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India's GDP Likely To Grow 7.4% This Fiscal, At 7.6% In 2019-20: UN Report
The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.4 per cent in the current fiscal and its GDP growth will rise to 7.6 per cent in 2019-20, before tapering down to 7.4 per cent in 2020-21, according to a UN report released on Wednesday.....
Chidambaram Calls Announcement To Fill Vacant Railway Posts Another 'jumla'
Calling the Centre's announcement of employing over four lakh people in Railways "another jumla", former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the Railway Ministry has "suddenly" woken up to posts lying vacant for nearly five years.....
Acclaimed Hindi Fiction Writer Krishna Sobti Dead
Acclaimed Hindi fiction writer and essayist Krishna Sobti died on Friday here at the age of 93 due to prolonged illness, her family said.....
Odisha CM's Sister Gita Mehta Rejects Padma Shri
Noted writer Gita Mehta, who is also the elder sister of Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Saturday declined to accept the Padma Shri award. ....
ED Arrests AgustaWestland Co-accused Gautam Khaitan In Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, in a fresh money laundering case, agency officials said on Saturday. ....
Goyal Meets PSB Heads On Monday, Ahead Of Budget
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal has called the heads of all public sector banks for a meeting on Monday when he is expected to take stock of banking sector's performance and discuss ways to improve their financial health.....
Djokovic Singles Out His 2019 Australian Open Triumph
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic on Sunday recognized the stellar performance he needed to put in to defeat Spaniard Rafael Nadal for his record seventh Australian Open title.....
US Imposes Sanctions On Venezuela's State-owned Oil Giant
The United States has slapped sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned oil firm PDVSA, said the White House.....
AgustaWestland Co-accused Rajiv Saxena, Lobbyist Deepak Talwar Extradited To India From UAE
Rajiv Saxena, the co-accused in Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal case, and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar were extradited to India in the early hours of Thursday from United Arab Emirates (UAE), in another breakthrough for the government which managed successful extradition of Christian Michel James in December last year.....
ED Questions Extradited Agusta Co-accused Saxena, Lobbyist Talwar
Hours after the extradition of Rajiv Saxena the co-accused in Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland case, and corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar to India from UAE, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team started their questioning.....
