Business & Politics

BJP looking to leave footprint in Manipur

BJP looking to leave footprint in Manipur

February 21, 2017

After Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, will the lotus bloom in Manipur - as 60 assembly seats go up for grabs when polls are held on March 4 and 8 - even as the Congress eyes a fourth consecutive term, despite the OkramIbobi Singh government facing strong anti-incumbency?

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Airports Authority of India and Media India Group launches Airports India Business Magazine (AIBM)

Airports Authority of India and Media India Group ...

February 18, 2017

Emphasising the importance of information and applauding efforts to put the focus on civil aviation industry, Union Civil Aviation Minister, P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju, launched the maiden issue of Airports India Business Magazine (AIBM) at an event in New Delhi on Thursday.

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ISRO launches 104 satellites

ISRO launches 104 satellites

February 15, 2017

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recorded the highest number of satellites to be launched in a single mission today.

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Zoom Air enters the Indian aviation market

Zoom Air enters the Indian aviation market

February 14, 2017

Zoom Air, a professional airline group and the newest addition to the Indian domestic sky, successfully took off on its opening flight on February 12 and is all set to commence commercial operations from February 15 with Bombardier CRJ200.

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Adieu Ambassador – French automaker Peugeot now the proud owners

Adieu Ambassador – French automaker Peugeot now ...

February 13, 2017

Seven decades of nostalgia versus the eventual urge to survive; Ambassador, the car that defined a class in India is now compulsively a French affair.

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Is Sasikala the right fit for Tamil Nadu chief ministership?

Is Sasikala the right fit for Tamil Nadu chief min...

February 7, 2017

VK Sasikala is all set to be sworn in as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu on February 9. This shocking political development puts the new chief minister, the ruling party — AIADMK — and Tamil Nadu in the spotlight.

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Union Budget 2017: Focus on skill development

Union Budget 2017: Focus on skill development

February 6, 2017

The Union Budget 2017 was hailed as a progressive one by various leaders in the digital and start-ups sectors of India, and especially the priority given to skilling and training remains a pivotal point of discussion.

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Can electoral bonds ensure free and fair elections?

Can electoral bonds ensure free and fair elections...

February 5, 2017

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced electoral bonds in the recent Union Budget. Can these bonds usher in a new era of much-needed glasnost in political financing in the world’s largest multi-party democracy?

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Complex permutations to decide Goa’s truncated political landscape

Complex permutations to decide Goa’s truncated p...

February 4, 2017

Who will rule over India's tourist paradise—the tiny state of Goa—when it goes to polls on February 4 to elect 40 members of the legislative assembly? Torn by an internal feud and a tussle with the ideological fountainhead, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ruling BJ...

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Union Budget 2017: India on the path of remonetisation

Union Budget 2017: India on the path of remonetisa...

February 3, 2017

After the Indian government has started wheeling the remonetisation mechanism enduringly, banks and ATMs are witnessing a flow of currency. However, the authorities are urge the citizens to go cashless and it was reflected on the budget this year, which was centralised at spendin...

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