Economy - general
ED charges Jharkhand’s Koda, two associates
05 Mar 2011
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I-Mark: India’s new quality benchmark for design
05 Mar 2011
The India Design Council launched a campaign Friday to foster awareness about good design in India by launching a quality benchmark - the I-Mark.
FDI rules to be further liberalised: Mukherjee
04 Mar 2011
India among world's top 10 manufacturers: UNIDO
03 Mar 2011
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India's core sector production grew 7.1 per cent in January
01 Mar 2011
Core sector industrial production in India seems to be picking up pace, growing at 7.1 per cent in January against 5.3 per cent in December 2010 and 2.3 per cent in November 2010
IT industry disappointed over withdrawal of sops
01 Mar 2011
Budget will push up healthcare costs: experts
01 Mar 2011
Export duty hike on low-grade Goan ore ‘unfair’
01 Mar 2011
Relief for art lovers as customs duty goes
01 Mar 2011
Pranab’s promises must be delivered: Templeton
01 Mar 2011
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Budget 2011-12 Impact: Sectors that lost/gained the most
01 Mar 2011
The Union Budget 2011-12 presented by the finance minister seems balanced and growth oriented with agriculture, infrastructure and social sectors being the focus areas
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Funds for social schemes seem to be vanishing
01 Mar 2011
While the government claims its various social uplift schemes as a major achievement, the finance minister’s budget hikes for such schemes as NREGA are in low single digits, analyses Jagdeep Worah
Broadens the tax base, ensures fiscal discipline: Minakshi Batra, India Director, IDA Ireland
28 Feb 2011
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Union Budget 2011-12: Scaling up resource flows for double-digit growth
28 Feb 2011
At Rs1,60,887 crore, the allocation for social sector amounts to 36.4 per cent of the total plan outlay
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
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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
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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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