Business & Politics
Raghuram Rajan presents his last monetary policy
August 8, 2016
Amidst the high expectations and a turbulent fiscal reaction in India in terms of rising inflation, Raghuram Rajan prepares to deliver his last monetary policy as the Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tomorrow. However, the government of India still manages to keep a secret...
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Low-caste Dalits in India protest against oppressi...
August 3, 2016
A Dalit youth who consumed poison in protest against thrashing of men from his community in Una, Gujarat, died on Sunday, intensifying the anger of thousands of others who vowed not to take away the carcasses of dead animals till the atrocities by the self-proclaimed cow protecto...
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Indians in Saudi Arabia fall victims to drop in oi...
August 3, 2016
Thousands of jobless Indians are grounded in Saudi Arabia after losing their jobs to the fall in oil prices that hit the Gulf region and its economic activities this year. The Indian government is working to evacuate its people who are being denied both their pays and passports b...
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Indemnity for small tea growers in India
August 2, 2016
The Group Personal Accident Insurance Scheme for small tea growers launched by the Tea Board of India followed by the Parliament speech by Nirmala Sitharaman, the Indian Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, received a welcoming response from small tea growers of various tea...
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Poor road infrastructure
August 2, 2016
The problem of poorly constructed roads is long engraved in India, not only in the rural areas but the issue concerns urban population alike. Potholes, roads under construction, poorly concreted speed breakers and down-and-out drainage system on the roads are a cause of increasin...
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ISRO launching new satellite and boosting the manu...
August 2, 2016
ISRO is set to launch the geostationary weather satellite, INSAT-3DR, from India’s rocket port, Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on the south-eastern coast and has plans to boost manufacturing of all space-crafts.
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Kolkata hosts Pan Asian connectivity conference
July 31, 2016
‘Building Pan-Asian Connectivity’ conference held by U.S Consulate General-Kolkata, CAGS and the ORF in the Lincoln Room, American Center, Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, focused on the challenges to and opportunities of building bridges between India and South East Asia...
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India to set up investment desk to boost tourism i...
July 28, 2016
India is setting up a special desk to harness the enormous investment opportunities offered by the tourism sector in India which will be jointly set up by the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and Invest India.
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Top technology Indian institutes admitting interna...
July 27, 2016
Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) to conduct a Joint Entrance Examination for international students and boost ranking among global schools.
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New Tribal battalion to fight Maoist Guerrillas in...
July 27, 2016
In order to enhance the security situation in Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, in Central India, the Centre (Union Home Ministry) is planning to raise a special battalion, Bastar Battalion, which will be done by recruiting people from the Bastar district only. There-fore, several r...
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