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Need to invest in quality education: President

Says these days lot of Indian students are leaving the country to peruse higher education in foreign countries as Indian courses are lagging behind world standard

National ITeS employee unions' body

Slew of changes to financial sector laws in offing: Jaitley

Model Indian financial code for consumer protection, appellate tribunal to hear appeals against ruling of regulators may be on cards

Private investment essential for smart cities: top official

Says urban development ministry is in the process of finalising the guidelines for private participation

New foreign trade policy will come when time is right: DGFT

Says new policy will focus on ease of doing business, simplification of procedures and reduction of paperwork

Bharti Airtel to make big investments targeting mobile internet business

Firm has so far invested Rs 1.34 lakh cr on telecom business in India, including Rs 94,000 cr on network and IT and Rs 40,000 crore on spectrum

Removal of 80:20 not to change India's gold demand: WGC

Maintains India's gold demand at 850-950 tonnes during calendar year 2014, slightly lower than last year

Odisha assembly paralysed over Oppn call for AG's resignation

Opposition's ire stemmed from disallowing a debate on the chit fund scam by Niranjan Pujari on Friday on the strength of advice by the AG

TN Govt added 2,792 MW in three years, says electricity minister

Adds that another three projects with total capacity of 3,000 MW will be added soon

At 5.3%, GDP growth beats estimates

Agriculture, which accounts for 14% of GDP, grew at 3.2% in the quarter

April-October Fiscal Deficit hits 89.6% of FY15 target

The Centre's plan to raise Rs 58,425 crore through disinvestment this year, with stake sales in 10 PSUs has not yet taken off

Govt banks get autonomy to appoint auditor

RBI will provide the selection criteria for selecting SCAs to PSBs

Here to help you, Centre assures industry

Cabinet secy had a closed-door discussion with India Inc in wake of PM's directive to drastically ease issues

Karnataka to seek SC nod for auction of six Category-C mines

First round of auction will be held for six mines in Dec or Jan, second round for nine mines in April-May 2015

CAG says there's an absence of proper records in Indian Railways for accounting & agreements

The findings of CAG for FY13 also show that the Railways is not following its own rules and regulations laid down under the financial and engineering code

Farm sector growth slows on poor monsoon

The highest impact of the uneven rains was in the final production of coarse cereals, oilseeds and pulses

Fin Min rejects tax breaks for SEZs

The Commerce Ministry had recommended restoration of original exemption (pre 2011-12 budget) from MAT and DDT to SEZs

SC directs Sahara to show escrow account agreement to SEBI

Wants market regulator to list asset management agencies that could get a better price for Sahara properties up for sale

RIL's petrochemical business to help offset falling crude oil shock

The massive $10 bn petrochemical expansion will help the company to offset decline in refining earnings

Centre may cut stake in public sector banks to 52%

Move likely to mobilise Rs 89,000 crore