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  Revision in WPI, IIP base year to push India’s 2016-17 GDP growth to 7.6 pc: former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen

  May 30, 2017 12:44 IST

  India’s GDP growth for 2016-17 will get a 50 basis points push to 7.6 per cent following the recent revision in the base year for the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), former Chief Statistician Pronab Sen said

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  Defence security guard at Kochi Naval base found dead

  India | May 23, 2016 11:34 IST

  Kochi: A 53-year-old defence security official was found dead with gunshot wounds at a naval base in Kochi, Navy officials said on Monday. Defence Security Corps (DSC) jawan Naik Sivadasan K was found dead with

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  Equity MF investor base grows by around 4 lakh in April

  May 25, 2014 18:41 IST

  New Delhi: Equity mutual funds registered a surge of nearly four lakh investors - measured in terms of individual accounts or folios - in April mainly on account of sharp rise in stock market. This

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  Al-Qaida gunmen overrun major Yemen military base

  World | September 30, 2013 23:31 IST

  Sanaa, Yemen: Suspected al-Qaida gunmen dressed in fatigues and riding in military trucks overran a key army base in eastern Yemen on Monday, security officials said, holding captive high-ranking officers and soldiers inside in the

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  Pakistani Taliban sets up base in Syria: BBC report

  World | July 13, 2013 18:58 IST

  London, Jul 13: The Pakistani Taliban have set up a base in Syria to assess “the needs of the jihad” and at least 12 of its “experts” in warfare and information technology have visited the