India have been drawn in Group A alongside USA, Colombia and Ghana. The hosts face USA on October 6, followed by Colombia and Ghana on October 9 and October 12 respectively at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
Governments that did not respect the central bank's independence would sooner or later incur the wrath of financial markets, ignite economic fire, and come to rue the day they undermined the regulatory institution, Deputy Governor Viral Acharya warned.
Experts said a dip in consumption expenditure indicated an increasing prevalence of poverty in the country.
Bringing the curtains down on the four-month-long unrest at Jadavpur University, Vice-Chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti on Monday agreed to step down from the post following the intervention of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
An unmanned aerial vehicle of the Indian Navy, used for monitoring the sea off Ramanathapuram coast, crashed into a coconut grove near Ramanathapuram on Friday. Naval Commander Abhijit Bhargattagi said the UAV, named Search 922, crashed while returning after several sorties due to some technical snag.
Shortly after former President Pranab Mukherjee passed away, leaders, including President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, paid tributes to him.
Built in three years the circuit is magnificent and played host to the first-ever twilight F1 race. With a new race time of 5 pm, the race started in daylight and ended at night.
From ice creams to dosas, these food pics will tease your taste buds.
The actor has criticised a prominent tabloid for not doing justice to an interview it took with him in the first week of his 67th birthday.
The Prime Minister Economy Advisory Council has projected a mere two per cent growth in the sector for the current year. Earlier in August, PMEAC had projected the agriculture production to grow at a lower pace of two per cent in the current year as against 4.5 per cent in 2007-08.
European and world club champions Manchester United have sent a shirt sponsorship proposal to an Indian company, some 16 months before the end of their current deal with American insurance giants AIG.
The agriculture growth slowed down to 2.4 per cent in the April-June quarter this year from 3 per cent in the same quarter last year.
With substantial number of employees having been with Jet Airways for around 20 years, getting another job is also not easy considering the age factor and the job market situation.
Sonam is expected to be out of hospital by the end of this week.
On whether the futures trading policy of the government has resulted in the extremely high inflation (as seen some months ago), he said the committee to study the impact of futures trading on the prices of agricultural commodities could not draw any strong conclusion. The latest inflation rate as on December 6, measured by the wholesale price index, stood at 6.84 per cent. The rate of inflation had touched a high of 12.91 per cent on August 2.
Kareena Kapoor makes up for her goof-up.
"We are already restructuring viable accounts, which are facing temporary cash flow problems," says S Sridhar, Chairman & MD, Central Bank of India.
The demolition of Sahara Shahar's illegal encroachments is symbolic. The real assault will be executed at the right psychological and emotional moment, in true Mayawati style. Make no mistake.
'The residents of the area have for long been complaining about the chaos and traffic build up there due to the ramp,' MP Poonam Mahajan says.
It [becoming a donor] is something that doesn't take much time at all and it is can potentially save lives all over the world. People need to become aware why they need to become donors. South Asians are very giving people and they want to give to the community. This is another way they can help within the community in life and death situations.
RBI says haste in easing norms for banks harmful to economy.
Among the states due for election next year are AP, Haryana and Odisha, which have a fair share of agri credit. If these states individually announced debt relief, the combined waiver would be at least around Rs 600 bn to Rs 700 bn. Clearly, this will be a frightening challenge for Indian banks.
A lacklustre Dempo suffered a 1-2 defeat to Syrian side Al Maged in their Group E AFC Cup match in Damascus on Tuesday night. Dempo, who had beaten their opponents 1-0 at home, were outclassed by the Syrian side and could have lost by a bigger margin had not goalkeeper Abhijit Mondal saved at least half a dozen shots on target at the Al Abbassiyin Stadium.
Several police officers, including investigators, joined in the candlelight vigil as Mahato's friends related stories about him. Friends remembered him as a talented engineer and cook, and a person who was always ready to help his fellow students. On the occasion, Tod Laursen, the professor who recruited Mahato, said that nothing could have been more out of context than the violence that took him away.
13 eminent economists, including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and current International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath, in a report have asked the political establishment not to resort to populist tricks.
Planning Commission member Abhijit Sen on Wednesday said growth in the next fiscal may reach seven per cent due to the stimulus packages already introduced. On deflation he said, "I personally do not see any threat of generalised deflation, though it (might happen) in some sectors."
Angry over the children's death, hundreds of people took to the streets and protested near the local police station demanding action against school teacher and officials responsible for the calamity.
He will have to surrender before the court by the end of 14 days.
'Surprised by the absence of any sloganeering or even mild protest in an ambience so free and self-regulated, I asked a friend from Delhi whether he too, with sharp political antenna, was surprised at how smooth and easy going everything was,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
Mumbai colts are participating in the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup invitation cricket tournament, at Hyderabad from September 6.
'The NRC is aimed at rounding up and permanently jailing Indian Muslims who cannot produce the documents to satisfy a government which punishes those individuals who do not declare maximum number of Muslims foreigners.' 'It is for this reason that we see so many Indian Muslims protesting these laws and it is for this reason that so many non-Muslims cannot stand by and watch what is happening in their country,' says Aakar Patel.
Arjun Rampal gives his stand.
Before falling seriously ill, Neeraj Vora was working on the third instalment of the Hera Pheri franchise.
Sakaal Times is in the news for the wrong reasons. The paper has shut down its Delhi office leaving a little over 60 people jobless.
Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, invites applications for its All India Entrance Test for admission to its management courses.
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Conventional tape cracks when it is pulled off a surface. The cracks enable removal, but usually also render the tape useless for reapplication. The toe pads of tree frogs and crickets, on the other hand, contain microscopic channel patterns that prevent cracking.
Lok Janashakti Party member of parliament from Balia, Suraj Singh alias Surajbhan Singh on Thursday challenged before the Patna High Court his conviction for a life term in a murder case by a Begusarai fast track court.
The petitioner submitted that the high court had erroneously discharged the actress of criminal intimidation charges while acknowledging the same against her father Ashok Chopra and underworld don Chhota Shakeel.
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