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Are you a credit risk? Banks dig deep in your phone to find out

Lenders are mining data on customers' smartphones to help assess their risk for loans in a potentially huge market

Delhi plans to create price stabilisation fund for onions

Retail onion prices, which have shot up to Rs 50-65 per kg in most cities, have come under pressure due to tight domestic supplies

Results of preventing under-nutrition must be seen by 2022: Modi

The current status of malnutrition, stunting and related problems was reviewed at the meeting

PetroMin pushes OMCs to buy paddy stubble

Plan getting ready for state OMCs to feed at least a dozen bioethanol making units; private sector likely to be involved, ensuring an end to residual crop burning

$6.5bn afforestation fund pits forest officials against tribals yet again

Testimonies of affected tribespeople and activists point to a conspiracy that forest departments are using afforestation as a tool to exert control over forest lands traditionally used by tribespeople

Digitisation makes CIOs preferred IT talent

The new job of the CIO is to build the required bench strength to scale the enterprise's digital business

Govt to constitute National Anti Profiteering Authority within a week

We request companies to pass on benefits to consumers immediately, says Adhia

Flipkart, Mobikwik chiefs among entrepreneurs to steer talks at GES 2017

PM Modi, Ivanka Trump to address inaugural session, next two days packed with discussions and workshops on access to capital, leveraging technology, new business opportunities

Revised tax treaty with India to boost bilateral investments: Cyprus envoy

Cyprus is one of the major sources of foreign direct investment in India with a cumulative investment of about $8.5 bn

Solar-powered ferry boats by June 2018 in Goa

Currently servicing 20 ferry boat routes with a fleet of 39 vessels, which run on diesel

PM Modi stresses on need to reduce malnutrition, wants results by 2022

PM Modi also called for convergence among all schemes of Union and State Governments

India remains much more vulnerable its powerful neighbour China: Book

'The fact is that India lacks a coherent and consistent policy vis-a-vis Pakistan and the Pakistan Army continues to take advantage of the situation'

How Bihar's poorest women are changing their lives, with a little help

Bihar has India's worst female labour force participation

S&P refuses to do a Moody's; maintains status quo on India's rating

S&P's rating remains at BBB-, one notch above junk and a notch below what Moody's Investors Service upgraded India to recently

Corporate bond investment limit oversubscribed

FPIs bid for $1.4 billion

Rating status quo might not stir rupee, bond market

Moody's upgraded India's rating to Baa2 from Baa3 on November 16

From light fighter to nuclear delivery platform: Long road to Rafale

The nuclear talk is the latest example of the IAF shifting goalposts on its fighter purchase over the past two decades

Cancer, cardiac among 51 essential drugs under NPPA price cap

Drugs whose ceiling prices have been capped includes colon or rectal cancer treatment drug oxaliplatin

Separating equity, debt units will benefit EPFO subscribers

In case of early withdrawal, they will be able to choose the instrument from which they wish to redeem

FinMin 'not disappointed' with S&P action; terms it a cautious move

The assessment is also almost in line with Moody's and possibly is waiting for some time to upgrade, said economic affairs secretary Subhash Garg