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"I want to wear my uniform. It is outermost layer of my skin. I am wedded to it. I am very happy to get back into the service of the best organisation in the country if not the world, the Indian Army," said Lt Col Shrikant Prasad Purohit.
Companies with contrasting financial ratios enjoy similar credit ratings; agencies say they look at many other metrics.
While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 7,409, as many as 764 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said. Of the total 273 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 127 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 36, Gujarat at 22 and Delhi at 19.
The move to allow women to work the night shift, by amending the Factories Act, has been opposed in Delhi by the Mahila Congress, the Indian National Congress's women's wing, and the All India Trade Union Congress.
The GST rate on mobile phones will be hiked to 18 per cent while that on maintenance repair overhaul (MRO) services for aircraft will be lowered to 5 per cent with effect from April 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday. The GST rate on handmade and machine-made matchsticks has been rationalised to 12 per cent from 5 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.
US billionaire investor Wilbur Ross has made his debut in India by buying out the troubled textile maker OCM for $37 million in an all cash deal.
'I got a very simple one-line brief from Ekta Kapoor that this character is like the Ramayan's Ram -- ideal husband, son and maryada purushottam.'
India is the second largest buyer of Iranian crude, after China.
The Mumbai police on Thursday filed a chargesheet against four accused in last month's gang rape of a 23-year-old photojournalist.
Tata Motors was the top gainer on better-than-expected June quarter revenues
'Revelations about his assaults on young women mean that his reputation and all that he has stood for is in tatters for all time,' says Aakar Patel.
'We have had 27 years of liberalisation and in the same period Korea and Japan and China transformed themselves forever,' says Aakar Patel.
Creation of 115 million non-farm jobs over next decade critical to sustaining growth, says McKinsey
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Recent appreciation has not deterred companies like electric goods maker Havells to set up plant in India.
An index value of 42 to 46 means moderate decline.
'Frankly, no one is prepared for Begin Again or whatever this is called.'
'We first need to acknowledge the truth.' 'We are trying to diminish the problem and say, everything is okay and green shoots are emerging.' 'Imagine you are a doctor and not getting accurate medical reports, how do you diagnose and treat the illness?' 'We are not dealing with a terminal illness here, we are dealing with BP and cholesterol, which are imminently curable.'
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
Former India cricket captain Bishen Singh Bedi said the appointment "defies all logic".
With prices of fuel, sugar and metal products likely to remain high, the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy on Tuesday raised the inflation forecast for 2004-05 to 6.5 per cent from the earlier estimate of five per cent.
Dr Vijay Kelkar, adviser to the finance minister, will meet industry representatives on Monday in Mumbai to discuss his indirect tax proposals as well as pre-Budget issues.
'In India there is so much exploitation because of capitalism,' says CPI-M Politburo member Brinda Karat.
Work on a dozen decisions to start by next week.
From starting with two sewing machines in her bedroom, Anita Dongre is all set to launch two stores in America. Archana Masih meets the designer for the working woman and the bride.
A home ministry official said while 9,000 Tablighi Jamaat members and their primary contacts have been quarantined till now across the country due to "massive efforts" to check the outbreak, the Centre has written to all states and union territories that "the lockdown measures should be implemented in letter and spirit".
This is South Carolina's first trade and investment mission to India.
As people crisscross the country, eager to return to their homes, the cases have raced past 80,000 with at least 2,649 deaths, according to the Union health ministry on Friday. While there is no exact count, this includes a large number of those who have returned to their states.
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