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Odisha steals march over other states in cost of doing business: ADB study

State wins hands down on all key parameters, viz. skilled labour wages, power tariff and land costs, which the study used

Indians must do jobs immune from AI threat, move out of agriculture: Rajan

Raghuram Rajan said Indians should do jobs that require high intelligence and creativity; jobs that require human empathy

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan renews claim for basmati's GI tag

Madhya Pradesh has claimed GI tag for rice grown in districts as basmati on par with that from Punjab and Haryana

Consumer durables: Consumption rises as young India defies slowdown

India could become the third-largest consumer economy by 2025, from sixth now, touching $4 trillion, trailing with the US and Chin

Escalation in US-China trade war may hit economic recovery: Raghuram Rajan

'I don't want to use the word trade war. I don't think they are there yet,' Rajan

Indian exports may take a hit as trade war could lower growth in China, US

A continued trade war would affect other secondary markets as well, due to the size and trade connections of both nations

Govt plans to resolve regulatory issues being faced by start-ups

Matters related with retail delivery of petroleum from door to door was also deliberated upon in detail

Universe's strength needed to break Aadhaar encryption: CEO to SC; updates

Aadhaar would include face ID besides the fingerprints and iris for authentication from July 1, said UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey

Odisha Budget outgo up 13% at Rs 1.2 trn; growth pegged at 8-8.5% in FY19

Budget outlay to be financed mainly through revenue receipts of Rs one trn, rest from borrowing and other receipts of Rs 197 bn

Ayushman Bharat insurance scheme: Testing for Modicare to start by July

By April, operational guidelines for the scheme will be finalised and shared with states

Company registration up 8% to over 68,000 since GST rollout: Govt

Govt also said that over 1.7 million companies had been registered in India till last year, out of which only 7,270 entities were active

NHAI awards Rs 13.95 billion contract for widening highways in Karnataka

Ashoka Concessions and Dilip Buildcon have been awarded contracts for four-laning of NH4

Telecom subscriber base dips 1.3% to 1.17 billion in January: Trai

The mobile subscriber base declined to 1.15 billion at the end of January 2018 from 1.167 billion at the end of December 2017, down 1.33 per cent

After Maharashtra and Haryana, UP allows women on night shift in factories

Union labour ministry has long been urging state govs to change their laws to allow women work late nights

Five web portals that can make it easier for SMEs to file GST returns

Six months into the Goods and Services Tax regime, and still the teething problems persist

From water stressed to water scarce? Demand to rise, availability declining

On World Water Day, we take a look at India's water availability

Vision 2025: Draft defence policy eyes place for India in producers' club

Defence Production Policy 2018 stipulates 13 areas where India must achieve self-reliance by 2025

Demonetisation succeeded in unearthing black money: FM Arun Jaitley

Circulation of high value notes have been brought down effectively, Jaitley said in the reply

Overtime at LPG bottling plants raises safety concerns in the industry

Industry sources say because of higher demand, there is increasing pressure on these plants to work overtime

Big rise in farmer suicides in four states during 2016, says NCRB data

In absolute numbers, farmer suicides in Haryana and Punjab were less than in Maharashtra, which continued to be Number-1