick wickets in the morning session on Friday, Day 3, could put them in command.
Ajinkya Rahane rallied India with a gutsy, unbeaten 89 as India's much-vaunted top-order failed yet again on the opening day of the fourth Test against South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla, in Delhi, on Thursday.
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Asset managers are betting big on ETFs these days.
In the past, the absence of commercially viable gas prices had not only discouraged high-risk new exploration activity but also hindered the development of some of the existing discoveries, such as the satellite fields in the Reliance Industries' eastern offshore KG-D6 block.
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar says if India wants to win the ongoing five-match ODI series in Australia they need to find a way to dismiss home team skipper Steven Smith early.
The NDA government had kept 65.27 tonnes of gold with the Bank of England, violating the RBI Act, says Janata Party President Dr Subramanian Swamy.
The PM-elect wants to fix the coal sector; cut coal imports by boosting output.
For the 12th successive time, none could match up to India's regional might but the host country's record-breaking medal haul of 308 can hardly hide the fact that the standard of competition in the South Asian Games has failed to rise significantly.
India's personal computer market grew 24 per cent in the July-September quarter touching 700,000 units over the same quarter a year ago with HP replacing HCL in the overall desktop market to achieve a 10 per cent market share.
A fine all-round performance by Irfan Pathan helped India clinch a narrow 10-run victory against Pakistan in the Asian Under-19 cricket championship.
This is the first time an Indian shipyard has been commissioned to design and build a warship to specifications formulated by a buyer country. This marks an important first landmark in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government's drive to increase defence exports.
A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the 'miniaturisation' of projects.
India and China are aiming to double their bilateral trade to about $10 billion by 2005.
Rediff.com takes a look at few of Virender Sehwag's best knocks.
India's total external debt stood at $101.97 billion as on September last year, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
The bank's profit is buoyed by robust growth in its commercial banking and mortgage businesses.
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The government wants to generate 100,000 Mw of solar power by 2022.
The political turmoil in Bihar has pushed the law and order to the back burner.
Fast bowler Steven Finn claimed his first five-wicket haul in a One-Day International as England destroyed India's batting at the Gabba in Brisbane. He took five wickets for 33 runs from eight overs while James Anderson claimed four as the pair skittled the reigning World champions for 153 in less than 40 overs. Statistical highlights from the match.
Australia beat India by four wickets in a nail-biting finish after wicket-keeper Brad Haddin and James Faulkner held their nerves to help Australia go past India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. Earlier, paceman Mitchell Starc captured a career-best 6-43 and Rohit Sharma hit a century as India put up a total of 267 for 8. Check out the images from the match...
Virat Kohli produced yet another masterclass as he smashed an unbeaten 47-ball 89 to guide India to a challenging 192 for two. against West Indies in the second semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20 in Mumbai on Thursday.
The retail sector seeing a sharp rise in FDI flows is one where the Modi government's policy is not clear and has got a little muddled by its political ideology.
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