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Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have not benefitted India much. Exports to countries with whom India has entered into FTAs have grown by a meagre 10 per cent in FY19, while the imports have grown by 27 per cent.

Urad import rules eased to avert shortage

The industry is expecting a shortage of the lentil and has urged the Centre to remove quantitative curbs on urad.

20 Jan 2020 1:52 AM IST

Kennedy was fatally shot at the Ambassador Hotel in LA on June 5, 1968, shortly after winning the California presidential primaries the same year. (Photo: AP)

Think tanks' role growing: Is that a good thing?

The United States always had a tradition of academics and policy wonks flitting in and out of government for short...

20 Jan 2020 1:50 AM IST

Dilip Ghosh: BJP will bag 200 WB seats

He also declared that the Trinamul Congress, in power with over 211 MLAs for the second consecutive term, would not get...

20 Jan 2020 1:48 AM IST

Foreign portfolio investors (FPI) have pulled out more than Rs 7,300 crore from the equity markets in August.

FPIs put in over Rs10,000 crore in January

NSDL data shows FPIs invested Rs 10,200 crore in equity as on Jan. 18, 2020.

20 Jan 2020 1:47 AM IST

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (Photo: PTI)

Decisive measures vital to revive India's growth

The moderation in nominal income growth has affected the consumption spending of the middle class.

20 Jan 2020 1:47 AM IST

Adhir Ranjan Choudhury

Adhir Ranjan Choudhury blames centre for promulgation of NSA

He claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), however, failed to stop the movement with the police.

20 Jan 2020 1:46 AM IST

According to a source, the appointment of Challa Sreenivasulu Setty as managing director (MD) of SBI has been cleared by the BBB, headed by former Department of Personnel and Training secretary BP Sharma, while the name of Ashwin Bhatia, MD & CEO of SBI Mutual Fund, has been kept as a standby for the same position.

Key positions in SBI, BoB await govt okay

Interviews for the post were held in the last week of October, in which 17 candidates appeared from both SBI and other...

20 Jan 2020 1:44 AM IST

The SPG cover of the Gandhis (Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi) was replaced with the Z-plus security of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) by the government.

India a split polity, but is still secular

Vajpayee served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2004 when the Congress came to power with Manmohan Singh as Prime...

20 Jan 2020 1:44 AM IST

Members of the Muslim community wave tricolours during a protest rally in Doranda block of Ranchi. (Photo: PTI)

CAA, NRC like scrambled eggs: Congress

Says states have constitutional right not to put law into effect till apex court rules on their petitions.

20 Jan 2020 1:44 AM IST

The New Delhi-based car maker, which opened the pre-bookings for the MG ZS EV on December 22, closed it on January 17 to meet timely delivery to buyers.

MG Motor's e-SUV makes a splash

Buoyed by the strong response for the electric SUV, the company has decided to prepone the launch of the SUV from...

20 Jan 2020 1:41 AM IST

The erstwhile CrPC of 1898 did not empower the magistrate to order further investigation after the chargesheet is filed by the police. (Representational image)

Supplementary chargesheets help finding the whole truth

A trial can be said to be fair only if investigation is truly complete and there are no loopholes or loose ends.

20 Jan 2020 1:41 AM IST

Scheme has provided an average of 41.44 days of employment per household.

Over 70 per cent dip in 100 days work under MGNREGA

MGNREGA payouts have been a key factor that has affected the rural economy adversely this year.

20 Jan 2020 1:39 AM IST