Economy - general
Cabinet approves infrastructure development for integrated industrial township at Greater Noida along DMIC
21 Jan 2014
India launches G2B portal for industry promotion
20 Jan 2014
General elections could make or mar Indian economy: Moody’s
16 Jan 2014
Global ratings agency Moody's Investors Service today said India's economic recovery is likely to be slow in the second half of 2014, and the outcome of the general elections due by May could have an impact on the country’s growth prospect
Trade deficit to be contained at $50 bn this year: Chidambaram
16 Jan 2014
Union finance minister P Chidambaram says India’s current account deficit for 2013-14 should be contained at around $50 billion, down from nearly $88 billion in the previous year
World Bank projects India's growth at over 6% in 2014-15
15 Jan 2014
Growth in South Asia remained subdued, mainly due to weakness in the Indian economy, World Bank said in its report on India
Capital shame: Danish woman gang-raped in Delhi
15 Jan 2014
EPFO hikes interest rate on PF deposits to 8.75%
13 Jan 2014
India’s industrial production down 2.1 per cent in November
11 Jan 2014
Production in the manufacturing sector, which accounts for over 75 per cent of the index of industrial production (IIP), declined by 3.5 per cent in November
Abolishing income, other taxes feasible but iffy: experts
09 Jan 2014
The proposal involve the the abolition of all direct and indirect taxes for individuals as well as corporates in favour of a nominal banking transaction tax
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
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On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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