Evaluation of infrastructure requirements for achieving $1 trillion exports by August-September: OfficialA study by the Asian Development Bank is underway to assess infrastructure needs and identify industry clusters to achieve India's USD 1 tr...
12 May, 2024, 01.34 PM IST
DRI seizes 62 kgs heroin worth Rs 434 crore at IGI Airport air cargo complexThe offending cargo, originating from Entebbe in Uganda, had arrived at the Air Cargo Complex, Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, N...
11 May, 2022, 08.32 PM IST
COVID-19: Govt says no state has reported deaths due to oxygen shortageThe government maintains data of COVID-19 cases and deaths reported by states and union territories. Accordingly, the Union government has ...
25 Mar, 2022, 03.48 PM IST
GST Council: No GST on petrol, diesel yet, compensation cess till 2026Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted that the cess collected from July 2022 till March 2026 will be used solely for repayment of...
18 Sep, 2021, 06.06 AM IST
Trolled, mocked, even stoned... How these Mahila MPs made itFirst-timers without any political lineage to find out the odds they conquered on the way to Parliament.
03 Jun, 2019, 10.58 AM IST
Pharma is a great opportunity for Essel Propack to grow in India: Ashok GoelBottom line of the company will grow better than our top line, asserts Goel.
27 Feb, 2019, 05.19 PM IST
IRDAI panel moots waiting period of 30 days for hypertension, cardiac conditions in health coversThe working group set up by the IRDAI recommend ways to rationalise exclusions in health covers, so as to enhance the scope of health insur...
06 Nov, 2018, 11.28 AM IST
Mental illness to be covered under health insurance: Will premiums rise?The insurance regulator has issued a circular asking all insurers to offer medical insurance for the treatment of mental illness with immed...
22 Sep, 2018, 11.24 AM IST
Markets on high: 9 less-known stocks to buy nowET Wealth identifies nine lesser-known stocks that hold promise and can generate high returns in 2018 even as markets rise and valuations z...
15 Jan, 2018, 02.13 PM IST
Union Budget 2017: Full speech of Finance Minister Arun JaitleyFinance Minister Arun Jaitley presented Modi government's post-demonetisation Budget on Wednesday. Here is the full speech of the Finance M...
01 Feb, 2017, 05.25 PM IST
Budget 2016: Full text of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's speechJaitley presented his third budget which took on the fiscal and physical health of the nation by setting the fiscal deficit target at 3.5% ...
29 Feb, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
Budget 2012 India: Highlights of Pranab Mukherjee's speechThe Union Budget 2012-13 speech made by the Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee saw a number of changes being announced across the sectors of...
16 Mar, 2012, 01.54 PM IST
- Falling Rupee makes foods, education costlier
Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, president of Bangalore Wholesale Food Grains and Pulses Merchants' Association, says he's out of pocket because of t...
16 Dec, 2011, 09.28 AM IST
- Budget '06: Full text
Twenty months ago, when I presented the first Budget of the UPA Government, I asked Honourable Members - and the people of this country - t...
28 Feb, 2006, 01.29 PM IST
- Social Sectors
As per the Human Development Reports (HDRs) published annually by the UNDP since 1991, India has consistently improved on the human develop...
26 Feb, 2005, 12.28 AM IST
- The Common Minimum Programme: the complete document
Here is the text of the Common Minimum Programme of the United Progressive Alliance released here on Thursday:
27 May, 2004, 06.35 PM IST