Business & Politics

Tea production at a record high

Tea production at a record high

May 30, 2018

Indian tea production has reached a record high of 1325.06 million kilogram with an export of 256.57 million kilogram. The earlier record for the highest quantity of tea exports was during the financial year 1976-77 when the total quantity exported was 242.42 million kilogram.

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Artificial Intelligence comes to the rescue of banks

Artificial Intelligence comes to the rescue of ban...

May 29, 2018

The Indian banking sector is beginning to adopt AI (artificial intelligence) quite aggressively for both the back-office and customer facing purposes. According to a data provided by RBI, among state run banks in India, PNB topped in the number of loan fraud cases across India wi...

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Copper for Sterlite, Cancer for People

Copper for Sterlite, Cancer for People

May 28, 2018

  The turmoil in Tuticorin is symbolic of India’s high-decibel development at all costs that threatens the ecological, economic and health security of its people. After a month-long protest for the closure of Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper unit in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) of T...

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Boosting the telecom sector with the new draft policy

Boosting the telecom sector with the new draft pol...

May 25, 2018

The telecom policy has been put in place to give all states, central agencies and other key players like telecom companies and start-ups a general idea of what they can expect from the government in the next few years.

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India set to log on to AI to boost defence capabilities

India set to log on to AI to boost defence capabil...

May 21, 2018

As the world is moving towards artificial intelligence-driven warfare, India does not want to miss the bus. It is all set to give concrete shape to an ambitious plan soon. In an effort to prepare for next-generation warfare, India is all set to explore, invest and induct artifici...

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India needs more solar-based cold storage units

India needs more solar-based cold storage units

May 18, 2018

Low cost manufacturing and negligible operating costs of solar powered cold storage facilities will increase the shelf life of the fruits and vegetables and make it affordable for many farmers in India. Cold storage facility is the biggest need for farmers in the country. Every y...

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Pakistan’s military wants peace and dialogue with India

Pakistan’s military wants peace and dialogue wit...

May 16, 2018

Pakistan’s COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa thinks that the way to peace and prosperity in his country is through military cooperation with India. The two countries along with China will take part in joint military drills in Russia, in September this year. In an attempt towards f...

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Point of No Convergence

Point of No Convergence

May 15, 2018

The recent meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Wuhan has been termed as a turning point in the bilateral relations. But the two Asian giants stand in different corners on many more issues than those that could unite them.

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All villages electrified but what about the houses?

All villages electrified but what about the houses...

May 14, 2018

According to a Bloomberg report, less than 8 pc of the newly electrified villages had all homes electrified; 30.6 million rural households in the country are yet to receive a power connection.

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‘Study in India’ to attract foreign students

‘Study in India’ to attract foreign students

April 19, 2018

In an effort to make India the global hub of higher education, the Government of Indiawill now woo foreign students. Its ambitious scheme, 'Study-in-India’, aims to draw 200,000 students by 2023.

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