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Watering sustainability in the states
Given India’s rising water-stress—some 600 million already face high to extreme stress—the NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index that ranks states on their water management efforts should serve as an important guide for policy.
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The costs of easing access to electricity
In India, rural areas had electrification rates of 74% compared to 97% in urban areas in 2016.
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Towards a robust administrative database
Administrative data are collected primarily for non-statistical purposes and adopted for producing statistics, whereas statistical data are collected for generating statistics.
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Improving the effectiveness of the audit committee
To ensure investor confidence, the Companies Act introduced Section 292 A, vide an amendment in the year 2000 providing for formation and functioning of audit committees.
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One sport, many goals
World Cup and other international competitions foster an opportunity for dialogue between leaders of nations, the significance of such events will only increase in the future.
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RBI allows banks to spread provisions against bond losses
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday allowed banks to spread their provisions against bond losses in the June quarter over up to four quarters on account of rising yields and declining prices of bonds.
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FPIs dump $5.3-billion bonds in two months; Rs loses 39 paise
Apprehensive the rupee could weaken further, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have dumped Indian bonds worth more than $5.3 billion over the past two months.
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‘My son died, but don’t stop children from joining Army’
Mohammad Haneef is waiting under the shadow of a tree near his single-storey home in Salani village on the Mendhar-Poonch road for the body of his 24-year-old son Aurangzeb.
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J&K forms SIT to probe editor’s killing, releases CCTV images
As hundreds turned out for the funeral of Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari who was laid to rest Friday in his ancestral home Kreeri in Baramulla, J&K police formed a special investigation team to probe the killing.
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14 states below par in handling water, shows NITI Aayog index
According to a Composite Water Management Index developed by NITI Aayog, Gujarat topped among states in efficiency of water management in 2016-17, followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
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IBC for Punj Lyod: ICICI Bank, SBI differ
Private sector lender ICICI Bank on Thursday urged the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to initiate insolvency proceedings against Punj Lloyd as the infrastructure developer had defaulted on loans worth Rs 853 crore.
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Nitin Gadkari to deliberate on highway project funding with bank chiefs
To streamline the availability of capital in the highways sector, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari will meet bank chiefs later this month.
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Nitin Gadkari: Difficult for Maharashtra farmers to abandon sugarcane crop
Water resources minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday it was practically difficult for sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra to abandon the water-guzzling crop and shift to other crops, as the latter are less remunerative.
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Electric Vehicles: Power utilities to earn $11 billion in revenue with EV demand, says report
The overall electricity demand from electric vehicles (EVs) in India is projected to be around 79.9 gigawatt hours (GWh) by 2020, and is expected to reach 69.6 terawatt hours (TWh) by 2030.
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Good news for flyers: Airfare for passengers flying out of Bengaluru set to plunge
Air tickets for passengers flying out of Bengaluru are set to go down with the airport regulator proposing a reduction of around 400% in the user development fee (UDF) paid by travellers.
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AirAsia India investigation: Tata Trusts backs Venkataramanan
Trustees of the Tata Trusts has reiterated that the reported official investigations relating to AirAsia India, in which Tata Sons is a 49% shareholder, have nothing whatsoever to do with the affairs of any of the Tata Trusts.
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Fortis calls off demerger of diagnostics biz citing headwinds in healthcare sector
The board of Fortis Healthcare has decided to call off the demerger of its diagnostics business, including that of its majority-owned subsidiary SRL, into Fortis Malar Hospitals,
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Myntra opens store with 30-second self-checkout window
Mantri Mall in Bengaluru will allow customers to check real-time online prices of products they choose via radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags in what Myntra-Jabong CEO Ananth Narayanan called an ‘omnichannel’ experience.
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Making PhD mandatory to teach in a university is a good idea, but fix PhD quality first
The HRD ministry’s move to make holding a PhD mandatory for recruitment as assistant professor at universities—assistant professors at the college level, though, only need to have cleared NET—should seem a step in the right direction.
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EPFO basics: Capping allowances at 50% of salary will raise EPFO/ESIC burden
The govt’s plan, as reported by Business Standard, of capping various allowances/reimbursements at 50% of basic pay appears good on the face of things since it will mean more retirement savings, but it is riddled with all manner of problems.
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It’s not just the CAD, even the BoP looks shaky
Weak exports, combined with a bigger oil bill, pushed India’s current account deficit (CAD) to 1.9% of GDP in 2017-18, much above the 0.6% of GDP in 2016-17.
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How to win the World Cup
Football is a simple game,” explained Gary Lineker, formerly the captain of England’s team. “Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.”
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Why localising SDGs is crucial to meet targets
The NITI Aayog is likely to soon release its first annual ranking of districts currently struggling in terms of their performance in specific development parameters, but aspiring to transform rapidly.
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Kotak Mahindra Bank on course to have 16 million customer base by September: Uday Kotak
Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) is on course to have a customer base of 16 million by September, from the current level of 13 million, which also includes the bank’s 811 customers.
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Fine Organic sets price band at `780-783 for IPO
Fine Organic industries plans to offer 76.64 lakh shares for subscription through the IPO, which, priced at the upper price of the band, would indicate an issue size of Rs 600 crore.
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LIC beats industry, posts 16% annual premium growth in May
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) bettered the industry growth average by registering 16% year-on-year growth at Rs 2,494.7 crore, data from Kotak Institutional Equities showed.
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Vegetable oil imports decline 7% in May
The country’s import of vegetable oils during May 2018 has dropped by 7% to 12,86,240 tonne as compared to 13,84,439 tonne in May 2017.
