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Indian ports’ growth rate down to 1%: Economic Survey

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Growth in overall port traffic between April 2019 and December 2019 remained around one per cent, said the Economic Survey 2019-2020 that was presented in Parliament on Friday. “Growth in overall port traffic witnessed an acceleration between 2013-14 and 2016- 17, but deceleration since 2017-18,”[Read More…]

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Structural Change: New firm creation higher in services sector

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Indicating a change in India’s economic structure and sector-wise contribution, the Economic Survey 2019-20 has said the creation of new firms in the services sector is “significantly” higher currently than in the manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture sectors. The survey tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman[Read More…]

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Obscene content found on disgraced J&K top cop’s phone

Srinagar, Jan 31 (IANS) Obscene content has been found on disgraced Jammu & Kashmir DSP Davinder Singh’s mobile phone, sources said. Davinder Singh’s phone was sent to forensic experts for examination by the NIA. A team of National Investigation Agency officials is currently interrogating him in Jammu. Last week DG[Read More…]

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Amazon makes fresh pitch to win India’s heart

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Yet to overcome Jeff Bezo’s unhappy passage to India, Amazon will continue to improve the experience of customers and sellers in India, with ‘a lot of innovation, ideas, investment’, top company executive has said. According to Dave Fildes, Director, Investor Relations at Amazon, the company[Read More…]

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Coronavirus quarantine camps set up with Army, ITBP help

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) India has set up a Coronavirus quarantine facility at Haryana’s Manesar, with the help of the Army, for around 300 students arriving from China’s Wuhan. Another quarantine facility for approximately 600 Indian families arriving from Wuhan has been swiftly created by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police[Read More…]

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Over 150 rural bodies come together for holistic development

Chennai, Jan 31 (IANS) Over 150 rural development organisations from 18 states have gathered here at an event to share their success experiences and exchange ideas on holistic rural development, said the founder of Mission Samriddhi, a social impact platform. He also said, the Indian rural sector can contribute $1[Read More…]

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Delhi police chief Patnaik’s tenure extended

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik’s tenure has been extended by a month just one day before his retirement after the Election Commission allowed it. The 1985-batch officer of the Indian Police Service’s Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre was to retire. But in view[Read More…]

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BJP promises better education, clean air in manifesto

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday released its election manifesto for the February 8 assembly polls in the city and promised better education and clean air, along with several other things for a better Delhi. Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Javadekar, Harsh Vardhan and Delhi[Read More…]

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Ngidi, Shamsi pass fitness tests for England ODIs

Dubai, Jan 31 (IANS) South Africa pacer Lungi Ngidi, spinner Tabraiz Shamsi and all-rounder Jon-Jon Smuts are back in contention for the one-day international series against England, which begins on February 4. According to an ICC statement, all three players have passed their fitness tests at the CSA’s strength and[Read More…]

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Sonia to pitch in for Delhi polls next week

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi will pitch in for Delhi polls in the last leg of the campaigning which ends on February 6. The party has planned a public meeting in Shastri Park area on February 5, a source said. Delhi is going to polls[Read More…]

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Punjab to present budget on Feb 25

Chandigarh, Jan 31 (IANS) The Punjab government will present its budget for 2020-21 on February 25, it was announced on Friday. This was decided at a Cabinet meeting here to summon the 11th session (Budget Session) of the 15th Punjab Vidhan Sabha from February 20 to 28, according to an[Read More…]

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Take cue from Temasek model for disinvestment: Survey

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The government should take a cue from the experience of Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Company to lend professionalism and autonomy to the disinvestment programme, the Economic Survey 2019-20 said on Friday. The Temasek Holdings was incorporated by Government of Singapore in 1974, as a private commercial[Read More…]

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Govt responsible for climate of hatred in country: Tharoor

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) A day after a Jamia Millia Islamia student was injured in firing here, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday expressed shock and held the NDA government responsible for “creating a climate of hatred” in the country. “This government is responsible for creating a climate of[Read More…]

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No change in ‘$5 trillion economy by 2025 target’: CEA

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) There is no change in the 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025 timeline, Chief Economic Advisor K. Krishnamurthy said on Friday. “No change in the deadline (for achieving the 5 trillion dollar economy)”, he said at a press conference after the Economic Survey 2019-20 was[Read More…]

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‘Housing for all’: Big push sans money?

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) However much the BJP may want to be seen as a ‘right of centre’ political outfit, its economic vision has remained ‘left of centre’ in the last five Budgets. If Friday’s economic survey is anything to go by, Saturday’s budget will see a strong rural[Read More…]

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Two-day strike hits banking services in northeast

Guwahati/Agartala, Jan 31 (IANS) Banking services were badly affected in the northeastern states on Friday as most of the major banks remained closed due to a nation-wide employees’ strike. Leaders of the striking employees claimed that the response of the two-day bank strike is very good in all the eight[Read More…]

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