RBI, Govt differ on inflation It seems the Centre and the country's Central Bank have a different take on reining in inflation.
Task force to address job creation in five sectors
More export sops, FDI hike likely The Centre, on Tuesday, said it was planning to raise FDI caps on certain sectors, offer further sops to exporters and set up a task force for five industries to enable larger employment.
IT Inc wages to dip in '08 The possibility of slowdown in IT spending in the US market and runaway appreciation of rupee against dollar is making Indian Information Technology (IT) companies to look inward for lowering cost.
Govt nod for 16 FDI proposals The government, on Tuesday, approved as many as 16 Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) proposals including one from a Bangalore-based transport company envisaging FDI inflow to the tune of Rs 647.47 crore.
Doors are not shut on PNs, says FM India has not imposed a total ban the issue of participatory notes (PNs) by foreign institutional investors, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday.
Was the West Bengal government right in nudging controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen into leaving Kolkata? Should the Centre extend political asylum or Indian citizenship to her as she says she can’t go back to Dhaka?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their opinions. Most readers opine that persuading Taslima Nasreen to leave the state was an extreme move and that granting asylum is humane although extending citizenship to her is debatable. A few others insist that she must now return home to Dhaka as her views have hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
