Economy
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OROP: Ex-servicemen launch indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar
India | June 16, 2015 8:02 ISTNew Delhi: Scores of ex-servicemen on Monday protested here over the delay in implementing the One Rank, One Pension (OROP) scheme for them and threatened to intensify their agitation.Raising slogans like "One Rank, One Pension",
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Ahmedabad: Two steps forward, One step back
India | June 09, 2015 14:51 ISTThe city—India's fifth most populous—had 6.3 million people in 2011. However, outbreaks of communal violence, such as in 2002, have led to it being called a “shock” city, notes the study, to be released on
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Bangladesh on high alert after bloggers' killing: Minister
World | June 08, 2015 17:32 ISTDhaka: Bangladesh is on high alert following the hacking to death of three secular bloggers in recent months, a senior minister said as he blamed home-grown elements like fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami for the brutal killings that
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Slump in stock markets not a trend; economy recovering: Arun Jaitley
June 04, 2015 21:56 ISTNew Delhi: Unfazed by the three day slump in stock markets on fears of drought, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the slide does not indicate a trend as economy is on a recovery
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PM Narendra Modi asks new IFS officers to be well-versed in economy
India | June 04, 2015 21:38 ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today interacted with a group of probationer IFS officers, asking them to be particularly well-versed in matters related to economy and energy security while developing good knowledge of history
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Arun Jaitley pushes for 'plastic' currency
June 02, 2015 17:17 ISTNew Delhi: After inaugurating a newly-minted facility to make special paper for currency notes at Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh a day before, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday pushed for greater use of plastic money."The
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India has potential to take GDP to double digit: Arun Jaitley
May 30, 2015 20:15 ISTBhopal: Buoyed by the country's GDP growth of 7.3 per cent in FY 2014-15, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said India has the potential to improve the economic growth to double-digit.“The country has the
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Make in India should not entirely focus on global market: Raghuram Rajan
May 29, 2015 9:33 ISTSrinagar: Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan yesterday said it was a 'worthwhile ambition' to pursue Make In India campaign but cautioned that the whole effort should not be made towards producing for overseas markets as
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PM Modi took lessons from Manmohan on economy: Rahul Gandhi
Politics | May 29, 2015 7:58 ISTNew Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with his successor Narendra Modi had fuelled intense speculation but Rahul Gandhi had a different take— the Prime Minister took “lessons” on economy.In keeping with his new-found
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Do what China is doing, says Arvind Subramanian; wants RBI to cut rate to boost growth to 9%
May 27, 2015 9:50 ISTNew Delhi : Pinning hopes on adequate food grain stock helping to keep inflation under control even with below-normal monsoon, Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian today pitched for rate cut by the Reserve Bank next
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Economy rejuvenated, trust in govt restored: PM's open letter
Politics | May 26, 2015 10:50 ISTNew Delhi: Completing one year in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today enlisted the work done by his government, ranging from rejuvenating the economy to initiatives for the poor, and said this is just the
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Expectations from new govt were 'probably unrealistic': Raghuram Rajan
May 20, 2015 10:15 ISTNew York: The expectations from the new government when it came to power last year were “probably unrealistic” but it has taken steps to create an environment for investment and is “sensitive” to concerns of
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Modinomics, Korea's 3.0 economic plans can lift global economy together: Prez Park
May 19, 2015 11:10 ISTSeoul: South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday said that "Modinomics and Korea's 3.0 economic plans can combine to become central drivers for lifting the global economy".Addressing the India-ROK CEO Forum, Park also proposed strengthened
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India on track to outpace China's growth rate: Arun Jaitley
May 18, 2015 11:20 ISTNew Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that India is on track to overtake China's growth with annual expansion of more than 8 per cent.Jaitley said that he has planned a 'huge' public
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Xi Jinping to unveil USD 46 billion China-Pakistan economic corridor during Pak visit
World | April 17, 2015 17:53 ISTBeijing: Brushing aside India's concern, Chinese President Xi Jinping will unveil the whopping USD 46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the biggest overseas investment, linking Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea with its Xinjiang
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RBI sanguine on meeting 6% inflation target by Jan next year
April 07, 2015 13:23 ISTMumbai:The Reserve Bank today sounded optimistic about meeting the 6 per cent retail inflation target for January next year but sounded cautious about the new GDP forecast, projecting 7.8 per cent growth for the current
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Home Coming: NRIs return home to work as economy grows
India | March 27, 2015 8:30 ISTNew Delhi: With economic growth stalling in the West, leading to slower career growth opportunities, India is a market which appears to be more dynamic, offering better job prospects to NRIs.The victory of Narendra Modi-led
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Surfing internet positive for education: Pew survey
Lifestyle | March 23, 2015 14:29 ISTWashington: A majority of people in emerging and developing nations say the internet is good for spreading education, reveals a new survey done across 32 countries.A majority also see the internet as a good influence
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China treks safeguard plan by 10.1 per cent this year
March 05, 2015 10:13 ISTBeijing: Notwithstanding its slowing economy, China today hiked its defence budget by 10.1 per cent, postinga double-digit annual increase in its proposed militaryspending for the fifth year in a row.Amounting to USD 142.2 billion, China's
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Budget 2015 gives lion's share to infra to boost economic growth
February 28, 2015 15:38 ISTNew Delhi: Asserting that India's infrastructure is a mismatch with its growth ambitions, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday proposed a sizeable Rs 70,000 crore increase in investment in the sector besides a slew of
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