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Govt offers to talk with protesting farmers without conditions
01 Dec 2020
The central government says that the new farm laws are meant for farmers’ welfare while the farmers content that the laws will weaken the APMC system, leaving them vulnerable to corporate interests
Nafed to launch 10,000 honey farmer collectives
30 Nov 2020
Go electric, go global to make India an automobile manufacturing hub, Gadkari tells Industry
25 Nov 2020
India may grant emergency use authorisation for Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine: report
24 Nov 2020
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FM announces Rs265,000-cr fresh stimulus to Covid-hit economy
20 Nov 2020
As part of the relief package, Sitharaman also announced a new scheme to promote employment, called `AatmaNirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana, offering EPF support to EPFO-registered establishments taking in new employees or re-employing those who lost jobs earlier
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Govt approves $20 bn support scheme to boost manufacturing
12 Nov 2020
Under the expanded Production Linked Incentive scheme, government proposes to give nearly Rs1,50,000 crore in incentives to manufacturers in 10 sectors, including automobiles and auto parts, pharmaceuticals, textiles and food products etc, to attract investment
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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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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Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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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
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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
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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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