State-run Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertlizers plans a two-three per cent increase in prices next month to protect the margins, following the 33 per cent hike in natural gas price, according to a top company official.

For potassium and phosphorus fertilisers, we will have to raise our prices to some extent so that we maintain our margins. RCF Chairman and Managing Director R G Rajan told PTI here over the weekend.

With trading up on Nifty futures in the Singapore Exchange (SGX Nifty), translating to a significant loss in the market share for the National Stock Exchange (NSE), a standing council of experts was constituted by the government in 2013 to suggest measures for enhancing the competitiveness of Indian stock markets. While the council is expected to come out with its suggestions shortly, improving of competitiveness and regaining lost market share will involve policy initiatives on a range of systemic issues.

Scientists have made a dead heart beat again and successfully transplanted it in the world's first ever game changing surgery.

Doctors at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital have described it as the biggest heart transplant breakthrough in a decade, which will have profound implications for reducing the shortage of donor organs, News.com.au reported.

In India, a small car is always big news. And bigger if it comes from Maruti Suzuki. From the Maruti 800 to the Zen, from the Wagon R to the Alto, and from the Swift to even the Celerio, Maruti has barely failed with its small wonders. Among these models, one car truly stands out—a car which Indian two-wheeler owners aspire to own, a car which has sold over 2.6 million units in India since its introduction 14 years ago, a car which has remained for long the largest selling single model in India—the Alto. In fact, its value-for-money status has ensured the Alto virtually remained unaffected even after the launch, three years ago, of what is perhaps the best entry-level car in India—the Hyundai Eon.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has spotted an image of a gigantic sunspot - the largest in last 24 years.

The flare erupted from a particularly large active region dubbed as AR 12192. The sunspot soon grew to be the largest active region observed in the current solar cycle - a periodic change in the Sun’s activity and appearance - which began in 2008.

MUMBAI: At any gathering of brokers, analysts and investors, a major part of the conversation currently revolves around the new government and its policies. Thursday evening's Muhurat trading session at P J Towers, the headquarters of BSE in south Mumbai, which saw the sensex closing 64 points higher at 26,851, was no different.

Kolkata: India’s only entry this year at the Panda Awards, Sirocco–How A Dud Became A Stud, won the Icon Film Newcomer Award in Bristol. Directed by Ashwika Kapur, 27, the documentary is about a New Zealand parrot who is the official spokesbird for conservation.

Sirocco beat competition from the US film Pride and the UK film We Are Rhino. Wildlife filmmaker Mike Pandey is among the few Indians who have won this award, also known as the Green Oscar, in the past.

Only about a fifth of the individuals or entities named in the so-called HSBC list of alleged foreign account holders have acknowledged their ownership of the accounts. These individuals or entities — 136 in number — have either paid, or are in the process of paying, penalties for concealing incomes.

A threat of a bomb explosion or a possible suicide attack on an Air India flight from Mumbai sparked an alert here with authorities beefing up security at the international airport.

Airport Director A K C Nair said that they received information from Kolkata that there is a threat to the Air India flight on the Mumbai-Kochi sector on October 25 and Ahmedabad-Mumbai sector tonight.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated TV channels for showing dirty streets after Diwali celebrations, saying telecasting such visuals would create awareness among people about the importance of cleanliness.

The Prime Minister, who launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on October 2, also congratulated the people who particpated in cleanliness drive after bursting fire crackers during Diwali.

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