Economy - general
Core sector production grows at (-)15% in June
03 Aug 2020
India’s daily corona count set to hit 1 lakh mark in a week
03 Aug 2020
With the biggest single-day spike of 55,079 corona virus cases reported on Friday, an incremental growth of 5,079 over the previous day’s 50,000 cases and a current tally of 1.6 million corona affected, India looks set to end up as the worst hit among all nations
PM woes to get economy back on track
03 Jun 2020
India’s GDP growth slows further to an estimated 5% in FY20
28 Feb 2020
Per capita real income in real terms (at 2011-12 prices) during 2019-20 is estimated to attain a level of Rs95,706, against Rs92,085 in the year 2018-19, showing a growth rate of 3.9 per cent
Govt to launch 10,000 new Farmer Producer Organisations
28 Feb 2020
Part of PM Modi’s pet programme of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, the FPOs will address the challenges of strengthening agriculture and rural economy, increasing production and productivity, making farming a profitable venture and thereby raise farmers and rural incomes
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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
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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
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