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  Russia launches scheme to boost birth rate, offers money to schoolgirls for having children

  World | July 05, 2025 23:50 IST

  Russia has launched a controversial scheme offering money to adult schoolgirls to boost birth rates amid a deepening demographic crisis.

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  Modi govt's success: India's poverty rate drops from 27.1% to 5.3% in a decade, says World Bank

  Business | June 08, 2025 18:19 IST

  India has made remarkable progress in reducing extreme poverty, with the poverty rate dropping from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23, according to the World Bank, driven by government programs like the free food distribution scheme.

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  Vegetable prices soar in Varanasi due to rain

  News | June 30, 2021 20:54 IST

  Vegetable prices have shot up since few days in parts of Varanasi.

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  COVID: 'Recovery rate 93% in Maharashtra, but lockdown still extended'

  News | May 28, 2021 18:07 IST

  Talking on the current COVID crisis, Maharashtra Health Minister, Rajesh Tope said, "The recovery rate in the state has reached to 93 per cent.

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  COVID-19: Mumbai's test positivity rate drops below 10 pc

  India | April 30, 2021 14:47 IST

  COVID-19 test positivity rate in Mumbai has dropped below 10 percent

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  Vegetable prices soar upto 60% from mandi to retail cart

  India | March 25, 2015 13:00 IST

  New Delhi: Despite a prolific winter, the prices of vegetables and pulses are increasing upward relentlessly.In several cities, prices are higher than average. In Jaipur, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, tomatoes are selling at

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  Vegetable prices to soar despite decline in inflation rate

  India | March 17, 2015 9:52 IST

  New Delhi: Food inflation strengthened in February on the back of rising vegetable, pulses and onion prices and the unseasonal rains in some parts of the country is expected to continue putting more pressure.As per

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  Will break vicious cycle of high inflation-interest rate: FM

  June 09, 2014 18:18 IST

  New Delhi: Committing to break the vicious cycle of high inflation and high interest rate, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today made a case for putting in place strict measures and special courts to stop hoarding

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  Wriddhiman Saha: Still rate 35 at Adelaide above century in IPL

  Cricket | June 05, 2014 7:45 IST

  New Delhi:  He has been the focus of attention after a magnificent hundred in the IPL final but Wriddhiman Saha rates a long-forgotten 35-run Test knock in Australia higher than his latest feat.     "Although the

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  TataSky hikes subscription rates by 8% on premium services

  May 15, 2014 21:22 IST

  Mumbai: Direct-to-home TV broadcast service provider TataSky has hiked its subscription rates by up to 8 per cent (up to Rs 370), on its select long-duration as well monthly packs from this month.The move comes

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  Trai For 8% Licence Fee On Internet Cos;May Push Up Rates

  May 02, 2014 17:12 IST

  New Delhi: Telecom regulator Trai on Thursday (1 May) suggested a new definition of revenue for Internet service providers (ISPs) on which the government should levy 8 per cent annual fee.Industry officials said the recommendation,

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  RBI may not ease rates till Jan 2015: Icra

  May 01, 2014 23:50 IST

  Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is unlikely to ease rates till early 2015 as the possibility of a below-average monsoon will make it difficult to contain inflation at the targeted 8 per cent

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  Bharti Airtel hikes rates of select Internet, call packs

  April 13, 2014 15:53 IST

  New Delhi: Telecom major Airtel has increased mobile services rates of both internet and calls under certain schemes, giving an indication of next round of tariff hikes in the industry.“There has been change in Airtel

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  SBI to hold home loan rates

  April 05, 2014 22:15 IST

  Kolkata: The State Bank of India (SBI) will hold on to its home loan rates, a senior official of the bank said here today.“Home loan rates will remain as they are,” SBI Chairperson and Managing

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  Rate cut not enough, need enabling environment for growth: HSBC

  March 23, 2014 23:59 IST

  New Delhi: To spur investments, the country also needs an “enabling environment” besides reduction in interest rates, HSBC Country Head Naina Lal Kidwai has said. “Interest rates are not the only reason why investment is not

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  Gold, silver surge on sesonal demand, firm global trend

  October 08, 2013 18:26 IST

  New Delhi: Gold and silver prices surged for the third straight day in the bullion market today on sustained buying by stockists and jewellers for the ongoing festival and marriage season amid a firming global

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  Onion wholesale prices down Rs 5/kg, retail rates still high

  India | September 24, 2013 17:51 IST

  New Delhi: Wholesale prices of onion today declined by Rs 5 at Rs 40-45 per kg, although retail rates continued to rule at the uncomfortable level of Rs 60-70 a kilo.Arrival of new crop of

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  Onion prices remain high at Rs 60/kg; wholesale rates soften

  India | August 13, 2013 19:36 IST

  New Delhi: Onion prices remained high at Rs 60 per kg in Delhi today even though wholesale rates fell by Rs 5 per kg on increased supply.In upmarket colonies, the bulb, a key ingredient in

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  Gold snaps 3-day fall, up by Rs 120

  June 27, 2013 16:09 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 27:  Snapping a three-day falling trend, gold prices today recovered by Rs 120 to Rs 26,800 per 10 grams in the national capital on buying at existing lower levels amid a rebound

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  RBI Keeps Rate Unchanged; Inflation To Guide Future Action

  March 15, 2012 12:00 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 15: The Reserve Bank today kept key policy rate unchanged and said future policy action would be determined by the movement in inflation.“On the basis of the current macroeconomic assessment, it has been