Govt has so far refused to bring down the import duty to 2% from the current 10%.
In the university category, IISc stood first, followed by JNU and BHU.
Chris Gayle and Runako Morton scored half-centuries in West Indies' 110-run win over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international on Sunday. Gayle scored 58 before retiring injured and Morton hit 79 as the visitors levelled the five-match series at 1-1.
It is difficult to say if the banking sector will see the worst behind it by March 2020, warns Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The Indian golfer had hat-trick of bogeys on a treacherous back stretch that saw him slip a few places at the Singapore Open.
South Africa seamer Dale Steyn grabbed his first Test wicket after an injury absence of 14 months as the hosts fought back against a fired-up India on an enthralling first day of cut-and-thrust cricket in the opening Test at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday.
This is Samir's fifth and final national spelling bee competition. He hopes to be the numero uno speller this time.
The lower sales growth rate is on account of single-digit growth in sales by Reliance Industries (6.3 per cent), Reliance Energy (9.53 per cent), Hero Honda (5.48 per cent) and Biocon (7.52 per cent). Companies that posted a decline in sales included two-wheeler giant Bajaj Auto (- 3.03 per cent), pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy (-4.79 per cent) and Madras Aluminium (-11.13 per cent).
Temperature in the national capital touched 45.1 degree Celsius on Sunday while it was 47.8 degree C in and around Palam airport making it the hottest day in 62 years giving no respite to people reeling under a blistering heat wave.
While India's GDP growth slowed to five-year low of 5.8% in Q4, China grew at 6.4%.
Rahil Gangjee saved his best for the last and turned in a flawless four-under 68 in the final round to sign off tied 21st in the Pine Valley Beijing Open on Sunday.
Pete Sampras, winner of a record 14 grand slam crowns, and four-times grand slam winner Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario were inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday.
Depreciating dollar has pushed up the country's external debt to 155 billion dollars at the close of 2006-07 from 142.7 billion dollars in the previous year.
With that technological marvel called the Nokia 2210, I can reach people, and people can reach me, at any time, even when I'm driving. Recently, I was pulled over by a traffic policeman for doing just that.
The early birds have set a scorching pace in the quarter ended March 2007, with around 120 companies posting a 28.6 per cent rise in sales and a hefty 57.8 per cent rise in net profit.
Jeev Milkha Singh shot a rollercoaster one-under 71 to settle for a tied 19th finish, while Jyoti Randhawa's two-under 70 in the final round earned him a share of the 30th position in the Dubai Desert Classic on Sunday.
The UK became the first country to exit the economic bloc after 47 years of membership following the vote in favour of Brexit in June 2016.
Pakistan plans to import 100 more items from India from the next fiscal.
The Sensex stood at 13,786.91 points at the end of 2006 and closed the year 2007 at 20,286.99 points on Monday. It crossed seven thousand-point milestones -- from 14,000 to 20,000 marks -- during the year, which is the maximum for a year.
Over the past week, BSE Sensex fell sharply by 701.24 points to 27,366.07
Yasir Shah proved Pakistan's match-winner as they ended a six-Test losing streak to beat West Indies by seven wickets in the first Test in Jamaica on Tuesday.
After a high-scoring first Test in Adelaide, which India lost by 48 runs to trail the five-match series, a green-top awaits the visitors at the Gabba, starting December 17.
Veteran batsman Younis Khan has become the first Pakistani cricketer to complete 10,000 runs in Test cricket as his team reached reach 201-4 in reply to West Indies' 286-10 on the third day of the rain-affected first Test at SabinaPark in Kingston, Jamaica, on Sunday.
Annual plan of 65 ministries and depts hiked 27%.
EPL transfer spending has risen to 286 million pounds and lower league clubs are increasingly reaping the benefits
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He said these will include two special trains each for Mumbai and Howrah and one for Delhi on the auspicious bathing days of 'makar sankranti' and 'mauni amavasya' falling on January 14 and 19.
Direct tax collections increased by 41.8 per cent to Rs 1,44,286 crore (Rs 1442.86 billion) during the April-December period this fiscal due to continued buoyancy in corporate earnings.
The fiscal deficit in the first three months of current fiscal stood at Rs 2.86 lakh crore or 51.6 per cent of Budget estimates for 2015-16.
Six wickets from Muttiah Muralitharan helped Sri Lanka win the second and final Test against New Zealand by 217 runs on Monday to square the series at 1-1.
He said India has also opened its defence industry 'like never before' and sought investments in the sector.
Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Jammu reported one case each, officials said.
India's exports grew marginally by 0.88 per cent.
The Class XII examinations were conducted by the Board in hundreds of centres across the country as well as overseas in March.
South Africa's batting coach Dale Benkenstein credited AB de Villiers for changing the momentum as South Africa put up 286, after tottering at 12 for 3, on the opening day of the first Test against India, in Cape Town, on Friday.
The swine flu toll in the country climbed to 1,198 on Wednesday as 40 more deaths were reported while the number of cases of the disease has crossed the 22,000-mark.
Replying to Mumbai's first innings total of 286 for 7, Bengal finished at 191 for eight.
The decision will embolden populists across the continent.
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