Economy - general
Jaitley vows to stick by deficit target despite expansionism calls
06 Feb 2015
The government's top two economic advisers, Arvind Panagariya and Arvind Subramanian, have both advocated loosening deficit targets to allow public spending on infrastructure and help revive economic growth
Fragile oil prices bolster India’s budget
05 Feb 2015
HDFC Bank launches Rs10,000 share float; fixes floor for QIP issue at Rs1,061.84
05 Feb 2015
The majority of the mop up will come from foreign investors
TVS Motor Co reports 31% rise in net profit
03 Feb 2015
RBI holds key rates; eases banks’ liquidity ratio by 50 bps
03 Feb 2015
The argument that high interest rates are holding up business expansion and economic growth does not hold since it is now estimated that India’s GDP grew at 6.9 per cent in the 2013-14 fiscal, under a higher interest rate regime
India’s GDP up 6.9% in 2013-14 under new series
30 Jan 2015
A shift in base year from 2004-05 to 2011-12 and a broadening of the coverage of computed income across segments across farm, corporate and unorganised sectors helped to raise GDP growth estimate
Work for Modi: India still trails Pak in business freedom index
By By Jagdeep Worah | 29 Jan 2015
India, US again at loggerheads in Geneva over farm subsidies
29 Jan 2015
Despite the bonhomie during President Barak Obama's Delhi visit this week, disagreements again flared up between the US and India at the first informal meeting of the World Trade Organisation in Geneva on Wednesday over the stockpiling of grains for food security
US can be India’s best partner, says Obama at end of visit
28 Jan 2015
In his final engagement in India, President Barack Obama said "India and the US are not just natural partners, I believe that America can be India's best partner..."
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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
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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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
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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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