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Himachal govt releases 3% DA instalment

The Himachal Pradesh government said the state government employees will get an additional three percentage point dearness allowance (DA).
Updated on Apr 27, 2023 11:50 PM IST

The Indian economy is bouncing back | Opinion

The government’s first priority is to keep the pandemic spread under control. The second is to sustain the momentum of recovery, so that it enters the positive territory by the end of the third quarter
Updated on Dec 09, 2020 06:42 AM IST

Numbers of Covid cases, tests drop in Chandigarh

A health worker collects swab samples to test for Covid-19 at Lesiure Valley in Chandigarh’s Sector 10.
Updated on Oct 05, 2020 10:37 PM IST

Air passenger demand plunges as travel restrictions take hold: IATA

March international passenger demand shrank 55.8 per cent compared to March 2019.
Updated on May 01, 2020 07:10 AM IST

What the Union Budget did not say | Opinion

A distress-ridden rural and informal sector has the potential of triggering a contagion in the formal economy as well
Updated on Sep 06, 2020 05:36 PM IST

Which company just hit $1 trillion? Google it.

A pedestrian passes in front of Google headquarters in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York.
Published on Jan 17, 2020 06:30 AM IST

India has worked on fundamentals, but problems need to be addressed: IMF

IMF Managing Director said there has been a very strong growth in India over the last years and the IMF is projecting reasonably strong growth for the country.
Updated on Oct 18, 2019 07:07 AM IST

How BJP gained ground in Haryana

This surge in the party’s strength in the Haryana assembly came just months after it managed to win seven of the eight parliamentary seats it contested in the state in the 2014 general elections.
Updated on Oct 07, 2019 07:56 AM IST

SBI lowers lending rate by 15bps, loan EMIs set to ease

Existing borrowers whose loans are linked to the MCLR (marginal cost of funds based lending rate) will not see any impact on immediately considering the reset clause. For instance, a loan linked to one-year MCLR and taken out in ,say, June, could see a reset only next June.
Updated on Aug 08, 2019 09:46 AM IST

Rain over 10 days brings city’s deficit down to 30%

Water logging was reported from some parts of the city, according to the civic bodies and the Delhi traffic police. The traffic police received at least five calls which reported about trees being uprooted due to rains.
Published on Jul 28, 2019 04:25 AM IST

DU Admissions 2019: St. Stephen’s slashes cut-off for CST students

A View of St.Stephen's College at Delhi University in New Delhi
Updated on Jul 03, 2019 03:59 PM IST

End of SP-BSP alliance may help BJP strengthen position in Uttar Pradesh

The BJP won 62 out of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 elections
Updated on Jun 25, 2019 08:18 AM IST

Citing IL&FS, govt seeks rethink of EPF rate hike

The finance ministry objected to the proposal, citing investments in the troubled IL&FS group companies as one of the factors.
Updated on Jun 20, 2019 08:27 AM IST

First merit lists of Mumbai University colleges: Arts cut-off touches 98%

The first merit lists for MU colleges were released on Monday.
Updated on Jun 18, 2019 12:36 PM IST

Rupee opens marginally higher after RBI policy decision

Forex traders said investors welcomed the RBI policy decision as this would help to boost the slowing economy.
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 10:40 AM IST

Beaten but not vanquished, French president Emmanuel Macron seeks to shake-up EU parliament

French President Emmanuel Macron tasted defeat in European elections and is set to continue pushing both his agenda’s in the European Parliament.
Updated on May 28, 2019 09:44 AM IST

Lok Sabha election results 2019: PM Narendra Modi’s party dents Trinamool

A significant development in Bengal this time around was the decimation of the Left parties and the Congress, who have been rendered as fringe forces.
Updated on May 24, 2019 12:49 AM IST

Turnout dips in Chandni Chowk station re-polling

The re-poll was necessitated at this booth after the presiding officer had “forgotten” to delete mock poll data.
Published on May 20, 2019 07:23 AM IST

Pass percentage up six points in state board Class 10 results

Girl students outperformed boys by nine percentage points. Compared to 62.17% girls, only 53.43% boys cleared the examination.
Published on May 18, 2019 04:29 AM IST

‘Heart diseases, infection leading killers in Delhi’: Reports

In 2017, sixteen deaths were also reported from neonatal tetanus, which was eliminated (less than one case in every 1,000 live births) in India in 2015.
Published on May 15, 2019 06:46 AM IST

Heat, holiday keep voters away as turnout drops across Delhi

The Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (Delhi CEO) and political analysts said the weekend affected the turnout. “This year, elections are being held in peak summer.
Updated on May 14, 2019 07:41 AM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Low turnout a disappointment, says Delhi CEO

Till 6pm, while North East Delhi registered 63.45% voter turnout – the highest in the national capital, New Delhi constituency recorded 56.47% turnout, which was the lowest.
Updated on May 13, 2019 07:22 AM IST

Delhi Government school students post best- ever results in CBSE, 94%sail through

(Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 03, 2019 03:26 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019 polling phase 4: High stakes for Congress, BJP in Madhya Pradesh swing seats

Former BJP MLA Jitendra Daga joins Congress in presence of Congress’s Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Digvijay Singh in Bhopal on Sunday.
Updated on Apr 29, 2019 07:19 AM IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Will the capital be a cakewalk for BJP?

The AAP suffered a 28 percentage point decline in its 2015 vote share, and it was the Congress which gained the most in terms of votes.
Updated on Apr 23, 2019 07:33 AM IST

RBI rate cut: A stimulus for the economy

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its first policy of FY 20 on Thursday
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 09:29 AM IST

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps for second time in 2019; loans may get cheaper

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced its first policy of FY 20 on Thursday
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 01:33 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress hopes to build on assembly victory in Madhya Pradesh

A condolence meeting in Mandsaur after police firing killed five in 2017, spotlighting the farm crisis that was a major issue in assembly polls a year later.
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 10:17 AM IST

Beto O’Rourke’s day 1 collection beats all Democrats in 2020 White House race

Beto O’Rourke has raised $6.1 million 24 hours after announcing his run for the Democratic presidential nomination, surpassing rival contenders Bernie Sanders ($5.9 million) and Kamala Harris ($1.5 million) and all others.
Updated on Mar 19, 2019 10:08 AM IST