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India is now a $2-trillion economy

India is now a $2-trillion economy

India’s GDP crossed the $2-trillion mark in 2014, according to data released by the World Bank in Washington late on Wednesday. After taking 60 years to reach the $1-trillion mark, India added the next trillion in just seven years. The World Bank data also show that India’s gross national... read more »

DBS India posts Rs 275-cr loss in FY15 o...

DBS India posts Rs 275-cr loss in FY15 on provisioning

Singapore-based DBS Bank has posted a loss of Rs 275 crore in FY15. This is the first time the bank has incurred a loss in its India business since it set up its first branch in India in 1995. This loss on the book was mainly on account of a clean-up of its bad loans portfolio. In FY14, DBS’s... read more »

A Google blunder knocked £175 off the pr...

A Google blunder knocked £175 off the price of a Nexus 6

A technical blunder at Google meant late-night shoppers could have picked up a 32GB Nexus 6 for as little as £304 ($474). Normally, those phones sell for £479 ($746). The Independent spotted the £175 ($273) discount late on Thursday night. The reason for the drop remained unclear. However, a... read more »

PM Modi to visit Varanasi on July 16

PM Modi to visit Varanasi on July 16

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Varanasi on July 16, after he had to cancel an earlier trip here due to adverse weather conditions. Prime Minister Modi had on June 28 cancelled his plan to address ‘Vikas Sabha’ in his parliamentary constituency after heavy downpour led to water... read more »

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Arvind Kejriwal will defeat Narendra Modi by 1 lakh votes: AAP

New Delhi: After defeating Sheila Dikshit in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party is confident of repeating its success story in the Lok Sabha elections. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh on Thursday... read more »

Cong LS candidate Mohammad Azharuddin faces opposi...

Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, the Congress candidate from Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur constituency, is facing... read more »

Five guilty of Shakti Mills gang-rapes to be punished o...

A city sessions court on Thursday convicted five persons for the gang-rape of the photojournalist and a telephone operator that took place at the Shakti Mills... read more »

Modi meets Advani

Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate on Thursday met senior party leader LK Advani, who is sulking over being fielded from Gandhinagar in Lok... read more »

EC issues guidelines on poll ads in social media

With political parties using social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook in a big way for campaigning in Lok Sabha polls, Election Commission has... read more »

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In State of the Union Address, Obama Vows to Act Alone on the Economy

In State of the Union Address, Obama Vows to Act Alone on the Eco...

Washington –  After five years of fractious political combat, President Obama declared independence from Congress on Tuesday as he vowed to tackle economic disparity with a series of limited... read more »

Karl Slym ‘committed suicide’ after ar...

Bangkok –  Karl Slym, Tata Motors managing director, apparently committed suicide after arguing with his wife and reading a note written by... read more »

JK CM Omar to meet PM over Army acquitting accused in P...

Omar challenges Modi to debate on Article 370

New Delhi –  Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is of the opinion that the acquittal of five army men in the Pathribal encounter case has... read more »

Concern as Malala book launch cancelled

An event in north-west Pakistan to launch activist Malala Yousafzai’s memoir was cancelled after pressure from local officials, organisers... read more »

Egypt ex-President Morsi ‘arrives for jail escape...

Egypt’s former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi has arrived at a court in Cairo to go on trial over his escape from prison in 2011, state media say. He... read more »

Controversial documentary on Nirbhaya’s rape won’t be released as govt gets st...

Indian government has made it clear today in parliament that not at any cost Leslee Udwin’s documentary, ‘India’s Daughter’, which has the interview of one of the... read more »

Kejriwal offers to quit as party convenor; AAP national executive to take call on Bhushan,...

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has offered to resign as national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party ahead of a crucial meeting of party office bearers on Wednesday, TV reports... read more »

Services growth soars to 8-month high: HSBC

Services sector expanded rapidly in February at the fastest growth rate in eight months, driven by significant rise in new business orders even as jobs fell marginally in the sector, an... read more »

RBI cuts interest rate by 25 basis points

In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India has cut the key policy rate by 25 basis points, setting the tone for a reduction in lending rates by banks. This will prod banks to drop... read more »

Court bans December 16 documentary, filmmaker says will release i...

A Delhi court has banned a documentary film about the December 2012 fatal gang rape of a woman in the Capital over concerns that derogatory comments made by one of the rapists could create an... read more »