'Corona will go on for more than six months now in Mumbai city.' 'It cannot vanish within just two or three months.' 'This infection may remain there in communities, somewhere or the other, like swine flu.'
With rising global crude and food prices overshadowing celebrations of its four years in office, the UPA government on Thursday assured the people that it working toward containing inflation, which it hoped, would be moderated in the next 8-10 weeks.
The maximum death toll has been reported from Idukki district, where 43 people have lost their lives so far, as per official estimates. 28 deaths were reported in Malappuram and 27 in Thrissur.
WPI inflation even breached psychological level of 0% in Nov.
The government, which has expedited rehabilitation efforts, said over 1.28 crore food packets have been distributed and an immediate relief amount of Rs 67.47 crore was disbursed among over 1.11 lakh families.
Flagging the challenge of raising foodgrain production, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday promised all assistance to states for improving agricultural growth.
From India's first Vietnamese restaurant to a molecular restaurant, Gitanjali Gurbaxani lists her choices for a monsoon treat in Bengaluru.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
The agricultural supply system has to be able to respond to this increasing demand, which it is not able to do.
This is not the 1st time dal prices have gone over the roof
At an average national price of Rs 90 a kg in the retail market, it shows a jump by 20% in the last two months.
The RBI's bi-monthly policy review on June 3 will be the first after Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office on May 26.
Vikhe Patil, who was leader of opposition in the state assembly, resigned from the Congress recently.
'Stick to the known quality names, avoid short term thinking and don't be in a hurry to book profits on your winners.'
Weak monsoon forecast rekindled fears of higher inflation.
The global financial services major had earlier said that the central bank would keep its policy rates on hold.
Reuters photographer Soe Zeya Tun captures the plight of Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants who were rescued off Myanmar's southern coast last week from a boat carrying 734 people through these moving images.
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Critics argue that much more could have been done and that the government was slow to react to many events.
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'A proposal to do away with labour laws is not feasible.' 'That's why we wanted to have a dialogue with the states.'
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The Indian rupee touched record low of 65.52/dollar on Thursday and is down 16 per cent so far this year despite efforts by policymakers to prop it up.
'Part A of the Budget was like it was written by somebody from the 21st century and Part B was written by somebody from the 19th century.'
Indian genetics put us at a higher tendency to gain belly fat.
Panic-struck relatives are also sharing the location of their near and dear ones trapped in various places using Google maps.
'Let the high price of onions clear the market, matching supply with demand.' 'Let onion growers keep exporting -- we are the world's largest onion exporter, export 10% of our production,' advises Naushad Forbes.
India's annual rate of inflation, based on its monthly Wholesale Price Index, climbed to 6.01 per cent for the month of May 2014, as against 5.20 per cent for May and 4.58 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year, which has set off alarm bells.
Recent data from market analytics firm Nielsen shows that the rural market in the country's 630,000-odd villages is pulling down the overall FMCG business.
Evidently, the economy has come out of the low growth phase in the past two years and it does appear the economy will continue to remain in the plus-five per cent range.
A fall presents an opportunity to buy rate-sensitive stocks.
Achieving inflation target of 4 per cent, recovery after remonetisation and hardening profile of oil prices are some of the risks which the RBI is watching closely, says Gaurav Kapur.
While efforts are being mounted on a war footing to arrest its spread, COVID-19 will impact economic activity in India directly through domestic lockdown. The second-round effects, it said, would operate through a severe slowdown in global trade and growth.
The RBI's next policy review is set for Sept. 29.
The daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movies business are struggling to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.
'This virus came in December 2019 and how this virus is going to behave in October and November, we don't know yet.'
Last week, the Consumer Price Index-based inflation for the month had contracted to 4.4 per cent.
Popular sweetmeats are costing a staggering 35% more on spike in sugar prices, veggies are up due to intermittent rainfall the past one week
Gold has pushed lower as a result of Chinese selling.
However, RBI would continue to nudge banks to cut lending rates
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