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India Inc hails the government's budget as growth-oriented
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman made a great effort to pull all strings together in this budget and ensure economic setback to put lives and livelihoods back to the track. There has been greater spending on health care and fiscal push to bra
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Global bank credit losses for banks may total $1.8 trillion: S&P
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore, February 3 (ANI): S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday lowered its forecast of credit losses for banks globally at 1.8 trillion dollars in 2020 and 2021, down 15 per cent from its previous estimate of 2.1 trillion dollars in July 2020.
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India's bigger Budget is a shot in the arm for economy: S&P
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore, February 2 (ANI): India's Budget for fiscal 2022 (ending March 31, 2022) represents a comprehensive effort by the Central government to shore up the country's nascent economic recovery, S&P Global Rating said on Tuesday.
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Union budget a let down like never before, farm sector has been shortchang
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): Alleging that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has "deceived the people, especially the poor" in the union budget presented on Monday, Congress leader P Chidambaram said farm sector has been shortchanged, the fiscal situation "is in a mess" and the
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Government upfront with fiscal deficit, we have spent, spent, spent: Sitha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 1 (ANI): The government has decided to spend big on infrastructure across a wide variety of sectors to give a greater impetus to the economy which is recovering from the impact of COVID-19, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday.
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FY21 fiscal deficit at 9.5 pc of GDP
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday the fiscal deficit for FY21 has been pegged at 9.5 per cent of the GDP and will come down to 6.8 per cent in FY22.
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Kerala man thanks PM Modi for appreciating his cleanliness drive
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kottayam (Kerala) [India], January 31 (ANI): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged a differently-abled man hailing from Kottayam, for his effort to fish out plastic bottles from Lake Vembanad, NS Rajappan expressed his gratitude for the mention.
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Taiwan court sentences Chinese national to 26 years in jail for killing pi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], January 31 (ANI): A Taiwan court has sentenced a Chinese national to 26 years of imprisonment after he was found guilty of ordering the killing of four pirates at sea in 2012 while serving as the captain of a Taiwanese fishing vessel.
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Survey calls for more active, counter-cyclical fiscal policy
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 29 (ANI): India's primary deficit (Centre and states) for FY21 is assumed to be 6.8 per cent of GDP, according to the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on Friday.
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Aussie scientists embark on voyage to count Antarctic krill
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's national science agency has launched a voyage to Antarctica in an attempt to measure krill numbers.
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TVS Motor clocks highest ever revenue of Rs 5,404 crore in Q3
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 28 (ANI): TVS Motor Company on Thursday reported the highest ever revenue of Rs 5,404 crore in the third quarter of 2020-21, marking a growth of 31 per cent over Rs 4,126 crore in the same period of previous fiscal year.
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Asthma can be prevented by consuming omega-3 fatty acids
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], January 28 (ANI): Researchers during a recent study have found that by higher dietary consumption of long chain omega-3 fatty acids during childhood, the risk of developing subsequent asthma reduces in children carrying a common gene variant.
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