China's worsening pollution is being driven by investment in energy-intensive ind­ustry caused by competition among cities and provinces, according to a new study.

The official visit of the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenka, to Azerbaijan will begin on 2 May. According to the information provided by the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan, the expert groups of the two countries are continuing work on

David Barboza reports for the New York Times on plans by Alibaba to go public sometime later this year.

ANKARA, Turkey - May 1, 2007 - Internet and data communications represent a fast-growing sector in Turkish industry. As businesses - large and small - and public sector organizations are becoming more connected, there is a need for information technology

In what may be seen as worst fears of National Security Advisor M K Narayanan coming true, a US report on terrorism has said pro-Pakistan Jaish-e-Mohammed was investing in commodity market and real estate to raise funds for its terrorist

Buoyed by increased demand, the total personal computer sales in the country registered a growth of 28 per cent during the October-December, 2006, quarter to 1.39 million units.

Technology solutions provider Fiserv India on Tuesday said it will increase its headcount in the country by over five times to 5,000 by the end of 2009.

Worried over its failed procurement operations and anticipating a shortfall in production, the Centre has decided to invite tenders for import of 1 million tones of wheat.

India's leading commodity bourse - the Multi-Commodity Exchange - is in negotiations with the Andhra Pradesh government to set up spot exchanges in the state.

India's leading agri commodity bourse - the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange said on Monday that its trading volumes have been hit by the ban on futures trading in pulses, wheat and rice.

India's leading agri commodities bourse - the National Commodity and Derivative Exchange - has asked the government to permit banks to hedge at domestic commodity exchanges like international bourses.

Is Guar the next commodity that is likely to be banned by the Forward Markets Commission?

Exports in March this year jumped 15.38 per cent year-on-year to $12.5 billion, pushing the overall exports in 2006-07 to $124.6 billion.

Maruti Udyog today posted 17 per cent increase in domestic car sales for the month of April, selling 48,652 vehicles compared to 41,574 vehicles sold in the same period last year.

In what may be seen as worst fears of National Security Advisor M K Narayanan coming true, a US report on terrorism has said pro-Pakistan Jaish-e-Mohammed was investing in commodity market and real estate to raise funds for its terrorist

Surg Vice Admiral Yogendra Singh took over as Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services in New Delhi today. An alumnus of Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, he passed his MBBS in 1968 and was commissioned in Army Medical Corps

UTI Bank, in its new avatar as Axis Bank, is likely to enter into asset management, private equity and venture capital businesses as its new name puts to rest the objection raised by UTI Mutual Fund over the use of

The investors who put their money directly in index-specific stocks scored over those who invested in mutual funds in April, as most fund houses gave returns of 5-6 per cent while the benchmark BSE Sensex rose by about 12 per

A UK major kickstarts a homegrown hotel chain in India.

Army troops today unearthed a militant hideout and recovered explosives and ammunition during two separate search operations in Doda and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.