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Growth rate likely to be 6.5 pct for current fiscal year, says C. Rangaraj
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): Former RBI Governor C. Rangarajan today said that the economy is coming out of the phase of slow growth and estimated that the GDP growth rate for the current financial year is likely to be 6.5 percent
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ASSOCHAM calls for greater attention to agri sector
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): The ASSOCHAM on Sunday opined that agriculture sector needed the maximum of the government's attention and that it should be the top most priority in the upcoming Budget, as it has seen a major setback in Kharif production, leading to overall laggard growth o
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Cyclone Ockhi: Search, rescue operation for missing fishermen continues
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The Ministry of Defence on Saturday said no stranded boats, fishermen or floating bodies were found as the search operation 'OP Sahayam' of Southern Naval Command persisted for the tenth day over Southeast Arabian Sea and L&M islands.
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ICG Ship Vaibhav recovers two bodies inside sea
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 7 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ship Vaibhav today fished out two bodies, 100 Nautical Miles
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Public Private Partnership crucial for infrastructure investment
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 7 (ANI): A mature Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework is one of the most useful tools with the Government to facilitate private investment into infrastructure, claimed Aman Hans, Public Private Partnership Specialist at the NITI Aayog.
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Food security, farmers' subsidy top priority in WTO meeting: Suresh Prabhu
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): As the world leaders are set to meet in Argentina for the forthcoming ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday said the issue of food security and farmers' subsidy would be ra
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RBI holds rates after hinting possibility of fiscal slippages
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 6 (ANI): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Dr Urjit Patel on Wednesday hinted at the possibility of fiscal slippage due to farm loan waiver, partial roll back of duty on fuel and reduction in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on a number of commoditi
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Cyclone Ockhi: Search, rescue operation for missing fishermen continues
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 6 (ANI): In the wake of Cyclone Ockhi, the Indian Navy on Wednesday continued the search and rescue operation for missing and stranded fishermen off the Kerala coast.
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Cyclone Ockhi: Sitharaman assures rescue operations won't stop
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], December 6 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday assured that the rescue operations in the aftermath of cyclone Ockhi are making every attempt to bring back stranded fishermen in the sea.
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Eating nuts, fish daily cuts asthma, rhinitis risk in kids
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 6 (ANI): You may need to include nuts, avocado, fish in your kid's diet daily, as high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids in children's blood is linked to a reduced risk of developing asthma or hay fever at the age of 16, suggests a recent study.
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Japanese researchers discover 'world's heaviest bony fish'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 6 (ANI): Solving the case of mistaken identity, a team of Japanese researchers have identified and clarified biological name of the world's heaviest bony fish ever caught.
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South Korean boat collision: Death toll rises to 15
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 5 (ANI): The death toll in a collision between a fishing boat and a refuelling tanker off the South Korean coast has risen to 15 after bodies of two missing victims were recovered on Tuesday.
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