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End ‘inspector raj’ to help SMEs: Raghuram Rajan
23 May 2016
India a beacon for foreign investment: Jaitley
21 May 2016
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Inefficient government monopolies must end: Jaitley
21 May 2016
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday there was a need to ensure greater competition in the country in sectors such as public transport, railways, power distribution and insurance that are currently dominated by the public sector
Rijiju trashes Pak objections to Indian map bill
18 May 2016
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WPI inflation reverses 18 months of negative show, up 0.34% in April
16 May 2016
Wholesale price inflation rose on the back of a 2.1 per cent year-on-year increase in the prices of primary articles, caused by a 2 per cent rise in food prices and a 3 per cent jump in the prices of non-food articles
Monsoon delayed; to hit Kerala on 7 June
16 May 2016
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No chance of a Lehman moment in India: Rajan
14 May 2016
Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan says the problem of bad loans of public sector banks is being cleared up and a three-corner firewall is being created to safeguard the economy
Panama Papers reveal 2,000 Indian links so far
11 May 2016
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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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Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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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
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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
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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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