Economy - general
Central staff to get up to Rs25 lakh in house building advance at 8.5% simple interest rate
10 Nov 2017
Demonetisation ethical, transparent exercise: Jaitley's riposte to Manmohan Singh
08 Nov 2017
Unlike the `2G spectrum scam’, the `coal block allocation scam’ or the `Commonwealth Games scam’, the NDA government’s demonetisation exercise was an ethical measure aimed at ending corruption, Jaitly said
GST rates to fall as govt plans biggest overhaul of rate slabs
06 Nov 2017
The government is expected to offer further relief to small and medium enterprises by rationalising tax rates in sectors where the total incidence has gone up because of the GST implementation
India up 30 places in World Bank’s ease of doing business report
31 Oct 2017
Developing countries carried out 206 reforms, accounting for 78 per cent of the 264 business reforms undertaken by 119 economies, says the report
Shadow economy cannot be allowed to undermine real economy: Jaitley
30 Oct 2017
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said the government has been taking steps towards a cleaner economy, and that these have helped enlarge the tax base and reduce illicit cash transactions
Indian economy back on the steady growth path, says finmin
25 Oct 2017
With all indicators – index of industrial production, core sector growth, stock indices, automobile sales, consumer spending - pointing to strong pick-up, growth is expected to be back in the second quarter of current year itself
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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
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
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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