Delhi, being a Union Territory, does not have the same ability as other states to raise debt. Delhi's debt comprises only loans from the central government

Sharp uptick in freight demand seen mainly from core basket of commodities. Railways to acquire 90,000 wagons over the next three years, will push for track development with respect to DFCs

The OPPO Enco Air2 boasts lightweight semi in-ear design, large audio drivers, supplementary app support, and low-latency Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity

While the prices of vegetables and several other food items have gone through the roof, the rates of petrol and diesel have increased by about Rs 10 per litre each in the past one month.

Canada, which was the first Western country to recognise Ukraine's independence in 1991, has committed about $953 million to support Ukraine and its people

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Vipin Parmar told reporters here that the Budget Session of the state assembly will begin with Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar's address on Wednesday at 11 am

Cutting rural employment guarantee commitments in the Budget despite a build-up of distress was termed as 'perplexing' by India Ratings

A clutch of petitions challenging the scrapping of Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, have been taken up by the Supreme Court after a gap of over 3 years.

The Union Budget 2022 will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on February 1. Given the current economic situation, the expectations from the Budget are high and the focus will be on boosting public and private expenditure.

Threat posed by cyber attacks is forcing govts to explore secure ways of transmitting information. Recently, govt announced India's first quantum computing-based telecom network link was operational.

According to media reports, the NCERT has carried out a ‘rationalisation’ exercise to reduce the curriculum load and help students recover from the learning setbacks caused by Covid.

Recent neglect of the Indian Railways' finances is worrying and public policy debate on this must be revived

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For international wheat markets, India's sales are helping offset a supply shortfall resulting from Ukraine-driven disruptions in Black Sea region, crop cuts in Canada, quality downgrades in Australia

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Incidentally, NCR-Delhi has also replaced Bengaluru as the startup capital of India and the growing startup and unicorn community is also exploring the residential sector for investments

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Utilises 99.5% of defence services budget

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Recognising the huge debt burden of NHAI at Rs 3.38 trillion, the finance ministry has given it nil space to borrow any more in the FY23 Budget

Construction of the Kanpur-Lucknow expressway is expected to start from December this year, as nearly 70 per cent of the land acquisition is complete.

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The budget estimates are 17.7% more than the last fiscal, when the BMC had presented Rs 39,038.83-cr budget

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It is the retail frenzy which you can see. I do not think the institutions are buyers at this

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Foxconn, with the two companies, is expected to make both advanced as well as legacy chips in India 1478

The last time India's real GDP was at 8 per cent-plus was in 2015-16 (8 per cent) and 2016-17 (8.3%)

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The Union Budget 2022 will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on February 1. Given the current economic situation, the expectations from the Budget are high and the focus will be on job creation.

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