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UN praises G8's efforts to boost food security

Top UN officials on Friday praised the recent $20 billion pledge made by G8 countries to boost food security in developing and poor countries.

Is India back to being 'Third World'?

A feature of 'Third World-ism' is lack of accountability. Whether and how the Modi government is held to account politically is a matter for the future, observes T N Ninan.

Mr PM, This Is What You Could Do For Banks

Your promise to protect bankers for their commercial decisions is a huge confidence booster, but how does one define a commercial decision? Are our investigative agencies well equipped to dissect lending decisions of bankers?

Sebi's SMILE to comb market infrastructure

Oil levy system may change

Selective relaxation in non-containment areas from April 20

The joint secretary also said a high-level task force to work on frontiers of science related to vaccines and drug testing was formed on Sunday.

RBI unsatisfied with MCLR, asks banks to lower rates further

The bank, however, maintained that the incremental benefit from the MCLR based lending rates introduced in April 2016 as an alternative to the earlier system of base rate, was positive.

India finally starts climbing up the innovation ladder

While India ranks 60, Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the US and UK retained their top spots as the most-innovative countries. China is at 22nd spot.

India, Indonesia pledge to take strategic relation to next level

The two countries have decided to expedite trade related issues and signed six pacts to take forward their strategic partnership. Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, who is travelling with the prime minister on his visit to Indonesia, reports from Jakarta.