US: Joe Biden's $1.75 T gambit shifts focus to Democrats' dividesProgressives in the House largely embraced Biden's $1.75 trillion tax and spending plan but continue to hold up the other piece of his econ...
30 Oct, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
JAM trinity proved to be game-changer, helped reach out to people during pandemic: FM Nirmala SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile (JAM) trinity concept of the Modi government helped to reach the farth...
16 Sep, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
GSK merger would help in driving innovation and value for HUL: Chairman Sanjiv MehtaIn December 2018, it was announced that GSK Consumer Healthcare will merge with HUL an all-stock deal, valuing the Indian unit of GSK at Rs...
07 Apr, 2020, 01.08 PM IST
Manmohan Singh should support demonetisation: Bandaru DattatreyaIt is most unfortunate that Singh, who was an economic adviser (to the Centre), Finance Minister and Prime Minister, was critical of the de...
11 Dec, 2016, 06.04 PM IST
Parliament disruptions are like traffic jams: Javed Akhtar"All these are traffic jams. There is chaos because it's like people in the Parliament are trying to overtake from the wrong side or trying...
24 Nov, 2016, 12.38 PM IST
Technology, ease of doing business will help achieve 8% growth: Nirmala SitharamanCommerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said states are also working in concert with the Centre in this regard.
06 Oct, 2016, 07.08 PM IST
Eco Survey 2016: New bankruptcy law, rehabilitation of stalled projects can speed up sick business exitsOn the political cost, the Survey said: "The benefits of impeded exit often flow to the rich and influential in the form of support for ‘si...
27 Feb, 2016, 04.44 AM IST
Economic Survey 2016: Government taking steps to facilitate 'exit' for failed venturesIndia has made great strides in removing the barriers to the entry of firms, talent, and technology into the economy.
26 Feb, 2016, 03.54 PM IST
Maharashtra mulling passenger transport to Goa from 3 Mumbai jettiesThe state government is considering upgrading facilities at the existing jetties at Mandwa, Nerul and Ferry Wharf.
17 Nov, 2015, 11.30 AM IST
Poke Me: Narendra Modi's diaspora thrust is aimed at deflecting the anti-FDI lobby back homeIt is surprising to hear criticism, including from former BJP ministers, over 'the inordinate amount of time' and attention Modi has spent ...
30 Sep, 2015, 05.27 PM IST
RBI to allow new kind of Non-Banking Finance Company as account aggregatorRBI will put in place a regulatory framework to allow a new kind of Non-Banking Finance Company which could act as account aggregator.
02 Jul, 2015, 09.01 PM IST
VHP’s Hindu Mahasammelan just a day after union budgetThe affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh is organising a Hindu Mahasammelan on March 1 in Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
14 Jan, 2015, 05.38 AM IST
Easy bank loans, interference drives away private equities from home-grown food brandsPromoters of Wagh Bakri tea are some food entrepreneurs who have stayed away from PE funds, for fear of interference in their business.
08 Jul, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
BJP’s minority problem to continue in Rajya SabhaUPA, which too had limited strength, tots up to 102 members, including 10 members nominated by President during its tenure.
20 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Administrative transformation critical to economic growth: Dr Bimal Jalan, former RBI Governor"According to me, early elections will be good for the country, because if the Parliament does not function, what is the point of continuin...
28 Aug, 2012, 03.03 PM IST
Bangalore tech zone witnesses planned urban growthOnce a cluster of villages, it is now a concrete jungle with skyscrapers and traffic screeching on the roads.
08 Apr, 2011, 03.15 PM IST
- Optimistic PMO gears up for second innings
Every government seems to come to believe in its seeming permanence. In 2004, just ahead of the elections, one of the last notings that Bra...
15 May, 2009, 08.54 AM IST