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There will be only one GST slab once Congress comes to power: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader also said he would not make false promises and pointed out that the Karnataka government, in which Congress was also part of, was implementing the farm loan waiver scheme

India's dependence on fertiliser imports to continue in medium-term: Study

The country consumes 55 million tonne of fertilisers annually, of which 72 per cent is domestically produced while the rest is imported, says India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra)

Iran keen to invest Rs 300 bn in CPCL expansion: IOC Chairman Sanjiv Singh

National Iranian Oil Co (NIOC), which holds 15.4% stake in CPCL, is keen to participate in the expansion project

Rupee crashes to all-time low of 69.91 against dollar on Turkish Lira shock

Lack of FII inflows and growing oil prices are also affecting the rupee

No effluent discharge allowed in Ganga after Dec 15 for 2019 Kumbh: CM Yogi

Yogi Adityanath admits clean Ganga a big challenge for government

India's foreign reserves in 'comfortable range' despite recent decline: DBS

Another 5-8 per cent fall in reserves will not jeopardise the situation, DBS said in a report

Cong Shrugs Off Bjp National Alliance

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Defence ministry plans to fund promising start-ups using an offsets fund

Secretary of defence production said the DOF will be modelled on the successful Electronics Development Fund

Here's why the US sanctions on Iran oil will hurt India more than you think

India has boosted oil purchases, with much of the extra apparently going into storage at Mangalore. This may be temporary, though, if refiners are building stockpiles ahead of anticipated shortages

Motor vehicle insurance firms seek more time to comply with SC orders

In May, the court asked the general insurance companies not to sell TP insurance cover to vehicles without a pollution under control (PUC) certificate

Vyapam: A scam that won't die, continues to throw up fresh twists

Key documents related to the seven-year-old scam go missing from medical college in Gwalior

National retail trade policy proposal back in consumer affairs department

Commerce ministry preparing industrial and e-commerce policies: Officials

PSBs to be recapitalised in Q4 FY19, exercise linked to progress on reforms

BCG roped in to measure bank-wise performance of reforms agenda and present a report card

Air India's financial troubles affecting its operations, says ICPA

According to ICPA, $3.6 billion (Rs 250 billion) worth of aircraft - by today's prices - are lying idle or are in hangers due to poor maintenance and management

Rain slows down in flood-hit Kerala, Rajnath Singh takes stock of situation

For the first time in its history, 27 dams in the state had to be opened as the rains caused havoc

Manufacturing sectors with high production growth rose in Q1: CII

Automobile sectors continued to dominate the export scenario as well

GVK plans to raise Rs 135 billion for Navi Mumbai airport project

Navi Mumbai International Airport announced financial closure for the construction of the first phase of the greenfield project last week

Statsguru: IMF expects India to grow at 7.3% in FY19, 7.5% in FY20

Separately, the IMF has projected the inflation rate to rise to 5.2% in FY19

Over 200 railway projects facing cost overrun of Rs 1.82 trillion

According to the report, up to April this year the total original cost of these 204 projects was Rs 1.29 trillion