India to be high-middle income country by 2047: World Bank CEO
New Delhi, Nov 4 (Agencies) Lauding India’s increasing per capita income, World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday said she has no doubt that India will be a high-middle income country by 2047 when it completes its centenary year of independence. “In the last three decades, India’s per capita income has quadrupled. I have no […]
PM Modi hints at more measures for businesses on GST
November 04, 2017 New Delhi, Nov 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday exuded confidence that India’s ease of doing business ranking will further improve next year when the impact of GST – the biggest tax reform – is taken into account. Modi said India has in three years jumped 42 places to break into top […]
Rahul likely to be elevated to Cong prez after polls
November 03, 2017 Rahul Gandhi is likely to be elevated as Congress president after the two upcoming assembly polls in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, say reports. At a recently held meeting of Congress general secretaries on demonetisation at the AICC headquarters, Rahul Gandhi, who is the party’s vice-president was urged to set a date for his […]
Easier to do business in India than ever before, says PM
New Delhi, Nov 3:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that it is now easier to do business in India than ever before after the country leaped 30 places to break into top 100 nations worldwide. The jump to 100th rank on this year’s World Bank Ease of Doing Business index, from last year’s 130, […]
SC Directs Banks, Mobile Service Providers to Include Last Date for Linking Aadhaar in Alerts
November 3, 2017 Seeking the government’s response on four petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act, the Supreme Court on Friday said the banks and telecom service providers should indicate the last date of linking bank accounts and mobile numbers with Aadhaar in the alert messages sent by them to their customers. The apex court […]
Hit A Button On Your Phone, And A Chinese Youth Gets A Job: Rahul Gandhi
GUJARAT: The morning after India was recognised for vast self-improvement making it an easier place to do business, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that “it is just a handful of businessmen who have found the going easier” as he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of encouraging crony capitalism and failing to create jobs. Mr Gandhi’s criticism was […]
Cong releases poll manifesto for Himachal; woos farmers, students
November 01, 2017 The ruling Congress in Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday released its manifesto, promising to strengthen the farm sector by granting interest-free loans to farmers, creation of 1.5 lakh jobs in the government sector and free laptops to 50,000 college students. Restoration of the pre-2004 pension scheme, regularisation of contract employees after two years, enhanced […]
China rejects report of planned tunnel to divert Brahmaputra waters
China denied a media report on Tuesday as “false and untrue” after it said Beijing was planning to build a 1,000-km long tunnel to divert water from the Brahmaputra river in Tibet close to Arunachal Pradesh to the parched Xinjiang region. South China Morning post, based in Hong-Kong, on Monday reported that engineers in China […]
Dhumal to be BJP’s CM candidate in Himachal
October 31, 2017 NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday named Prem Kumar Dhumal as the party’s chief ministerial face for the upcoming assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh. Party chief Amit Shah made the announcement at a public meeting, thus ending speculation over the party’s choice for the top post. “The BJP is going to fight the Himachal Pradesh assembly […]
PM flags off ‘Run for Unity’, slams Cong for ignoring Patel
October 31, 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flagged off the ‘Run for Unity’ paying rich tributes to country’s first Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and slammed efforts made to undermine his contributions in nation building. “People tried to ensure the contribution of Sardar Patel is forgotten. However, the youth of India respects […]
