Economy - general
Karnataka to unveil new IT policies this month
15 Sep 2010
Indirect tax collections up 45 per cent in August
15 Sep 2010
Going by the current trend in indirect tax collections, the government is well on course to achieve the budget estimate of Rs747,000 crore target for 2010-11
Petroleum, flowers included in WPI base revamp
14 Sep 2010
India revises its wholesale price index
13 Sep 2010
Industrial production growth of 13.8 per cent encouraging: Pranab
11 Sep 2010
`This is encouraging since the overall growth of GDP in the second quarter of this year is expected to be slower than in the first quarter'.
CSR spending may become mandatory for large companies
11 Sep 2010
The ministry of corporate affairs plans to incorporate a proviso in the new companies bill, making it mandatory for the larger companies to invest 2 per cent of their net profit in corporate social responsibility activities
25 Delhi trains cancelled as Yamuna rises to danger levels
11 Sep 2010
Areas near the Inter State Bus Terminus were also flooded, prompting thousands of people to take shelter in government relief camps and in higher areas
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
09 Sep 2010
Food price inflation rate climbs to 11.47 per cent
09 Sep 2010
Wholesale price inflation rate for non-food articles, however, eased to 20.43 per cent during the week ended 28 August.
Strike hits services at PSU banks
07 Sep 2010
Julia Gillard is Australian PM with independent backing
07 Sep 2010
Australian prime minister Julia Gillard secured her Labour Party a second term in power with a tiny, one-seat majority after convincing two key independents and a Green MP to provide her support.
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