Economy - general
RBI pegs India’s 2014-15 GDP growth at 5.5%
21 Aug 2014
IFC launches $2.5-bn rupee bond programme
20 Aug 2014
Proceeds of the bond sale will be used for infrastructure investments in India over the next five years
CBI chief Sinha warns of laundered black money re-entering India
19 Aug 2014
Sinha’s warning follows a preliminary enquiry registered by the CBI against the Adani group, which has been accused of overinvoicing to the tune of Rs600 crore
Big challenge to reverse cycle of high inflation, low growth: Jaitley
16 Aug 2014
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the current combination of high inflation and low growth is intolerable and the ratio urgently needed to be inversed
Plan panel to be scrapped, replaced by new body: PM
16 Aug 2014
The abolition and replacement of the Planning Commission with a new body does not require legislative changes, as it was set up by an executive order
India seeks Swiss cooperation in tracking down ‘black’ money
13 Aug 2014
India has asked Switzerland to join an ‘early adopter group’ for automatic exchange of information amongst the countries involved in the group over allegedly huge amounts of ‘black’ money
Consumer price inflation rises to 7.96% in July
12 Aug 2014
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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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