Economy - general
Retrospective tax on Vodafone was a mistake: Pitroda
20 Mar 2014
Sam Pitroda, the prime minister’s technology advisor, on Wednesday admitted that the UPA government did “mess up” and took some wrong decisions, including the one to impose a retrospective tax on Vodafone
Wholesale price inflation falls further to a 9-month low of 4.68%
14 Mar 2014
The decline in wholesale price inflation is not going to make an impact on RBI’s monetary policy stance as the consumer price inflation is still at 8 per cent levels, with core inflation showing a firm trend
India’s industrial production barely grew at 0.1% in January
12 Mar 2014
Cumulative growth of industrial production during the first 10 months of the fiscal (April-January 2013-14) over the corresponding period of the previous year stood at 0.0 per cent
US pressures India to further cut Iranian oil imports
12 Mar 2014
India finds itself obliged to cut its oil imports from Iran by two-thirds from the first quarter of the financial year that begins in April, in keeping with the nuclear deal easing sanctions on Teheran
Switzerland says India can get only 'lawful' info on black money
10 Mar 2014
Switzerland says it is exchanging information with Indian authorities on all lawful requests, but cannot help on enquiries based on stolen banking data
Make toilets a part of pop culture say Jairam Ramesh, Uma Bharti, Shivraj Singh Chauhan at conclave
08 Mar 2014
Customs tightens baggage rules for gold
07 Mar 2014
India’s factory output showed strong growth in February: HSBC
03 Mar 2014
India's manufacturing sector expanded in February at the strongest pace in 12 months, driven largely by growth in new business orders and an improved macroeconomic situation, HSBC’s latest PMI shows
India has more billionaires than France or Germany
03 Mar 2014
The combined wealth of Indian billionaires is estimated at $390 billion; and the country is behind only the US, China, Russia and the UK, and ahead of Germany, Switzerland or France in the number of billionaires
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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
06 Mar 2023
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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