Economy - general
Rajnikanth set to launch political party on New Year Day
08 Dec 2020
Rajnikanth expressed confidence in winning Tamil Nadu assembly elections due next year and promised to give the state honest, transparent, corruption free and spiritual politics without any religion or caste difference
India’s economy contracts 7.5% in July-September quarter
30 Nov 2020
GDP at constant (2011-12) prices for the first half of the the fiscal (April-September 2020-21 is estimated at Rs60,04,000 crore as against Rs71,20,000 crore during the corresponding period of the previous year, showing a contraction of 15.7 per cent against a growth of 4.8 per cent during the same period last year
India’s core sector output tanks 2.5% in October
30 Nov 2020
Fifteenth Finance Commission submits report
12 Nov 2020
SC issues notice to Maharashtra assembly secretary for threatening Arnab against moving court
11 Nov 2020
No time to let guard down in the fight against Corona: PM
21 Oct 2020
While the markets have started returning to normal and people have started moving out of their houses to fulfill responsibilities, Modi said, we should not let the festive season squander the efforts of every Indian in the last 7-8 months
IMF sees India’s GDP contracting 10.3% this year, projects 8.8% growth in 2021
15 Oct 2020
IMF has projected India's 2020 GDP to decline at a faster rate of 10.3 per cent, against the 4.5 per cent decline forecast in June this year, as the country struggles to recover from the economic strains brought about by the Wuhan virus
UGC names 24 fake universities
07 Oct 2020
Lucknow CBI court acquits all 32 accused in Babri Masjid case
30 Sep 2020
The special court held that the demolition of the controversial structure was not pre-planned and the conspiracy charges against the 32 accused, including L K Advani, Kalyan Singh, Uma Bharti, Murlimanohar Joshi etc, cannot be proved in a court of law
Covid-19: India set to take No 1 slot with near 1 lakh daily additions
14 Sep 2020
India on Thursday reported 95,735 fresh corona virus cases, taking the total count of Covid-19 affected to 44,65,863, and now looks set to beat worst-hit United States in the very near future
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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