INTERNATIONAL High alert in US eve of WB meet of finance ministers New York: More than 12,000 US banks have been put on high alert and security at the three-day World Bank meeting of finance ministers in Washington has been tightened after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning that they could be targets of "unspecified" terrorist attacks.
NATIONAL 'India must sustain 5.6 pc growth to reduce poverty' New Delhi: India's ability to sustain an average growth of 5.6 per cent a year will be critical in achieving poverty reduction targets by 2015, a World Bank report has said.
Software exports may get tax free status Chennai: The issue of restoring tax free status to Indian software exports has been taken up with the Union Finance Ministry by the ministry of Information Technology (IT), a top official said on April 20.
