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  • Friday, March, 2024| Today's Market | Current Time: 11:49:04
  • Economic growth dips to 6.9% in Q2, at 7.3% in first half

    Strengthening the indications of an economic slowdown, India’s GDP grew by just 6.9 per cent in the second quarter this fiscal in comparison to 8.4 per cent expansion in the same period last year due to poor performance of the manufacturing, agriculture and mining sectors. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the first half (April-September) […]

    Rich tributes paid to martyrs on third 26/11 anniversary

    Rich tributes have been paid to the 26/11 martyrs on the third anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks by Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and a host of other leaders. The Governor and Chief Minister laid wreaths at the Police Memorial in Mumbai Saturday morning and observed silence for a while in memory […]

    Food inflation falls to single digit at 9.01%

    Food inflation fell sharply to single digit at 9.01 pc for the week ended 12th Nov even as prices of most agricultural items, barring potatoes, onions and wheat, continued to rise, on an annual basis. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 10.63 percent in the previous week. The rate of […]

    Zero tolerance for anti-India activities: B’desh

    Bangladesh has said it will not tolerate anti-India activities on its soil and gave the assurance that fugitives like ULFA general secretary Anup Chetia will be handed over to India at the earliest. Addressing a joint press conference at the end of the 12th India-Bangladesh Home Secretary-level talks in New Delhi on Monday, Bangladesh Home […]

    PM meets Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien, seeks greater investments

    PM Manmohan Singh invited greater investments from Singapore, describing the city-state as a “valued partner” for India’s ambitious plans for infrastructure development which requires about one trillion dollars over five years. Dr Singh, who is here on a two-day visit, made the strong pitch for investments as he held talks with Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee […]

    PM arrives in Singapore

    PM Manmohan Singh arrived in Singapore on Saturday on a two-day visit as part of a two-nation tour aimed at pushing the ‘Look East’ policy. Singh will hold talks with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on deepening economic, trade, cultural and people-to-people relations. Singapore is India’s largest trading partner in ASEAN, and the second […]

    Agni-II Prime nuclear-capable missile successfully test-fired

    India on Tuesday successfully test-fired an advanced variant of nuclear-capable Agni-II ballistic missile with a strike range of 3,000 km from an island off Odisha coast. “The surface-to-surface intermediate range missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher” at 0900 hours from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from Balasore, defence […]

    Seventeenth SAARC summit begins at Addu in Maldieves

    The seventeenth summit of the association of South Asian nations, SAARC began at Addu in Maldieves with the call for more cooperation between the member nations to bring into prominence the statuture of south asian nations in the world. President Mohammad Nasheed of Maldieves, the host nation called for greater cooperation between member nations to […]

    Nation Loses Billions As Futures Trading Manipulated For Tax Fraud.

    By Our National Correspondent Another multi-billion financial fraud that could compound the pathetic  plight of the beleaguered Congress-led UPA government at the Center which is under constant attack from every corner on account of multiple scams rocking the nation is out in the open. This time it is the commodity futures market is the suspect.  The total […]

    Prolonged uncertainty in Europe will hurt others: PM

    As Eurozone crisis threatened to engulf global economy, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has warned that “prolonged” uncertainty and instability in Europe will hurt other countries too and suggested that the IMF can help rescue the situation. Observing that everyone has a stake in the orderly functioning and prosperity of Europe, including the Eurozone countries, Dr. […]