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April 19, 2018, Thursday | PF
Legal heirs' income key to determine monthly maintenance to seniors
The government is mulling to remove Rs 10,000 cap on monthly maintenance under Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act
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April 18, 2018, Wednesday | Economy & Policy
RBI may go for 25 bps rate cut in Aug on normal monsoon forecast: BofA-ML
In its first bi-monthly monetary policy for 2018-19, the RBI left the repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent
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April 18, 2018, Wednesday | Markets
BSE FMCG index hits new high; Godrej Consumer, Dabur, ITC up over 3%
In past two weeks, the FMCG index has outperformed the market by surging 7% after private forecaster Skymet said monsoon in India is likely to be normal
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April 18, 2018, Wednesday | Companies
Normal monsoon predictions are raising hopes of consumption uptick
Companies expect higher sales with revival of rural economy in the offing
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April 18, 2018, Wednesday | Markets
Favourable monsoon forecast may have limited impact on markets: here's why
The Sensex has often given double-digit returns in below-normal rainfall years
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April 18, 2018, Wednesday | Current Affairs
South, north-east India may see slightly 'below normal' rains, says Skymet
For south India, Skymet sees some poor rainfall this season at 97 per cent of the long-period average
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April 17, 2018, Tuesday | Markets
Sensex logs 9-session winning run on monsoon hopes, longest streak in 3 yrs
On similar lines, the NSE Nifty gathered 20.35 points, or 0.19 per cent, to close at 10,548.70, after moving in the range of 10,560.45 and 10,495.65
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April 17, 2018, Tuesday | Current Affairs
News digest: IMD monsoon forecast, Air India sale, Fortis board, and more
Mohan Bhagwat said on Monday Air India should be handed over to an Indian company and foreign investors should not be allowed to participate in the national carrier's disinvestment
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April 17, 2018, Tuesday | Current Affairs
Monsoon 2018 forecast: Relief for farmers as IMD predicts normal rainfall
A normal monsoon will not only aid agriculture growth but also have a positive impact on the overall rural economy, crucial for the BJP govt as it faces key state elections and general polls in 2019
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April 17, 2018, Tuesday | Markets
Sensex, Nifty gain for eight session; longest profit streak since November
Gains in index heavyweights such as HDFC, ITC helped Sensex recover from an early loss of 293 points to finish the day with gains of 113 points
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April 16, 2018, Monday | Economy & Policy
Why the monsoon is so crucial for PM Modi, inflation & the RBI policy
The IMD will come out with a second forecast for the 2018 monsoon rains in June
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April 15, 2018, Sunday | Current Affairs
Govt may bring 'ordinance' to restore original provisions of SC/ST Act
Introducing a bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament slated for July to amend the SC/ST Act, 1989 to overturn the SC order is the second option before the government
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April 09, 2018, Monday | Economy & Policy
National Electricity Plan revised to make room for more coal
Coal requirement has been worked out considering 30% reduction in hydro generation due to failure of monsoon
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April 07, 2018, Saturday | Opinion
General elections may be advanced to November if monsoon is on time
This means that a final decision on this would have to be taken internally in the government latest by July
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April 05, 2018, Thursday | Markets
MPC starts FY19 with status quo on rates: Top takeaways of policy decision
The RBI has maintained the status-quo on the key short-term borrowing rate (repo) in its last three policy meets.
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April 05, 2018, Thursday | Current Affairs
News Digest: Air India sale, ICICI-Videocon case, 2018 monsoon, and more
BS brings you top stories to keep up with the latest news
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April 05, 2018, Thursday | Current Affairs
Monsoon 2018 forecast: Skymet predicts normal rainfall, relief for farmers
In last three seasons, actual rainfall was below Skymet's April forecast in 2015 and 2016, while it got forecast correct in 2017
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March 14, 2018, Wednesday | Markets
Climatic conditions do not indicate a difficult monsoon in 2018, says IMD
IMD's latest summer update had indicated the favourable La Nina weather condition was likely to moderate till spring and start weakening thereafter
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March 13, 2018, Tuesday | Current Affairs
Is India staring at below-average monsoon? US-based forecaster says so
Indian monsoon rains, which occur from June to September, were 95 per cent of the long-term average last year compared with the IMD's forecast of 98 per cent.
