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BSE Sensex Closes 1 Percent Down; Banks Lead Fall

The BSE Sensex gained over 1.2 percent in the previous session but it closed nearly one percent down on Wednesday. Banks lead the fall on worries of a rise in cost of funds and heavy government borrowing. Mar 28, 2012
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BSE Sensex Falls for Third Straight Session

The BSE Sensex fell yet again on Monday as the country's financial sectors like banks have been hit. Earning worries also hit the technology stocks, leading to fall of stocks for a third straight session. Mar 19, 2012
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Union Budget 2012-13: Summary

The Union Budget 2012-13 identifies five objectives to be addressed effectively in the ensuing fiscal year. Here is the summary of the general budget. Mar 16, 2012
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Indian Economic Survey 2012-13: Summary

Indian economy is estimated to grow by 6.9% in 2011-12 mainly due to weakening industrial growth. This indicates a slowdown compared not just to the previous two years, when the economy grew by 8.4%, but also from 2003 to 2011, except 2008-9 economic downturn, when the growth rate was 6.7 percent. Mar 15, 2012
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India Signs MoU with U.S. on Labor Empowerment

India and the United States have singed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labor and empowerment which covers cooperation in the areas of skill development, youth employment, occupational safety and health and mines safety. Feb 4, 2012
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Facebook Recognizes Govt's Interest in Reducing Abusive Content

Even as Indian internet users are fuming over the government's proposal to screen the content on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google and Yahoo, Facebook has said that it recognizes the government's interest to minimize the abusive content online. Dec 6, 2011