Government
Seven parties, 64 RS MPs launch move to impeach Chief Justice Misra
20 Apr 2018
Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress said that opposition parties had moved the impeachment motion on five grounds of “misbehaviour”, but denied that the move was linked to the SC verdict on judge Loya
Loya death: SC throws out pleas, calls them ‘bereft of any truth’
19 Apr 2018
The Supreme Court said there was no doubt the judge probing the Sohrabuddin encounter died of natural causes, and the submissions of the petitioners prima facie amounted to criminal contempt of court
Government to invest Rs100,000-cr in a new Delhi-Mumbai expressway
17 Apr 2018
Besides the Eastern and Western peripheral expressway projects, the government has taken up 10 projects for de-congestion the Delhi NCR, transport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari said
Rape victim wants suspect BJP MLA to be hanged
14 Apr 2018
Pakistan Supreme Court puts an end to Nawaz Sharif’s political career
13 Apr 2018
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who is facing multiple charges in several cases in the accountability court, faces over 20 years in jail if convicted
Salman gets bail in 1998 blackbuck killing case
07 Apr 2018
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who spent two nights in a Rajasthan jail in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case, was granted bail by a Jodhpur district court on Saturday afternoon
Chinese hackers target defence ministry, other websites
06 Apr 2018
Whatever happened, in less than an hour after the defence ministry website was hacked, the law ministry, home ministry and labour ministry websites were found to be inaccessible, with error messages
Stingrays shatter America’s sleazy spy setups
05 Apr 2018
The US Department of Homeland Security suspects foreign spy agencies are also involved in stingray operations to track rivals
Government scraps controversial move on 'fake news' generation amidst uproar
03 Apr 2018
The I&B ministry on Monday amended the guidelines, stating that the accreditation of journalists creating or propagating fake news would be suspended or permanently cancelled, a move criticised by journalist bodies as backdoor press censorship
Share sales to attract long term capital gains tax from 1 April
31 Mar 2018
The tax on long-term gains on share transactions, reintroduced after a gap of 14 years, imposes a 10-per cent tax on gains exceeding Rs1 lakh from sale of shares
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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
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
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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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