Tourist arrival growth down to 1.9% over poor marketing and terror threats. Airlines, too, have been forced to reroute following airspace closure. UK and Australia advised their citizens from travelling to Srinagar following the Pulwama attack.
They have everything they wanted as a teenager - only they seem to have got it all 50 years later, says ad guru Sandeep Goyal.
Bad loans of PSBs are at Rs 20 trillion. Most of it is, I sense, due to corruption and behest lending. Nobody pays a price for this charade. Not the promoters, the bankers, RBI officials, finance ministry bureaucrats or politicians, points out Debashis Basu.
Pakistan's fourth heavy water reactor at Khushab nuclear site which allows it to build a larger number of miniaturised plutonium-based nuclear weapons now appears to be operational, a US think-tank has said.
IDS-2 and raids to uncover black money stash keep receipts flowing
Bank credit growth has shown little signs of a slowdown in the first seven weeks of the current financial year. The credit extended by Indian banking sector rose 25.3 per cent at end of May 23 with the outstanding credit estimated at Rs 23,64,417 crore.
The proposed Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) of bond purchase would be done on Monday.
The central bank is the money manager of the government, and not a guarantor of any debt.
'If the government had not spent an incredible amount of energy on demonetisation it may -- may, because it had not done anything the previous six months either -- have been able to pay attention to the deeper problems of low investment and job creation.'
Consuming contaminated food or water can lead to this infection.
India will reduce tax on businesses to 25 percent over four years.
Essentially there is no change in the US policy on the security aid to Pakistan which is currently under freeze.
Finance ministry tells PM fiscal deficit target will be met, capex expenditure won't be cut and GDP growth will surpass 7.5%.
The operating environment is unpredictable, but if the bank can't give a clear picture of what's in store, calling the bottoming out of its asset quality stress is nearly impossible.
UEFA charges Arsenal and Cologne over crowd problems
The new missile could deliver 2,000 to 3,500 kilograms of payload to any point in the continental US, notes Rajaram Panda.
'War is won by team work. War is won by sacrifices,' says Subedar Sanjay Kumar, Param Vir Chakra.
From new and competitively-priced iPhones to slashing prices of its older models, it had a multi-pronged strategy.
Finance firms in these SEZs likely to get tax breaks.
Pentagon spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis said IS had for weeks kept Mosul's estimated population of 1.5 million from escaping, with the start of the offensive offering them no respite.
The White House said that Obama, who has been often accused by critics of making an "apology tour" to the Middle East and Europe during the first year of his presidency.
The fund allocated for pulses buffer is more than 40% of entire farm ministry's 2016-17 budget.
'There will always be hiccups given that the Namami Gange programme is spread over different sectors and involves several agencies.'
However, the Indian economy is expected to bounce back in 2021, the World Bank said.
The celebrations in China will be second biggest in the world after India.
Jaitley said that when cash is deposited in the banks, it loses anonymity and can be identified with its owner.
'If the government spends Rs 10 lakh crore this year then you would be looking at a GDP growth of minus 5 per cent.' 'If you do not do this, you will be looking at GDP growth between minus nine and minus 10 per cent.'
India grew at 7.6% in 2015-16 and at 7.2% in 2014-15.
The Budget will obviously be crucial. But US President Donald Trump may have even more of an influence than Finance Minister Arun Jaitley when it comes to sentiment, argues Devangshu Datta.
While business, humanities and engineering programmes at the undergraduate level start at 10,000 (annually), candidates should make provision of 8,000-12,000 (approx Rs 6 lakh to 10 lakh) towards living expenses annually, says Sushil Sukhwani.
According to the QNB Group report, the growth in emerging markets -- from Brazil to Indonesia, Russia and South Africa -- is slowing down, partly reflecting the tightening of domestic policies by these countries last year to stabilise foreign exchange rates.
Given the urgency, the Indian Navy is buying 24 MH-60R Seahawks in flyaway condition, and plans to build another 99 in India through the strategic partnership route.
With banks staying out of the bond market, and foreign investors exhausting their investment limit, the question is: Who will buy the Rs 4.6 trillion bonds that will be issued from April.
The government kept its nerve in the face of a massive shock. It chose not to resort to a massive fiscal stimulus. It focused instead on providing liquidity support and easing restrictions on movement in stages, observes T T Ram Mohan.
The minister, who made an aerial survey of badly affected areas in Idukki and Ernakulam districts, said the rains and floods had caused 'massive damage' to the farm sector and infrastructure like roads and power.
The central government's deposits with the RBI had fallen to just Rs 100 crore as of June 8.
The interim Budget has attempted to tick all the boxes that could help the Modi government return to power, reports Archis Mohan.
Chiranjeev Lalwani, who has attempted over 70 dives, shares his experience of scuba diving in the Maldives.
The aviation pioneer's body has never been officially found after she disappeared July 2, 1937.
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