In East Delhi the biggest challenge for BJP's Gautam Gambhir, barring his opponents, is one of perception, says Thirumoy Banerjee.
The bank remains on high alert to intervene if markets freeze.
'Infectious disease is a given of humankind. There will always be another around the corner.'
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While rising food inflation is a matter of grave concern for a significant chunk of the population and for policy makers as well, it marks a turnaround in the fortunes of the farmer, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee.
The NGT also constituted a committee to oversee the execution of work pertaining to cleaning of the river.
Captain Shikha Surabhi is the first woman to lead a formation of 36 men and 9 Royal Enfields of the Indian Army's motorcycle display team on Republic Day.
India wants to host a day-night Test against Australia early next year, according to a report, as the world's richest cricket board continues its backing of the concept which seems to be taking root in the subcontinent.
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As India gets increasingly urbanised, one man tries to minimise its silent casualty.
Lower crude prices mean less government outlay for India,
Despite repeated appeals from the police and the varsity authorities, the protesters refused to end their agitation. Police said the protesters did not have permission to march towards Parliament.
One Raj Shah has been the top Indian American in the Obama administration; the other Raj Shah is poised to play a key role in the Trump administration.
Total subsidy bill could come down to around Rs 2 trillion.
Srichand and Gopichand Hinduja emerged as the 66th richest in the world, as part of an Oxfam study released at the WEF.
Anushka Panda, who has spinal muscular atrophy tells us how she scored 97.8 per cent and topped CBSE class 10 examination.
'This is a tragedy that must be stopped.'
Finance minister Arun Jaitley has delivered a Arun Jaitley delivered a bold, far sighted budget
According to a report by the Institute for Economics and Peace, an independent, think tank dedicated to shifting the world's focus to peace as a positive and tangible measure of progress, India ranks 143rd
Though the government claims there are more beds than needed, the national capital's COVID-19 reality, retold through social and other media, is also about the anguish of sons, daughters, wives and others trying desperately to get medical help for their unwell family members.
A censor is seated inside me now. He is testing every word that is born within me. His constant caution that a word may be misunderstood so, says Murugan.
UP government told the officials that they should not act in over-enthusiasm, nor should they overstep their jurisdiction.
Switzerland has been named the happiest country in the world.
Solar Impulse 2 cruised at altitudes of up to 9,000 metres and at an average speed of between 45 and 90 km per hour.
Ravichandran Ashwin has played a big role in grooming Jayant Yadav and the debutant profusely thanked India's star spinner for his impressive debut in the second Cricket Test against England on Visakhapatnam.
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The Delhi CM's protests have forced people to take notice, transforming what would otherwise be routine Delhi matters into issues of national interest.
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The British drugmaker said the shot, called RTS,S, is intended exclusively for use outside the European Union but will be evaluated by the European Medicines Agency in collaboration with the World Health Organisation.
He was arrested by Swiss authorities for trespassing at the event in July 2015 but later released.
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Watson used to take flak for his inability to convert half centuries to centuries but recently his problem has been progressing from scores in the 20s and 30s.
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State Bank of India chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI bank head Chanda Kochhar, Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and HT Media chair Shobhana Bhartia are among the world's 100 most powerful women.
Delhi woke up to the season's worst air quality as smoke from Diwali fireworks, coupled with moisture and nearly stagnant wind movement, shrouded the city in a thick cover of smog with respirable pollutants reaching perilous levels.
De-scaling of businesses, job losses and subsequent impact on disposable incomes has created negative sentiment among traders, business owners and workers alike, says Abhishek Waghmare.
Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged that 'one big mistake' the company made in the past was to think the personal computer will reign supreme forever and failing to anticipate the technological transformation of the mobile phone.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked as the world's ninth most powerful person by Forbes magazine in a 2015 list which is topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In the 66th year of the Indian Republic, eight people died of cold every night in the nation's capital.
Sahara told the top court this week it was considering other proposals to raise funds, including selling a luxury development outside Pune.
The prime minister and president stated their intention to expand defence co-operation to bolster national, regional and global security.
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