2016

Mumbai: Taking positive cues from global markets and covering-up of short positions by speculators, the benchmark BSE Sensex recovered by over 75 points in early trade on Friday on the back of widespread gains in blue-chips. Besides,…
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The 2013 rains and mud slides which hit north India was an eye opener as far as disaster management was concerned and both State and Central Governments spoke the need for a dedicated force to handle any contingency, calamity. Today when…
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One more session of the Parliament has been washed away with the prevailing logjam over the demonetisation. Earlier it was stalemate over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill. At that time NDA leaders staged a march from Parliament House…
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Dr. Banarsi Lal With a population of over one billion, India supports around 17.84 per cent of world's population on 2.4 per cent of world's land resulting in a paucity of resources that jeopardises growth in the long run.32 per cent of the…
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Dr BANARSI DASS Agriculture is the backbone of India which contributes around 14 per cent of India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Government is making tremendous efforts to support farmers through various central schemes, states schemes,…
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P S M Rao The latest reports from World Bank and other sources should make the government take the danger signals seriously. Close to 30 per cent of the world's poor live in India as per a World Bank's recent report, 'Poverty and Shared…
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Dear Editor, Traffic problem is a condition on road networks that occur as road use increases. The major contributing factor to this problem is extreme occupancy of the road by ever increasing number of vehicles leading to traffic…
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Dear Editor, Demonetisation brought 'Ram Rajya' in those sections of trade and industry where black money had been dominant. All dues that were pending for months, were offered to be quickly paid, following the demonetisation of high-value…
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AGENCY New Delhi: With only one day left, the winter session of Parliament is on the verge of a washout as it failed to transact any business again today due to the standoff between the government and Opposition over demonetisation,…
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STATE TIMES NEWS Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council's ethics committee proposed forfeiting of daily allowance to the MLCs in case the House gets disrupted without effective proceedings for half of the total time allocated due to…
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