Economy - general
RBI hikes policy repo rate by a further 25 basis points to 6.50%
08 Feb 2023
The RBI said the Monetary Policy Committee decided to remain focused on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation remained within the target going forward, while supporting growth
India’s economy seen growing at 6.0-6.8% in 2023-24
31 Jan 2023
Economic Survey 2022-23 projects a baseline GDP growth of 6.5 per cent in real terms in FY24, following a growth rate of 7 per cent for the year ending March 2023 and an 8.7 per cent growth in the previous financial year
Supreme Court upholds validity of EWS reservation
07 Nov 2022
While Justices Dinesh Maheshwari, Bela Trivedi and JB Pardiwala upheld the 103rd Constitution Amendment, Justice S Ravindra Bhat wrote a dissenting judgment to which Chief Justice UU Lalit concurred
India pips UK to emerge world’s fifth biggest economy
07 Sep 2022
At the current level of GDP growth the Indian economy looks set to overtake Germany in 2027 and most likely Japan by 2029, projections by the State Bank of India showed
India’s core sector output expanded 4.5% in July
03 Sep 2022
India’s GDP grew at an estimated 13.5% in Q1 FY23
01 Sep 2022
GDP growth surged to 13.5 per cent in April-June FY23 on a favourable base, as well as a 16.8 per cent growth in the construction sector
Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress party
29 Aug 2022
India’s GDP estimated to have grown at 8.7% in fiscal 2021-22
03 Jun 2022
Real gross domestic product, or GDP at constant (2011-12) prices, in Q4 2021-22 is estimated to have expanded at a slower pace of 4.1 per cent to Rs40.78 lakh crore
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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.
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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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