Economy - general
Direct Tax Code tabled in Lok Sabha
30 Aug 2010
The Direct Tax Code bill, aimed at simplification of the country's archaic direct tax laws, was tabled in the Lok Sabha today by finance minister Prabnab Mukherjee today
Hiranandani bros out on bail in PF scam case
27 Aug 2010
Cabinet okays new direct tax regime; Parliament nod expected
26 Aug 2010
The union cabinet has approved the direct taxes code (DTC) bill, paving the way for its introduction on Monday in the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament
Committees can’t be super-regulators, says RBI
25 Aug 2010
RBI warns of structural constrains to growth
24 Aug 2010
While India has avoided a financial crisis at home and the risk of a potential output shock is remote, RBI says volatile capital inflows could be risky for stable economic growth
Government renews sops for export-oriented goods
23 Aug 2010
Labour, Coalition launch bids to secure power in Australia
23 Aug 2010
With leading contenders for power ending up near equal in results it is likely that Australians may have to wait up to ten days to learn who is going to form the new government.
Coalition inches ahead of Labour in see-sawing Australian elections
21 Aug 2010
Australia is headed for a topsy-turvy political future as a massive swing against incumbent Labour looks set to deliver the country’s first hung parliament since World War II.
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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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