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End of an era: Baba Amte passes away

Renowned social worker Murlidhar Devidas Amte alias Baba Amte passed away at 4.15am on February 9, 2008. He was 94 and suffering from cancer since long. He took his last breath at his ‘Anandvan’ ashram on Saturday in the Chandrapur district of…

Agricultural growth, key to inclusive economic progress

Agriculture growth is the key factor to inclusive growth and helps in raising rural incomes and purchasing power in rural India. Agriculture is one of the most important sectors of country’s economy. According to the data of 2005, agriculture and…

Maoists threatening India’s political stability

After 60 years of attaining independence, India is still a land with wide income disparity. While the country is fast climbing the trajectory of 10% GDP growth rate, around 836 million of its citizens live in abject poverty surviving on less than Rs….

Indian textile has more takers than the Chinese brand

It is always not true that a cheap product has many takers. When it comes to quality, most buyers do not want to compromise. This at least seems to be the trend in the current global scenario where ‘Brand India’ has outwitted ‘Brand China’ in…

Why does Goonda’Raj’ exist in Mumbai?

“Who is Raj Thackeray? I know Bala Saheb, father-like figure to us and Uddhav Thackeray only”, said Jaya Bachchan, who is the wife of Amitabh Bachchan and Rajya Sabha MP from Samajwadi Party. She said it in a press conference in Mumbai in the…

Black Monday at Dalal Street, woes continue on Tuesday too

It was the biggest one-day fall in Indian share market and media reports termed the fall as bloodshed at Dalal Street never seen before. The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Sensitive Index (Sensex) crashed by 2062 points on Monday and closed at 1408 points..

Empires of the future are empires of the mind: Manmohan Singh

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given the indication of ‘mindset change’ to his Chinese counterpart and renewed the efforts to build trust between India and china, two Asian economic giants. Indian PM, during his visit to china,…

Railway tickets through ATMs in Patna

Earlier, the Indian Railways had announced to introduce a new technology to get printed railway tickets from Automated Teller Machines (ATM) counters installed at railway stations across the country. Recently, Indian railway officials had…

When India Inc. shines, India loses sheen!

Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) has, for the 4th consecutive year, forecast an optimistic outlook for the Indian economy. India will have a growth upwards of 8 percent compared to China’s projected double digit growths. The…

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