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  • India is now a $2-trillion economy

    The World Bank data also show that India’s gross national income per person rose to $1,610 (around Rs. 1 lakh) a year during 2014 from $1,560 the previous year. An analysis by The Hindu found that it would take India a little more than a decade to rise from its cu ....

    The World Bank data also show that India’s gross national income per person rose to $1,610 (around Rs. 1 lakh) a year during 2014 from $1,560 the previous year. An analysis by The Hindu found that it would take India a little more than a decade to rise from its cu ....

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  • Lalit Modi’s extradition may take a year

    The ED is pursuing 17 cases against Mr. Modi and other former office-bearers of BCCI-IPL under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), involving about Rs. 2,200 crore. Red-corner notice The red-corner notice, w ....

    The ED is pursuing 17 cases against Mr. Modi and other former office-bearers of BCCI-IPL under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), involving about Rs. 2,200 crore. Red-corner notice The red-corner notice, w ....

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  • Energy cooperation high on Modi's agenda

     Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s discussions with the Central Asian leaders during his week-long visit next week are also significant for national security strategy, say sources, as the countries border or are neighbours with Afghanistan, where India is watching t ....

     Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s discussions with the Central Asian leaders during his week-long visit next week are also significant for national security strategy, say sources, as the countries border or are neighbours with Afghanistan, where India is watching t ....

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  • Bombay HC allows Nestle to export Maggi noodles

    The company told the court that it was in the process of recalling and incinerating product packages. Senior advocate Mehmood Pracha, appearing on behalf of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India argued, "If the products are so safe why don't they expo ....

    The company told the court that it was in the process of recalling and incinerating product packages. Senior advocate Mehmood Pracha, appearing on behalf of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India argued, "If the products are so safe why don't they expo ....

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  • Govt. has no values: RSS leader

     The Modi government’s support to Ministers accused of acts, ranging from corruption to impropriety, “speaks of the political dishonesty of the establishment,” RSS ideologue – and former BJP general secretary — K.N. Govindacharya told The ....

     The Modi government’s support to Ministers accused of acts, ranging from corruption to impropriety, “speaks of the political dishonesty of the establishment,” RSS ideologue – and former BJP general secretary — K.N. Govindacharya told The ....

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  • Tweets give a buzz to social missions

     A young man following the twitter handle @BloodDonorsIN goes on a three-hour bus journey to Tonk in Rajasthan to deliver blood. A school in the remote village of Breswana in Jammu and Kashmir gets help from perfect strangers on Twitter and builds a library of 2,000 bo ....

     A young man following the twitter handle @BloodDonorsIN goes on a three-hour bus journey to Tonk in Rajasthan to deliver blood. A school in the remote village of Breswana in Jammu and Kashmir gets help from perfect strangers on Twitter and builds a library of 2,000 bo ....

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  • Modi’s Central Asia visit will focus on fighting Islamic State menace

    The Prime Minister will discuss counter-terror technology, training forces and also countering radicalism. Significantly, the government had also appointed former IB chief Asif Ibrahim as a special envoy recently, with a mandate to discuss the spread of IS and terrorism ....

    The Prime Minister will discuss counter-terror technology, training forces and also countering radicalism. Significantly, the government had also appointed former IB chief Asif Ibrahim as a special envoy recently, with a mandate to discuss the spread of IS and terrorism ....

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  • Katju moves SC against parliament’s resolution

    In the petition posted on his blog 'Satyam Bruyat', Justice Katju wants the apex court to quash the Resolutions passed on March 11 and 12 this year by both Houses of the Parliament as they violate his rights as a private citizen to express his views freely about ....

    In the petition posted on his blog 'Satyam Bruyat', Justice Katju wants the apex court to quash the Resolutions passed on March 11 and 12 this year by both Houses of the Parliament as they violate his rights as a private citizen to express his views freely about ....

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  • 50 nations in, AIIB takes shape

    India and 49 other founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Monday signed articles that determine each country’s share and the lender’s initial capital. The remaining seven founding members can sign the agreement before December 201 ....

    India and 49 other founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Monday signed articles that determine each country’s share and the lender’s initial capital. The remaining seven founding members can sign the agreement before December 201 ....

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  • Azhagankulam was in the big league

     Renewed excavation from May at Azhagankulam village in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, has thrown up fresh evidence that it was an important trading post between the Sangam Pandyas and the Romans from circa 50 BCE to circa 500 CE. Archaeologists from the Tamil ....

     Renewed excavation from May at Azhagankulam village in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, has thrown up fresh evidence that it was an important trading post between the Sangam Pandyas and the Romans from circa 50 BCE to circa 500 CE. Archaeologists from the Tamil ....

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