Friday 29 June '07
Even as the Ministry of Agriculture put out a new tender for importing one million tonnes of wheat on Wednesday, weeks after scrappingSunday 24 June '07
Mumbai may be a long way off from becoming Shanghai or, more importantly, an international financial centre on the lines of London and New York but the city may already be on its...Saturday
23 June '07Twenty-one per cent of communicable diseases in India are water related and polluted water is killing over 1,600 people each day, according to the World Health OrganisationThursday
14 June '07In what will send a strong signal to the international community as well as to Capitol Hill in Washington, the Cabinet in its meeting...Thursday
14 June '07Almost a year after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s much-hyped visit to Vidarbha, the country’s farmer suicide capitalWednesday
13 June '07Credit measures alone will not be enough to tackle the problem of rising indebtedness in rural India, says a reportSaturday
9 June '07Even as the UPA Government has been making all the right noises about reviving the country’s flailing agriculture sector, a study by an economist trio from the Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkWednesday
6 June '07Sinha’s book Confessions of a Swadeshi reformer: My years as a Finance Minister will hit stands soonMonday
28 May '07Leading Iraqi businessman Al-Sabah Shammery says India must be “a friend indeed” for its “friend in need”Sunday
27 May '07Union Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes may or may not finalise the Employees’ Provident Fund rate for 2006-7 at tomorrow’s meeting of the EPFO Board, but the rate is unlikely...Friday
25 May '07For top bureaucrats in this government, retirement means rehabilitation in another top job. ‘Fresh blood’ can waitFriday
25 May '07The new drought-resistant gene could hit the US as early as 2011 and help resolve a part of the world’s water problems, says Dr Harvey...Thursday
24 May '07The UPA Government may finally consider giving its nod to a unique skills development initiative when the Cabinet meets tomorrow. The initiative was announced almost 27 months..Wednesday
23 May '07With coalition partners and even his Cabinet colleagues pulling in different directions and key economic reforms stalled, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, releasing a report card on three...Thursday
17 May '07The Cabinet is likely to consider on Thursday a long-standing proposal from the finance ministry to allow public sector units to invest their surpluses in mutual funds...Wednesday
16 May '07Four Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) reports were tabled in Parliament today, which pointed to the lax functioning of public sector undertakings (PSUs)...Tuesday
15 May '07Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricket’s superstar, may have had little luck with the willow in recent times, but before he can silence his criticsFriday
11 May '07With a spurt of vision and a dash of initiative, the Spices Board of India (SBI) is trying to lend the much-needed zing to the seasoning business. It has not only come up with a slew of branding and marketing initiatives.Wednesday
9 May '07The State bank of India sent detailed clarifications to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation after the EPFO board turned its radar to the less-than-adequate performance by its fund manager SBISaturday
5 May '07While the Government has frozen land acquisition for Special Economic Zones, it is working on broadening the definition of public purpose to balance the concerns of landlosers with what “is useful for the general public.”Tuesday
1 May '07There is good news from America for millions of workers and artisans in India’s largest carpet-making state, Uttar Pradesh. The proposal to impose an additional 6 per cent duty on hand-tufted Indian carpets that dominate the US market has been dropped.Monday
30 April '07Commerce Ministry braces for House panel’s ‘stimulating’ report on SEZsSaturday
28 April '07With the UPA Government’s labour reforms agenda stymied by its Communist allies, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today invoked the successful industrial modernisation experience of China—often referred to as the Chinese model by Left parties.Friday
27 April '07With the Provident Fund rate for 2006-07 still in limbo, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation is expected to crop up when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurates the Indian Labour ConferenceThursday
19 April '07The UPA government’s dream team of reformers is about to pick up a strand of industrial reforms that had been initiated by almost the same team under former Prime Minister P V Narsimha Rao over 13 years ago
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