Economy - general
Jaitley moves draft GST bills in Parliament
27 Mar 2017
The four bills must be passed in Parliament before the Budget session ends on 21 April to enable the rollout of GST on 1 July
Aadhaar number made mandatory for filing tax returns
22 Mar 2017
The government has decided to lower the limit on cash transactions from Rs3 lakh to Rs2 lakh, and make Aadhaar number mandatory for filing income tax returns or applying for a PAN card
SC advises negotiated settlement of Ayodhya issue
21 Mar 2017
The Babri Masjid Action Committee has ruled out the possibility of an out-of-court settlement and said it was open only to mediation by the Chief Justice of India
Aadhar could become global template, says World Bank
16 Mar 2017
Other countries are looking at Aadhar-like programmes, but it’s best to develop one standardised system so people can carry their IDs across world, says Paul Romer, chief economist at the World Bank, adding, "The system in India is the most sophisticated that I’ve seen"
Kochi youth flock to protest moral policing
10 Mar 2017
Times ranks IISc Bangalore among top 10 globally
08 Mar 2017
IISc Bangalore has been ranked eighth in the Times Higher Education 2017 in the "best small universities" category, but two others that were earlier on the list – IIT-Guwahati and Savitribai Phule Pune University – have dropped out
India leads Asia Pacific in graft; cops, godmen rated worst
08 Mar 2017
Despite optimism about the Modi government being serious about ending corruption, petty-level bribery remains so rampant in India that nearly seven in 10 Indian reported paying a bribe to access public services
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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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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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