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RBI unhappy as payments banks licensees drop out
24 May 2016
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Jan Dhan Yojna accounts open to misuse, fears RBI
24 May 2016
RBI deputy governor S S Mundra has sounded a note of caution saying the nearly 22 crore bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna could be "very vulnerable" to misuse for "money muling"
Credit card debt in US set to hit $1 trillion
21 May 2016
HSBC to shut down half its branches in India
20 May 2016
NPA situation not out of control: BBB chief Rai
14 May 2016
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No chance of a Lehman moment in India: Rajan
14 May 2016
Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan says the problem of bad loans of public sector banks is being cleared up and a three-corner firewall is being created to safeguard the economy
RBI tweaks shareholding norms for private banks
13 May 2016
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Bankruptcy code clears final hurdle as Rajya Sabha votes
12 May 2016
The bankruptcy code, which unifies more than four overlapping sets of rules, will help slash time taken to wind up a dying company or recover dues from a defaulter
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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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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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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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