India registered about 12 lakh new cancer cases and 9.3 lakh deaths in 2019, becoming the second highest contributor to the disease burden in Asia for that year, according to a new study published......
Moments that show it's an odd, odd world we live in. A couple pose for a wedding photo at Erhai lake in Dali, southwest China's Yunnan province. Photograph: Jason......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in Brazil, the world's fifth largest country, on Monday evening. Some eyebrows were raised over Dr Singh's decision to visit Brazil and then Cuba for the......
A series of steps taken by the government to promote ease of doing business and liberalisation of foreign direct investment norms have helped India receive record FDI inflows so far this year, and......
The revival of the phytosanitary protocol with China is expected to boost tobacco exports to China and prove economically beneficial to Indian farmers. Hemmed in by increasingly restrictive......
Markets ended higher on Thursday, amid a volatile trading session, led by gains in software shares. However, selling in FMCG and index heavyweight Reliance capped further gains in late trades. The......
Foreign cigarette companies could soon find it harder to sell their products in India. The government is looking into a proposal to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in the wholesale marketing......
The world's third largest tobacco company by sales volume, Japan Tobacco Inc, has invested $65 million (Rs 293 crore) in its Indian unit without increasing its shareholding, just days ahead of a......
Japan's planned Super Aguri Formula One team will not take part in next season's championship, the governing FIA said on Thursday.An official list of entrants had just 10 teams, the same number as......
China and Bahrain will make Formula One debuts next season with Belgium's Spa circuit pencilled in again after a year's absence, the sport's governing body said on Thursday.Axed Canada and Austria......