Govt to borrow more from market in H1 of 2010-11 The Times Of India NEW DELHI: The government will raise by September more than half of its record $100 billion planned borrowing for the financial year that begins on April 1, a top adviser said on Tuesday, allowing more space for private borrowing as the economic growth picks up steam. | Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deput...
Wipro Infotech to develop IT network to track frauds The Times Of India NEW DELHI: The government might now have a tighter grip on financial scams in the country. The ministry of finance's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has awarded an IT contract to Wipro Infotech to develop an IT network to track all irregular financial transactions. | The IT Network will also be ab...
Companies set to hire 10 lakh in '10-11 The Times Of India CHENNAI: It's official. Jobs are back. The organised sector in India is set to create close to a million new jobs in 2010-2011, according to a Ma Foi Employment Trends Survey. However, hiring intentions of employers are not really loud and clear in t...
Ford India to export compact Figo to South Africa DNA India | New Delhi: Ford Motor's India unit will export its compact car Figo to South Africa, its India head Michael Boneham said on Tuesday at a news conference while launching the car in India. | Double click an English word for Macmillan Dictionary d...
Wipro Infotech to develop IT network to track frauds The Times Of India NEW DELHI: The government might now have a tighter grip on financial scams in the country. The ministry of finance's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has awarded an IT contract to Wipro Infotech to develop an IT network to track all irregular financ...
India sells more state assets, tweaks rules for sale arrangers Business Report | By Kartik Goyal New Delhi | Submit your comment | India plans to accelerate sales of state assets to about one a month and tighten requirements for investment banks competing to arrange the $8.8 billion (R64.8bn) sell-off, according to the o...
Microsoft says cloud could 'outsource' India's IT DNA India | New Delhi: Cloud services, or software/hardware services delivered remotely through the Internet, may be to Indian information technology companies what outsourcing was to the US IT industry, an official of Microsoft, the world’s largest soft...
State Bank of India gets government nod for fund tap Deccan Herald New Delhi, March 8, DHNS: | Carrying forward further reform in the banking sector, the Centre, on Monday, introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha seeking to reduce its shareholding in the State Bank of India (SBI) from 55 per cent now to 51 per cent and t...
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AIDS rise may force India to spend more: World Bank Zeenews New Delhi: India will have to scale up prevention of HIV to avoid having to spend an increasing share of its health budget on treatment of AIDS patients, the World Bank and other a...
PM bets on growth to tackle poverty, disease The Hindu | K. Balchand & Sandeep Joshi | NEW DELHI: Expressing his concern over the rising food prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Friday that speeding up the growth process was ...
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7.5% growth doable this year: PM The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Indian economy can achieve a growth rate of 7.5% in 2009-10. While replying to the debate on motion of thanks to the President's address in the Lok Sabha, Prime Minister...
India proposes further stake cut in State Bank Samachaar New Delhi: The government Monday moved a bill seeking parliament's nod to reduce its equity in the State Bank of India (SBI) to 51 percent by allowing the country's largest lending institution to raise money from the market. | The government currentl...
‘School didn't impose fee-related penalty on Ruchika’ Zeenews New Delhi: The school of Ruchika Girhotra, the 14-year-old molested by a former Haryana top cop in 1990, never imposed a penalty on her for non-payment of fee before her expulsion. | "There is nothing on record to show that any penalty was ever impos...
Wheat, rice stocks swell; exports possible The Times Of India NEW DELHI: India's wheat and rice stocks more than doubled as at March 1, government sources said on Monday, indicating the country's ability to free some stocks for exports and open market sale. | Stocks of wheat were at 18.4 million tonnes, sharply...