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Farmer protest: The long march struck a chord with ordinary Mumbaikars

Once the leaders said they were satisfied with the government's response making their way to catch one of the two trains arranged by the Central Railways to Bhusawal later in the night

If we need to face brickbats, we'll do it as our duty: Urjit Patel

RBI had identified, based on cyber risk considerations, the exact source of operational hazard - through which we understand now how the fraud had been perpetrated

India likely to fall short of total power capacity addition target in FY18

Cost of renewable power generation now is at par or even lesser than the average cost of power production

MSP for crops will be at least 1.5 times the production cost: PM Modi

Besides, he appealed to them to reduce the consumption of urea by at least half by 2022

Infant deaths doubled after getting Pentavalent vaccine than DPT: Study

Government records show that there were 10,612 deaths following vaccination

Govt's initiatives in agriculture will double farm income by 2022: PM Modi

He would also unveil a portal on organic farming and lay the foundation stone of 25 Krishi Vigyan Kendras

US narrows gap with top supplier Russia, arms sales to India soar 5-fold

Although Russia remained by far India's biggest arms seller, it share of total imports has fallen

Higher trade deficit pushes up Q3 CAD to 2% of GDP at $13.5 billion

Net services receipts rose 17.8% during the reporting quarter mainly on the back of a rise in net earnings from software services and travel receipts

PNB scam: SFIO probing 107 firms and 7 limited liability partnerships

The government ordered the investigation on February 17, 2018, says PP Chaudhary

GST collection to cross Rs 900 billion after April, says CBEC official

In January, the collection slipped marginally to Rs 863 billion from Rs 867 billion in December

RBI needs to work with govt to take action against PSBs, says Rangarajan

RBI's action in banning of Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) could be reviewed later, says former RBI head C Rangarajan

Crisil core inflation tracker: Fuel prices soften, but metal prices harden

Food inflation could stay under check if the monsoon is again adequate and global food prices stay benign

BS analysis: States' own tax revenues show slight increase in tax buoyancy

The own tax revenues of states have risen only marginally from 7% of GSDP in 2011-12 to 7.1% in 2018-19

Who will buy the Rs 4.6 trillion bonds? Market bets on banks' return

Foreign portfolio investors own around 4.5 per cent of the total outstanding debt

Anti-dumping duty on Indian shrimp import unlikely to impact shipment

The contribution of Indian shrimp export to the USA is expected to increase

Govt has broken imbalance in development with 'Act East' policy : Modi

The GST has established India as one market, enhancing the confidence of the investors, Modi said

Vehicle scrap policy gets nod at PMO meet: Over 20-year-old CVs to face axe

Cut off date for implementation of vehicle scrapping policy to be April, 2020; policy to go to GST Council for reduction in rate

Govt to test Rs 10 plastic note, won't discontinue Rs 2,000 note

The government had scrapped old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 9 with an aim to check black money and push digital economy

Railways installed over 100,000 bio-toilets in trains at Rs 5.13 bn: Govt

Government said the expenditure booked for installation of bio-toilets by zonal railways from 2015 till December 2017 was Rs 5.13 billion

Railways to use math formula to maximise loco usage, increase revenue

Hitherto, locomotive links were being manually prepared by the respective sixteen zones to operate the allocated trains