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Govt proposes to set up Indian Innovation Centre
13 Jan 2015
Government eases norms for land use by SEZs
10 Jan 2015
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Indian diaspora a great capital: PM
08 Jan 2015
Inaugurating the 13th Pravasi Bhartiya Sammelan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the Indian diaspora a great capital for the country
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Coal India unions spurn talks, go ahead with massive strike
06 Jan 2015
With last-ditch reconciliation efforts failing, the trades unions of state-run monopoly Coal India Ltd and its various subsidiaries today launched a five-day strike, which they termed the biggest industrial action for any sector since 1977
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Modi asks scientists to help foster country’s development
03 Jan 2015
PM cited China’s emergence in recent times as the second biggest global economy, which, he said, is in parallel to its rise to the second place in science and technology activities
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Fiscal deficit hits 98.7% of target in first 8 months
01 Jan 2015
Official data released on Wednesday showed the deficit stood at Rs5,25,000 crore, against the full-year’s budget estimate of Rs5,30,000 crore
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Core sector output growth hits a 5-month high of 6.7% in November
31 Dec 2014
The index of the eight core sector industries, which has a weight of nearly 38 per cent in the general index of industrial production, recorded a cumulative growth of 4.6 per cent during April-November 2014-15
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