India's Economic Survey sees the growth rate for the coming fiscal to remain at 7-7.75 percent due to domestic factors and warns that the upcoming budget will have to contend with an unusually challenging and weak external environment....
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking construction of a temple to Lord Rama at the disputed Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site in Ayodhya, saying that it was already seized of the matter in a challenge to the Allahabad High Court verdict....
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Low-cost investments in maternal nutrition and sanitation programmes can help India exploit its demographic dividend, says the Economic Survey for 2015-16 released on Friday. The survey, tabled in parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, stressed that relatively low-cost maternal and early life health and nutrition prog...
A court in Egypt sentenced four young Coptic Christian schoolboys to five years in jail for contempt of religion....
With assembly elections round the corner, political parties in Kerala's two key political fronts are seeking more seats for themselves. ...
The third and final successful ground test of the indigenous cryogenic engine by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) last Friday has raised hopes of launching the country's first heavy-lift version of the geostationary satellite launch vehicle (GSLV) in December....
The Economic Survey for 2015-16 tabled in parliament on Friday has pegged India's growth for the next fiscal in the 7-7.75 percent range. Reviewing the major developments during the fiscal, the survey said that according to the Central Statistics Office, the growth rate of GDP at constant market prices is projected to rise to 7.6 percent...
The Russian supplier of Mi-17V-5 medium-lift helicopters is expecting another order from India for which negotiations are currently on, a statement from the Rostec State Corporation said on Friday. It supplied 151 Mi-17V-5 helicopters to India and said negotiations are on for another 48. "A commercial proposal has been presented t...
Short-coverings, coupled with value-buying and positive Asian indices, supported the rise of the Indian equity markets during the mid-afternoon trade session on Friday....
