Economy - general
RBI holds rates amidst easing of inflation
05 Apr 2018
RBI said the decision of the MPC is consistent with the neutral stance of monetary policy and in consonance with the objective of achieving the medium-term target for consumer price inflation of 4 per cent, while supporting growth
Indian Economy seen growing at 7.4 per cent in 2018-19
05 Apr 2018
The India Ratings and Research report, combined with an uptick in services sector activity in March that pushed up job growth to the fastest pace in 7 years, may come as a boost to the government's economic policies
Salman Khan gets 5 years in 1998 blackbuck poaching case
05 Apr 2018
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan was on Thursday sentenced to five years in jail after being found guilty by a court in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case
Skymet Weather predicts normal rains from June
04 Apr 2018
Net FY18 direct tax collections up 17.1% at Rs9,95,000 cr; GST collections at Rs7,17,638 cr
03 Apr 2018
Core sector output expands at 5.3% in February
02 Apr 2018
Core sector industrial production had expanded at a faster pace of 6.7 per cent in Jan
Share sales to attract long term capital gains tax from 1 April
31 Mar 2018
The tax on long-term gains on share transactions, reintroduced after a gap of 14 years, imposes a 10-per cent tax on gains exceeding Rs1 lakh from sale of shares
Deadline for Aadhaar-PAN linking extended to 30 June
28 Mar 2018
The apex court ordered the extension of the deadline till the five-judge constitution bench delivers its judgment on petitions challenging the validity of the biometric scheme and the enabling law
Karnataka elections to be held on 12 May
27 Mar 2018
India wants Cambridge Analytica to clarify if it misused data to influence elections
24 Mar 2018
Cambridge Analytica, the controversial British political consulting firm, already facing the rap in the US and UK, has been asked by the Indian government whether it had misused data to influence elections
Changes to Australian immigration law to hit Indians most
24 Mar 2018
The Australian government has scrapped the highly popular sub-class 457 visa category for overseas workers hoping to migrate there, replacing it with a new temporary skill shortage visa
AI will gradually eat into jobs: Raghuram Rajan
23 Mar 2018
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