Economy - general

Australian travel advisory warns of dengue fever outbreak during Common Wealth Games

08 Sep 2010

Strike hits services at PSU banks

07 Sep 2010

Julia Gillard is Australian PM with independent backing

07 Sep 2010

Australian prime minister Julia Gillard secured her Labour Party a second term in power with a tiny, one-seat majority after convincing two key independents and a Green MP to provide her support.

Nilekani addresses fears on security and privacy aspects of UID

07 Sep 2010

Improved grain storage alone not enough: Basu

07 Sep 2010

The government’s chief economic advisor, Kaushik Basu, has said that improved storage alone will not bring down food prices, and has called for a redesign of the mechanics of acquiring and releasing food to poor

Can’t limit grain procurement, govt tells SC

07 Sep 2010

Reservation for poor in private schools to be mandatory

07 Sep 2010

Economy hurt by nationwide strike

07 Sep 2010

Normal life is being affected in many parts of the country today as nine major trade unions have called for a 24-hour nationwide strike against the price rise and other issues like disinvestment in the public sector, retrenchment and entry of foreign capital in retail market, etc

IIT, IIM dons may miss out on special pay

07 Sep 2010

IIT, IIM dons may miss out on special pay

07 Sep 2010

India's April-Aug net direct tax receipts up 13.91 per cent

06 Sep 2010

Committee recommends raising retirement age in private sector to 60

06 Sep 2010

Bank employees to strike work tomorrow

06 Sep 2010

Nearly a million bank employees will go on a one-day token strike on 7 September to protest a host of issues like foreign direct investment in public sector banks and entry of foreign banks amongst others

Déjà vu as India’s Direct Tax Proposals enter Round 3

04 Sep 2010

Legal and tax counselling services consultant Nishith M Desai, founder, Nishith Desai Associates, presents insights into the proposed new Direct Tax Code

It’s not the money – it’s working conditions, stupid!

04 Sep 2010

A majority of Indian professionals are likely to quit their jobs not for bigger pay packets, but due to inadequacies in their current working environment

Committee estimates slum population to rise to 93.06 million next year

04 Sep 2010

INTUC to join anti-UPA strike on 7 September

04 Sep 2010

Pulses, milk and cereal prices push inflation to 10.86 per cent

04 Sep 2010

Food, fuel prices continue upward march

03 Sep 2010

Property owners to get two way relief under new direct tax provisions

03 Sep 2010

Roubini outlines the “new normal”

03 Sep 2010

Prof Roubini has said decoupling expectations will flop as US economic slowdown impacts China, Japan and the euro zone and that it would still feel like recession even without a double dip.