India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are scheduled to come together for the Indo-Japan annual meet in Guwahati in December 2019. The meeting has been arranged in the side-lines of Abe visiting Manipur to pay tribute to the Japanese soldiers killed there during W...
India’s trade deficit has hit a seven-month low. The trade deficit for September 2019 was estimated at $10.86 billion as against a deficit of $14.95 billion in September 2018. Exports shrank by 6.57% to reach $26.03 billion while imports declined by 13.85% to reach $36.89 billion, indicating a slu...
A new chapter began in West Asia after the US troops pulled out from north-eastern Syria recently. Turkey launched a cross-border operation in the region controlled by the Syrian Kurds, putting the entire territory at risk. According to the United Nations, more than 200,000 people have been displace...
Real estate is in crisis. With the domestic financial crisis gripping almost the entire Indian market, how could India’s property market remain insulated? The slowdown has forced home-buyers and investors to remain in the wait-and-watch mode. The slump in the residential property market has also l...
The government has retracted its plan of imposing a blanket ban on single-use plastics. The measure seemed too disruptive for various industries. The use of single use plastic has become one of the biggest sources of pollution, adding to landfills, contaminating food chains and filling up ocean beds...
Dhanteras this year will be celebrated on October 25, 2019. The popular festival of Hindus is a celebration of Goddess Lakshmi. People flock in large numbers to the market to buy gold, utensils and other valuable products to mark this auspicious day. Retail outlets all over India experience a surge ...
The Indian Railways on September 27 provisionally selected 50 key routes in order to collaborate with private operators to run modern passenger trains. The national transporter asked its zones to examine the feasibility of the selected routes. The decision taken in a high-level meeting of the Railwa...
Durga Puja is a time of festivities and feasting. People look forward to try out new dishes and festival-specific menus at hotels and restaurants. Some Kolkata-based hotels and restaurants and their Durga Puja specials for this year are listed here.JW Marriott Kolkata is all set to host gourmet expe...
Abhishek Dwivedi, a 27-year-old, Jaipur-based manage-ment trainee has already registered to attend the grand Jaipur Literature Festival next year. For him it is a coming together of two distinct features of human identity- literature and culture. He told BE, “Both culture and literature are intert...
Hong Kong is facing a major political crisis amid repeated street protests and mass demonstrations. The political crisis, triggered by now-suspended Hong Kong government’s extradition bill which would allow extraditions to mainland China and Taiwan, swell as Hong Kong residents demand the bill’s...