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Growing Pollution in New Delhi

Growing Pollution in New Delhi

June 7, 2016

According to a research, air pollution in New Delhi is relatively high as compared to other parts in the country and reduces life expectancy of the people by around six years.

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Cashless economy in India

Cashless economy in India

June 6, 2016

While India strives to control the flow of black money and reinstate transparency, a cashless economy seems to be part of the solution. Can India’s impoverished infrastructure match the standards of European economies such as Sweden where 98 pc of all transactions made last yea...

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Anti-government sect ‘Netaji’ eviction provokes a huge controversy

Anti-government sect ‘Netaji’ eviction...

June 5, 2016

A huge political controversy has erupted in Uttar Pradesh after 26 people were killed and hundreds were arrested in Mathura, where violence broke when the police tried to dismiss the sectarian illegal occupants in a land owned by the government.

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India passes the proposal for Indian Post Payment Bank

India passes the proposal for Indian Post Payment ...

June 4, 2016

Immediately after the Indian Union cabinet passed the proposal for Indian Post Payment Bank (IPPB), it created ripples in the Indian market. Various private firms are approaching union government with offers of joint venture, equity partnership and many other mutual benefits.

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Bountiful monsoon showers in the country

Bountiful monsoon showers in the country

June 4, 2016

India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts well-distributed rains crosswise India, which will help to lift up the Indian agrarian economy. Upholding to the rain forecasts made by private weather forecasters, India’s official weather forecasting agency, the India Meteorologi...

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Internet users base grew at 40% in India in 2015

Internet users base grew at 40% in India in 2015

June 3, 2016

Internet users in India reached to 277 million, making it the only country in 2015 with a growth rate of 40%. India became the world’s second largest country in terms of Internet users, ahead of US and behind China, even if retail online sales have been much less dynamic recent...

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India-Israel Defence Ties

India-Israel Defence Ties

June 2, 2016

Ties between India and Israel are looking up. India is Israel’s biggest arms exporter and Israel India’s fourth largest arms supplier. Given Israel’s technological expertise and India’s immense market, the partnership is more of a necessity and not merely an option. If it...

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Europe India Foundation for Excellence

Europe India Foundation for Excellence

June 2, 2016

As Modi government completed two years in office, one of his pet schemes, Skill India, was in focus here in Paris as UNESCO hosted a Global Skill Development Meet, attended by delegations from various countries around the world. The meet was organised by the Europe India Foundati...

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India seeks to be the Human Resource Capital of the World

India seeks to be the Human Resource Capital of th...

June 2, 2016

India is all set to achieve the goal of becoming the Human Resource (HR) capital of the world by exporting the country’s surplus manpower after a proper training. Ministry of skill development has started working on the project by setting up 11 training centers in the states li...

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India’s equalisation levy on Google and Facebook

India’s equalisation levy on Google and Facebook

June 1, 2016

Facebook, Google and other transitional online firms are now liable to pay an equalisation levy for all the digital services they provide in India. Will it solve the tax inconsistency related to the e-commerce or aggravate the complexity for mid-scale enterprises in India? Althou...

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