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Budget is betrayal of salaried, middle classes, nothing for farmers and youth: Congress
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The Congress on Tuesday accused Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the country's salaried and middle classes by not announcing any relief measures for them in the...
ONGC ensures meeting of safety conditions before vessels are hired
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ensures meeting of safety conditions before it hires vessels for exploration purposes. Company's operations are wide spread in Western Offshore in the Arabian Sea and requires many services for...
LPG price hiked again by Rs 25, fourth increase in month’s time
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Cooking gas LPG price was on Monday hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder across all categories, including subsidised fuel and those availed by Ujjwala scheme beneficiaries -- the fourth increase in rates in a...
As the financial health of railway is on a ventilator , the dream of Bullet train seems a mirage
Jasvinder Sidhu New Delhi: Modi government in the centre promised Bullet train and its dream project for the government. But how this dream going to be realty, only future will tell as the current financial health of the world’s largest...
Privatise select PSU banks, dilute role of DFS: Raghuram Rajan
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Monday suggested the government to privatise select public sector banks, set up a bad bank to deal with NPAs and dilute the role of Department of Financial Services....
Government suggests to states to borrow 2.35 trillion rupees to meet tax shortfall
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Narendra Modi government on Thursday suggested states borrow up to 2.35 trillion rupees ($31.8 billion) from the market to meet a tax shortfall, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. The government could also support the...
India’s July retail inflation dims chances of rate cut
JANJIVAN BUREAU / NEW DELHI : India’s retail inflation rose to 6.93% in July on higher food prices, remaining above the RBI’s medium-term target for a 10th straight month, according to government data released on Thursday. July’s figure was higher...
HDFC Bank June quarter profit rises by a fifth, warns of higher defaults
JANJIVAN BUREAU / CHENNAI : The net profit of India’s largest private lender, HDFC Bank Ltd, grew by nearly a fifth, it said on Saturday, driven by higher interest income and lower costs. HDFC Bank’s net profit for the quarter...
India’s fiscal deficit touches 58.6% of annual target in two months
Janjivan Bureau / NEW DELHI: India’s federal fiscal deficit in the first two months through May stood at 4.66 trillion rupees ($61.67 billion), or 58.6% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year, government data showed on Tuesday. Net...
Unilever to drop ‘Fair & Lovely’ skin lightening product name
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Unilever will drop the word “fair” from its “Fair & Lovely” brand of skin lightening products which are popular in South Asia but have long been criticised for promoting negative stereotypes against people with...
