Government
PM takes direct control of project monitoring to spur industry
19 Dec 2014
By taking over the PMG, Modi could help firms planning coal, power, steel and infrastructure projects, which need to cut through a maze of up to 180 clearances and fast-track investments worth $300 billion
Lok Sabha approves dilution of punitive provisions in Companies Act
17 Dec 2014
The Lok Sabha today approved a slew of changes to the Companies Act, 2013, seeking to remove "oppressive provisions" in the Act to make it investor-friendly
Coalgate: Court tells CBI to further grill Manmohan Singh, others
16 Dec 2014
Refusing to accept CBI’s closure report, a special CBI court in Delhi today ordered it to record the statements of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who held charge of the coal ministry in 2005 in the coal block misallocation case
Irrigation scam probe cleared, Maharashtra govt tells High Court
12 Dec 2014
Advocate general Sunil Manohar today told the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court that the state government had approved an Anti-Corruption Bureau probe in the irrigation scam
Law on attempt at suicide to go
10 Dec 2014
India to see a new development model in New Year
08 Dec 2014
The new institution is intended to foster cooperative federalism by allowing states to decide on their priorities instead of the centre deciding projects irrespective of meeting their actual needs
Anil Kumar Sinha takes over as CBI director
03 Dec 2014
‘Big bang’ financial reforms coming, says Jaitley
01 Dec 2014
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said the four expert groups currently examining the FSLRC’s suggestions would prepare a roadmap for upgrading existing agencies and establishing new agencies like the proposed Financial Sector Appellate Tribunal, Resolution Corporation, Public Debt Management Agency and Financial Data Management Centre
FM to relaunch Kisan Vikas Patra tomorrow
17 Nov 2014
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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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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