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Yogi Adityanath to table UP Budget on Friday; farm, infra bonanza on cards
UP Budget to have Union Budget imprint of rural economy focus
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January trade deficit widens to $16.30 bn; exports rise 9%
Imports surge 26% to $40.68 bn
 "January trade deficit widens to $16.30 bn; exports rise 9%")
$100-bn digital consumer spending potential by 2020: Google & BCG report
E-commerce for products such as apparel and accessories, consumer electronics, durables, food and grocery, is likely to be the biggest constituent with the market size estimated to reach USD 40-45 bn
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Govt to bring major changes in Drug Pricing Control Order
We will have major reforms in DPCO, that I am going to assure. We need to have reforms in DPCO. We need to come out with a new pharma policy: Kumar said
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India's defence budget makes its way to world's top 5, overtakes UK: Report
India continues to modernise its military capabilities, though China still remains a challenge with the world's second-largest defence budget
 "India's defence budget makes its way to world's top 5, overtakes UK: Report")
Why banks will likely fail to recover Rs 3 trillion from loan defaulters
Lenders have been able to recover less than a third of their bad loans from defaulters under the insolvency resolution process
 "Why banks will likely fail to recover Rs 3 trillion from loan defaulters")
WPI inflation eases to 2.84 % in January from 3.58% in December 2017
Annual wholesale price inflation last month slowed to 2.84 per cent from a year earlier, from a provisional 3.58 per cent rise in December
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States reluctant to push Modicare over own health insurance schemes
NITI Aayog, health secretaries to discuss implementation of central insurance scheme today
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Iran Prez visit: Modi, Rouhani to talk Chabahar port, regional security
Mutual concerns over regional security, especially the situation in Afghanistan, should also come up for discussions between Rouhani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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Jaitley's cost price-based MSP formula to cost Rs 115 bn for 4 crops: SBI
The wheat MSP of 2016-17 season which is around Rs 1,625 per quintal was used for the calculation by the SBI Chief Economist
 "Jaitley's cost price-based MSP formula to cost Rs 115 bn for 4 crops: SBI")
Renewable energy push a great opportunity for Tamil Nadu to tap: Report
The IEEFA report also cautions against the state's efforts to build 22,500 Mw of coal-fired power plants despite its favourable investment and lower tariff for wind and solar
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Urban agri: How farmers are learning to grow food without soil or sunlight
Today's urban farmers don't just grow food to eat; they also see urban agriculture as a way of increasing the diversity of plants and animals in the city
 "Urban agri: How farmers are learning to grow food without soil or sunlight")
Modi - the protectionist: 30-year high import duty to spur 'Make In India'
Trump signaled tit-for-tat duties against India's barriers on motorcycles, while the German Ambassador to India, Martin Ney, questioned the decision to raise customs duty on the import of auto parts
 "Modi - the protectionist: 30-year high import duty to spur 'Make In India'")
UIDAI's move to drop CSC pact for Aadhaar services sparks job loss fears
With Aadhaar services taken away, many CSC owners have now asked their staff to leave as volume of work reduced
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Capability jump: IAF looks to buy fifth-generation F-35 fighter
It is learnt the IAF wants to procure 126 of the variant called F-35A - the air force version of the fighter that incorporates "conventional take-off and landing"
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Trump slams India's 50% import tariff on Harley-Davidson, calls it 'unfair'
Trump, during a discussion with members of the Congress over steel industry, also threatened to increase the tariff on import of Indian motorcycles to the US
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India needs health regulator to make Modicare work efficiently: NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog and state health secretaries will be meeting on Thursday to discuss the scheme
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GAIL to buy coal-bed methane gas from Essar in West Bengal at $8 per unit
Based on current prices, the 15-year contract will be around Rs 7 billion on an annual basis
 "GAIL to buy coal-bed methane gas from Essar in West Bengal at $8 per unit")
Greater Hyderabad municipality raises Rs 2 billion through 10-year bonds
The funds raised will be used for road development in the city
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This Valentine's Day, plenty of heartache for India's rose cultivators
Rose growers in South India, mainly Hosur, have for many years spread the scent of love on Valentine's Day around the world. But the world seems to have jilted them for other options this time
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