Economy - general

05 Oct 2018

04 Oct 2018

03 Oct 2018

The farmer-friendly initiative of increasing minimum support prices of notified crops will ensure at least 50 per cent return over cost of production, giving farmers a total of Rs62,635 crore additional return, says a government release

03 Oct 2018

Expansion of the key sector was slackened by a decline in crude oil and fertiliser production and sluggish performance of industries engaged in the production of coal, steel, refinery products and natural gas

03 Oct 2018

01 Oct 2018

28 Sep 2018

Justice Indu Malhotra, the only woman judge on the five-judge constitution bench, however, ruled the right to equality claimed by some conflicts with the right to follow a religious practice, again a fundamental right, and rejected the plea for entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala temple

27 Sep 2018

A five-judge constitution bench unanimously ruled that adultery cannot be treated as a criminal offence, although it can be used as a ground to file for divorce

27 Sep 2018

Besides Modi and Macron, this year’s laureates include Cochin International Airport (for entrepreneurial vision), Joan Carling (defenders), Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods (science and innovation) and China's Zhejiang's Green Rural Revival Programme (inspiration and action)

26 Sep 2018

IMD has forecast very heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and heavy rainfall over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Punjab, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Sikkim, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu

21 Sep 2018

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06 Sep 2018

The Supreme Court today partially struck down Section 377 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that criminalised homosexuality

06 Sep 2018

The rupee has now fallen nearly 11.5 per cent against the dollar so far this year and continues to be the worst performer in Asia

01 Sep 2018

31 Aug 2018

Gross domestic product at constant (2011-12) prices in Q1 of 2018-19 stood at an estimated Rs33,74,000 crore, against Rs31,18,000 crore in Q1 of 2017-18, showing a growth rate of 8.2 per cent, as per data released by the Central Statistics Office

31 Aug 2018

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20 Aug 2018

The growth projections seek to skirt the pernicious legacy of massive NPAs, de-leveraging of commercial bank credit, the plummeting of the rupee and India getting branded as part of the Fragile 5, Niti Aayog chairman Rajiv Kumar said

18 Aug 2018

The UN has offered help in tackling the flood situation in Kerala if a request is made,after the worst flood in a century killed over 324 and caused losses estimated at Rs20,000 crore