- SourcesIndian economy expected to grow by 7.5% in 2018: Moody's
Global credit ratings, research, and risk analysis firm Moody's Investors Service expects the Indian economy to grow by around 7.5 per cent in 2018 and 2019.
1 year agoSourcesInvest kerosene subsidy savings in solar lighting: StudyA part of kerosene subsidy savings in India could be invested in helping the vulnerable section of society access clean lighting through off-grid solar lighting technologies, a new study has suggested.
1 year agoSourcesMobile handset manufacturing has saved India Rs 3 lakh crore: StudyDriven by the government's "Make in India" initiative, the mobile handset manufacturing eco-system in India has helped the country save a whopping Rs 3 lakh crore by replacing imports of completely-built units (CBU) with locally manufactured and assembled handsets during the past four years, said a new report on Wednesday.
1 year agoSourcesCongress attacks government on defence expenditure, cites panel reportThe Congress on Tuesday cited a report of Parliament's Estimates Committee headed by BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi to attack the Modi government by claimed that it revealed "defence expenditure at 1.6 per cent of the GDP in 2017-18 was the lowest since 1962, when India-China war was fought".
1 year agoSourcesA billboard campaign against elephant rides in JaipurHathi Gaon (the village of elephants), near Jaipur, has 102 of them. It is from here the giant animal is sent to various tourist places for joy rides. One of these resident-elephants, Elephant Number 44, if you care, has been badly sick with serious infections in the foot. And it continues to carry tourists for joy rides.
1 year agoSourcesIndia, Australia ties rests on economic, geopolitical congruence: ReportAustralia's long-term economic strategy for India is one of the three pillars on which the bilateral relationship should rest, the other two being geopolitical congruence and people to people contacts, former Australian High Commissioner to India Peter Varghese said on Monday.
1 year agoSourcesLeasing activity up 45% across metros in Jan-June 2018: ReportLeasing activity in the logistics and warehousing sector across seven major cities in India rose by 45 per cent during January-June 2018, on a year-on-year basis to around 10 million square feet, a CBRE report said on Monday.
1 year agoSourcesShare of imported non-coking coal consumption to fall to 13.4% in FY23: CrisilShare of imports in non-coking coal consumption is expected to fall to 13.4 per cent in the financial year (FY) 2023 from 19.6 per cent in 2017-18, said a report released on Monday.
1 year agoSourcesMicrosoft developing next version of BP-monitoring smart glassesMicrosoft is developing the next version of its smart glasses, called Glabella, that can work as a cuff-less, wearable and unobtrusive blood pressure measuring device, according to a new report.
1 year agoSourcesChina lodges protest over Pentagon report on planned strikesChina's Defence Ministry said it has lodged a formal protest with Washington over a Pentagon report that claimed the Chinese military was training to carry out strikes against the US.
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