Get ready for costlier sugar as govt hikes import duty

India will raise its import duty on sugar to 40 percent from 15 percent, as the government tries to revive business at mills that owe farmers around $1.84 billion, the food minister said on Monday.......

12 Indians, 4 NRIs among Young Global Leaders

As many as 12 Indians and four persons of Indian origin -- three Indian Americans and one Indian Canadian -- feature among the 197 Young Global Leaders named by the World Economic Forum on......

Sensex, Nifty outperform global peers

  Markets ended flat amid choppy trades shrugging off weak global cues with the benchmark Nifty rising 5% in the past six consecutive trading sessions. Profit-booking in IT shares and......

Pranab, Buddhadeb sing the same tune

Ignoring the rivalry between the Left Front and the Congress in the imminent West Bengal Assembly elections, Congress and and Union defence minister Pranab Mukherjee and West Bengal chief minister......