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'India's Growth To Bounce Back To 7.4% In 2017-18'
India's growth which was likely to slow down to 7.1 per cent in 2016-17 due to demonetisation, will bounce back to 7.4 in the current fiscal on improved investor confidence and business environment as a result of GST tax regime and other reforms, an ADB report said on Thursday.....
Smoking Causes One In 10 Deaths Worldwide
Smoking causes one in 10 deaths worldwide, half of them in just four countries -- China, India, the US and Russia, a new study revealed on Thursday. ....
IIT Kharagpur's Medical College To Debut In 2020
The Indian Institute Of Technology-Kharagpur's medical college is set to debut in 2020, a statement said on Thursday.....
Started Digital Book Club To Encourage Reading: Sonali Bendre
Actress and author Sonali Bendre, who has started a book club on social media, says she did so to encourage the habit of reading.....
Indian Football Team Rises To 101 In FIFA Rankings
The Indian football team jumped 31 places to be at the 101 spot in the recently released FIFA rankings, their best in a couple of decades. ....
IPL: Yuvraj Praises Hyderabad's All-round Performance
Having starred with a whirlwind half-century to help defending champions IPLbeat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the opening match of this year's Indian Premier League (IPL), veteran star Yuvraj Singh praised his teammates for an all-round performance.....
Airtel Doubles Mobile Sites In Two Years
Bharti Airtel has doubled its mobile network deployment to 180,000 sites over the past two years in line with its objective of building a future-ready network, a company said on Thursday.....
Traders Want Transaction Charge On Digital Payments Removed
The government should remove transaction charges on e-payments for the faster adoption of digital payments in the country, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said on Thursday.....
RBI Maintains Key Lending Rate, Narrows Policy Corridor
With inflationary concerns in mind, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), in its first bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2017-18, on Thursday kept its key lending rate unchanged at 6.25 per cent, saying it awaited further macroeconomic data before making any changes.....
Google.org Announces $8.4 Mn Grant To Four Indian NGOs
Google's philanthropic arm Google.org on Thursday announced grants of $8.4 million to four Indian NGOs over the next two years to expand their efforts to enhance the learning experience for students in the classroom.....
