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Unemployment rate falls to 5.1% in July

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- India's headline unemployment rate came in at 5.1% in July, marginally lower than the 5.2% figure in July last year, although unemployment of people in the 15-29 years age group ... Read More


Centre to form panel to review banking sector

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- After strengthening India's banks, the government is preparing to constitute a high-powered committee to review the sector and align it with India's next phase of growth, Union f... Read More


Small firms could get big relief on bank guarantees

NEW DELHI, Aug. 18 -- The Centre aims to ease cash concerns for smaller enterprises by scrapping stiff performance bank guarantees required for government contracts, two officials aware of the discuss... Read More


Worlds: Ayush knocks out defending champ Shi Yu Qi

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- "I will beat Shi Yu Qi on August 17." Ayush Shetty had written this sentence on a piece of paper and every morning for the last 10 days, he would wake up and read the note. It wa... Read More


Defensive lapses prove costly as India suffer 2-4 loss to England

Mumbai, Aug. 18 -- Hardik Singh dribbled swiftly on the left flank. He passed the ball into the circle where Abhishek collected it close to the backline. A quick and smart dribble later, he played a l... Read More


9 killed in fire at hotel in Bengal temple town

Kolkata, Aug. 18 -- Nine people, including two children, were killed in a fire at a hotel at Tarapith, a temple town in West Bengal's Birbhum district, early on Monday, officials said, adding that a p... Read More


all pvt varsities in Punjab within RTI AMBIT, rules Info panel

Chandigarh, Aug. 18 -- In a decision that has brought all 18 private universities in Punjab under the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, the Punjab State Information Commission has rul... Read More


Twisha case: Ex-judge, her son named for abetment of suicide

Bhopal, Aug. 18 -- Former actor-model Twisha Sharma died by suicide in May this year after facing sustained mental torture by her husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh, a former distr... Read More


nta ordered to audit all exam processes, give centre report

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Union education ministry on Monday directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct a "thorough audit" of all examination processes and submit a "report on corrective ac... Read More


Black money in polls: SC sets 1-yr probe deadline, orders spl courts

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Supreme Court on Monday cracked down on the use of black money and other inducements in elections, directing completion of probes into electoral offences within a year, askin... Read More