India's gross domestic product product (GDP) growth rate between 2011-12 and 2016-17 should be about 4.5 per cent instead of the official estimate of close to 7 per cent, he said in a research paper published at Harvard University. "The Indian policy automobile has been navigated with a faulty, possibly broken, speedometer," he says in the paper.
In a touching gesture, a district collector drove his chauffeur to office in his government vehicle on the latter's retirement day.
It is the time when 'King Kansa' virtually rules the town which transforms itself into a sprawling open air theatre.
Arsene Wenger reckoned that leaving his leading marksman Alexis Sanchez on the substitutes' bench had been a "debatable" decision but it was one that appeared to backfire on the Arsenal manager in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday.
Rohit Sharma-led squad will be hoping it has enough left in the tank to record a maiden T20 series win in New Zealand
Puzzled by the way banks levy differing 'floating interest rates' from new and existing customers, the fair trade practices body MRTPC has initiated a probe into how lending institutions arrive at these rates.Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission feels that the practice of banks using low interest rates to woo new customers while forcing the old ones to pay higher rates was discriminatory and restrictive under the MRTP Act.
Hitting back at the intellectuals who criticised the Bengal government on the Nandigram issue, senior Communist Party of India - Marxist leader Brinda Karat on Sunday said that she was puzzled by their silence when hundreds of villagers were not allowed entry for the past several months. The party politburo member said that they did not raise their voice when over 3,500 villagers were living in camps for about 11 months and denied entry to Nandigram.
How does one make an impression without meeting the recruiter face to face?
Jinnah Creation's Seval, directed by Hari and starring Bharath is a potpourri of drama, romance and action which makes for watchable fare despite some melodramatic hiccups.
For many years, the Nathan family in suburban Washington, DC harboured a secret. Soon after the weekend visit to the Hindu temple, the family sneaked into McDonald's and feasted on burgers.
Russia is banned from competing for their country due to an alleged state-backed doping scheme, but the International Olympics Committee (IOC) has allowed it to send so-called neutral athletes who have no history of drugs-cheating.
'Shouldn't the DGCA ensure both safety and convenience of passengers?' 'And convenience has been a casualty as nobody knows which Jet flight would be grounded next, throwing passengers' plans in disarray,' says Nivedita Mookerji.
'Shouldn't the DGCA ensure both safety and convenience of passengers?' 'And convenience has been a casualty as nobody knows which Jet flight would be grounded next, throwing passengers' plans in disarray,' says Nivedita Mookerji.
The various official growth forecasts for the year have moved from 8 per cent-plus to 8 per cent-minus, with only the pessimists saying it will fall to as low as 7 per cent -- which the country can live with in a downturn.
Failing TRP ratings of game shows like Paanchvi Pass, which is hosted by mega star Shah Rukh Khan has prompted Amitabh Bachchan to enlist the help of bloggers. According to his blog, the superstar said he is puzzled over the falling TRP ratings and asked inputs from bloggers to find out the reasons why.
A team of international researchers has carried out the study and found moderately increased exposure to sunlight not only reduces the risk of skin cancer but can also prevent breast, colon and lung cancers.
Ishant Sharma is suffering from a knee injury he sustained during the Boxing Day Test against Australia in December.
After netting a mere Rs 1,570 crore in 2005-06 and 2006-07, divestment proceeds could well touch Rs 5,000 crore in this financial year.
'If we're able to make a child laugh or feel happy to come to school, more than half the battle is won,' Katha Founder Geeta Dharmarajan tells Geetanjali Krishna.
The first half of Saithan has a lot of suspense, says S Saraswathi.
In the new 'Verbal reasoning' section, the focus has shifted from vocabulary to reasoning -- will that make the GRE easier?
The SP Concept SUV will be the first of the products to be rolled out from the company's plant in Andhra Pradesh, where it has invested USD 1 billion. The plant will have a capacity of 3 lakh units annually.
First suggested by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago, the paradox deals with the effects of time in the context of travel at near the speed of light.
The current approach toward capital inflows and the rupee remains an enigma.
Andy Murray will need to be at his streetwise best to beat Stan Wawrinka in the French Open semi-finals on Friday, three-times former Roland Garros champion Mats Wilander told Reuters.
amiliar names, however, are tipped to take off with the winners' trophies. The following is a list of talking points at the Australian Open:
More than 90 police cars, fire brigade engines and other city government vehicles saluted Dr Uma Rani Madhusudana for her non-stop, tirelessly devoted work in the care of COVID-19 patients at a hospital over 8 difficult and dangerous days.
This was not the first time when this building -- Old Councilor's Residence Complex -- has witnessed a suicide. Nearly half a dozen cases were reported from the building.
Rasheed Kidwai unearths little-known stories from the Dadasaheb Phalke awardee's past as Amitabh Bachchan celebrates 50 years in the movies this month.
This season of LFW has been a "colourful, bizarre, exciting adventure" for 20-year-old Rediff.com's Kshamaya Daniel, who viewed it for the first time.
How did Greece, the country of Archimedes and Socrates and Plato and Pythagoras, come to such dire straits, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
The family said they were thankful to God for the verdict.
Thanks to some inexplicable reasons, rubber futures contracts are witnessing a steep fall for the past few days. This has also hit the spot marker now with prices of benchmark grade RSS 4 dropping below Rs 90 a kg to close at Rs 87 on Friday.
Kashmiris protest against the killing of Amarnath pilgrims.
Even as people lined up for the final time to deposit their old notes in banks, Lalu Yadav launched a scathing attack on the PM over his demonetisation scheme.
'Teaching lessons is the objective behind every school.' 'For the moment, a state seems intent to teach a lesson -- that students of Classes 4, 5 and 6 can wage war against the mighty Indian nation,' says Krishna Prasad.
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