Defence general
Indo-US defence ties get boost as Guardian drone sale cleared
27 Jun 2017
In a late night statement, the White House said completion of the drone sales would increase bilateral defence trade to nearly $19 billion, supporting thousands of US jobs
Saudi, allies list demands to end Qatar blockade: report
23 Jun 2017
Saudi Arabia and allies want Qatar to close Al Jazeera, end ties with Iran within 10 days
India set to get 22 unarmed Guardian naval drones from US
23 Jun 2017
While the Guardian drones that India will get are unarmed, the Indian military had originally asked for missile-firing Predator Avenger craft, a request turned down by the Obama administration
ISIS blows up Mosul’s famous al-Nuri Mosque
22 Jun 2017
Perhaps, the militants could not stand the prospect of the very place from where their leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared a caliphate three years ago falling off their hands
Police in Thailand bust huge click farm
14 Jun 2017
London tower blaze leaves 6 dead, more than 70 injured
14 Jun 2017
The number is expected to rise, police say, as the inferno seems to have trapped residents as they slept
India set to partner rivals Pakistan and China in SCO
09 Jun 2017
China is expected to effectively use India’s membership in the SCO to sell its One Belt One Road idea and thereby sideline India’s opposition to China’s infrastructure building in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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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