Seoul, July 31 (Inditop.com) South Korea will import Russian gas as part of a $100-billion pact signed by the two countries in September last year, WAM news agency reported Friday.
South Korean Economy Minister Lee Yoon-ho will visit Russia in August to discuss the matter in detail, the report said.
Russia will supply the gas through a [...]
Mumbai, July 31 (Inditop.com) India’s private airlines Friday threatened not to fly from Aug 18 if the government fails to announce a bailout package to help tide over the ongoing crisis which they claim has escalated their collective losses to over $2 billion.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Federation of Indian Airlines [...]
New Delhi, July 31 (Inditop.com) The Delhi High Court Friday issued notices to the Delhi government and a private school for denying admission to a poor student under a quota for the economically weaker section (EWS).
Justice Anil Kumar issued notice to the Delhi government and the Taksila Public School, in Shahdara area, and directed them [...]
New Delhi, July 31 (Inditop.com) A scheme to improve forest management and another to enhance the capabilities of foresters have been approved by the government, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced here Friday.
The approvals came at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) Thursday evening, he told reporters.
The [...]
Chandigarh, July 31 (Inditop.com) The authorities of a private school in Chandigarh Friday sacked a teacher who was found guilty of slapping a Class 3 boy.
Kavita Das, principal of St John’s High School, said here Friday: “As a responsible institution, we are absolutely clear that no one is above the law. We received the inquiry [...]
Chennai, July 31 (Inditop.com) The city’s first broadband Internet service provider Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd has unplugged its services here and started refunding its subscribers their dues, officials said.
“We are forced to close down our business. We don’t know why. This is the answer I give to all my subscribers,” a company official, who [...]
Pretoria, July 31 (Inditop.com) US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit South Africa next week as part of her seven-nation tour of Africa, BuaNews Reported.
Clinton will begin her tour Aug 5 when she arrives in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 8th US-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum).
She will also [...]
Bhopal, July 31 (Inditop.com) A court here Friday ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest former Union Carbide chairman Warren Anderson and produce him without delay, prompting survivors of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy to celebrate on the streets.
The chief judicial magistrate has asked the CBI to explain what steps it has taken [...]