Economy - general
RBI holds rates as food prices surge
04 Aug 2015
Reserve Bank today decided to keep the policy repo rate at which it lends to banks and the cash reserve ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 7.25 per cent and 4.0 per cent, respectively
Centre reverts to NDA's land bill in bid to end logjam
03 Aug 2015
In a major climb-down over the controversial land bill, the government has agreed to retract all amendments to the UPA's 2013 bill
At least 70 dead as floods wreck havoc in Bengal, Manipur and Odisha
03 Aug 2015
At least 70 people have been killed in floods in three states — Bengal, Odisha and Manipur
Core sector output growth slows to 3% in June
31 Jul 2015
NRIs can invest in National Pension System, says regulator
23 Jul 2015
The move will help increase the subscriber base and expand the Rs91,000-crore current corpus of the National Pension System in the private sector manifold
With big data, cloud and start ups, 21st century could be India’s: IBM chief Viriginia Rometty
15 Jul 2015
With robust growth in GDP, increasing start-ups base and growing spread of new technologies
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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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