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Maharashtra govt announces loan waiver of up to Rs 2 lakh for struggling farmers

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray told the state legislature of the move on Saturday, but did not elaborate on how the state would fund the initiative.

Dec 22, 2019

Day after Amit Shah showered praises on Sitharaman, IMF signals slashing India's growth estimates

The statement from the IMF has come at a time when Home Minister Amit Shah finally admitting that the country is facing a slowdown because of the conditions in the global economy.

Dec 18, 2019

PPF Scheme 2019: Account will not be liable to attachment

The new rules called, Public Provident Fund Scheme 2019, have replaced all the previous PPF rules with immediate effect.

Dec 18, 2019

Salman Khan: Chulbul Pandey was an out an out negative character

Salman Khan spoke at length about his upcoming film Dabangg 3, spilled beans on how Chulbul Pandey was earlier a dark character and how the success of Dabangg has led to Dabangg 4.

Dec 15, 2019

Ministry of Environment set to revive degraded forest lands, pushes for plantation schemes

Ministry of Environment is implementing three major schemes for development of forest areas, National Afforestation Programme (NAP) scheme, National Mission for a Green India (GIM), Forest Fire Prevention & Management Scheme (FFPM).

Dec 13, 2019

Why is Yes Bank board wary of tycoon who wouldn't invest if it was 'No Bank'?

The past of the Canadian who made the $1.2-billion bid for Yes Bank controlling stake is so mysterious with vastly contrasting narratives that Netflix wants to tell his story.

Dec 11, 2019

Meet Rajesh Shukla, the braveheart firefighter who rescued 11 people from Delhi tragedy

The death toll would have been much higher if Delhi fireman Rajesh Shukla had waited for a backup.

Dec 10, 2019

Man who inspired ALS Ice Bucket Challenge passes away at 34

A former US college baseball player from the Boston area struggled with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, was one of the inspirations behind the ice bucket challenge which took social media by storm in 2014.

Dec 10, 2019

4 Sumatran tiger foetuses found in jar in Indonesia

Five people have been arrested and three of them were charged with trafficking of protected animals.

Dec 9, 2019

Inspired by Jhumka gira re track, Bareilly to get its iconic 'Jhumka' almost 53 years later

The Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) decided a few years ago, finally installed the jhumka structure at Parsakhera trisection.

Dec 9, 2019

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Market outlook: Macro-data, growth pangs to drive equity indices' trajectory

The rupee's movement against the American dollar and the progress of the US-China trade deal, as well as crude oil price fluctuations, will impact investors' risk-taking appetite.

Dec 8, 2019

Delhi fire: Police detains factory owner as death toll reaches 43

Most of the people who died were labourers who were sleeping at the factory when the fire broke out at 5 am.

Dec 8, 2019

Chinese media calls US Uighur bill 'stab in the back', warns of harsh retaliation

An editorial published in People's Daily called the legislation passed by the US House of Representative with 407 to 1 vote on Tuesday "harbours evil intent and is extremely sinister."

Dec 5, 2019

Congress open to ally with JD-S in Karnataka again

The by-elections have been necessitated due to the disqualification of the Congress and JD-(S) rebel MLAs after they resigned from their Assembly seats in protest against the former coalition government.

Dec 2, 2019

NCP leader Nawab Malik seeks PM Modi's resignation if 'Fadnavis transferred govt fund'

BJP MP from Karnataka, Hegde, had claimed that Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister to prevent central funds worth Rs 40,000 crore from being misused by Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP.