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NITI Aayog task force to decide how to use Census data for social schemes

The task force is expected to submit its report to the Prime Minister soon

Motion to abolish Upper House: JD(S) MLA Krishnappa under fire

Karnataka moots special industrial regions

Also considers state industrial corridor

Chhattisgarh disburses Rs 1356 cr farm loan

The farm loan disbursed has been about 51% of the target set for the season

HDFC Life eyes 15% growth in new business premium

Company banks on two recently launched products; collects Rs 3,310 cr new business premium in 2014-15 with 10% growth

Rs 30 cr infra upgrade plan for eight airstrips

The infra development would include development of running light system and advance air traffic advisory system at the eight airstrips in phases

IOCL to put on stream 3 more petrochemical units by 2020

Combined investment in the two units is pegged at around Rs 13,000 crore

Wassup Ondemand, Mr Homecare in tie-up

The partnership would help the partners provide end-to-end services for homes

Doha Bank eyes India exposure at $5 billion in three years

The bank has three branches in the country at Mumbai and Kochi and is also planning a subsidiary in India to scale up its operations here

Eye on Bihar-UP, BJP creates separate wing for OBCs

In other changes, Shah replaced party's Yuva Morcha, or youth wing, head Anurag Thakur with P. Muralidhar Rao

The Indian Express to launch Jaipur edition

The newspaper will also be undergoing a rebranding

Ola adds TaxiForSure to its mobile app

TaxiForSure was acquired by Ola earlier this year even though the former's mobile app kept as a separate entity

Infosys to invest $10 million in Irish start-ups

Bags long-term outsourcing deal from Allied Irish Banks

IOCL and CONCOR to invest in Haryana

Both these projects would entail a total investment of Rs 1250 crore

Saama Technologies to ramp up India operations

Last month Carrick Capital invested $ 35 million in the company

Matti Makkonen: Father of SMS passes away

Makkonen never received any money from the invention of text messaging, never applied for a patent

Airtel sells towers in 5 African countries for $1.3 bn

Airtel is in the process of divesting 15,000 towers to different companies in 13 countries in Africa

Growth is picking up, says Raghuram Rajan

'We see some signs of capital investment picking up, and there is a continuing need which the government is trying to address'

Cabinet approves skill policy and institutional structure

Currently over 70-odd Skill Development Programmes being implemented by govt

Aviation ministry to finalise cabinet note on international flying norms by month-end

Ministry has been unable to take a decision on the issue because of pressure from competing lobbies