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Auto majors report sliding sales in August amid slowdown
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 2 (ANI): Sagging consumer sentiment amid economic slowdown has led major automobile manufacturers to report significant declines in sales during August.
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'Stop politicking' over state of country's economy: Priyanka tells Sithara
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 1 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, asking her to stop 'politicking' over the state of the country's economy.
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Sitharaman side-steps Manmohan Singh's remarks on state of economy
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday side-stepped a question on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that the government should put aside "vendetta politics" and reach out to all sane voices to steer the country's economy o
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FM allays concerns of job losses over merger of public sector banks
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday allayed the concerns of job losses in the wake of the merger of public banks.
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We will respond to industry's needs, says Finance Minister Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sept 1 (ANI): With the economy reporting a sluggish growth of 5 per cent in the last quarter of the current financial year, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that her government was prepared to respond to the industry's "needs and suggestions
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Protest in Bengaluru, Ahmedabad against bank merger
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka)/Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Union government's decision to merge 10 public sector banks to create four entities has irked many bank workers who were seen staging protests in different cities on Saturday.
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PNB's board to meet soon on merger with Oriental Bank, United Bank
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): Punjab National Bank (PNB) will soon hold a board meeting to consider its amalgamation with Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India.
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Congress terms latest GDP figures as dismal, disappointing
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Congress on Friday said that the latest GDP figures which show growth rate at 5 per cent were "dismal and disappointing" and accused the government of indulging in "headline management" instead of addressing the structural issues ailing the economy.
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Merger of PSBs will unlock new potential: Shah
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday lauded Prime Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after the latter announced the merger of 10 Public Sector Banks (PSBs) into four strong lenders with countrywide networks and global reach to boost c
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Government unveils merger of 10 PSU banks to become four major entities
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): Government on Friday announced merger of 10 public sector banks (PSBs) into four strong lenders with countrywide networks and global reach to boost credit and revive economic growth in the nation's bid to become a five trillion dollar economy in the next f
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PNB, Oriental Bank and United Bank to be merged: Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 30 (ANI): The government on Friday announced the merger of Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India to create the second-largest banking network in the country with 11,431 branches.
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Cong led in corruption, ran economy with double digit inflation through 10
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): Slamming the Congress for their "Unfit Govt Unfit Economy" campaign on social media, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that the UPA government led the country in corruption and ran the economy with double-digit inflation through 10 y
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