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Investigate suspicious stock market surge and fall: former Sec to the GOI

Former Secretary to the Government of India, EAS Sarma has raised sharp questions related to the questionable stock market surge and then collapse over the past week and demanded that ED, CBI and CBDT investigated the matter thoroughly

Agra: Shopkeepers, artisans near Taj Mahal face bleak future

Left in the lurch after court order barring commercial activities within 500 meters of Taj Mahal, many of them run small businesses that have been handed down over generations

In pictures: Apples rot in Pulwama after a ruinous week of highway blockage

After thousands of trucks were stuck on the Kashmir - Jammu highway recently, bringing hundreds of crores worth of Kashmiri apples on the verge of decay, pictures have emerged showing orchards littered with rotting apples.

Govt ‘Favouring’ Private Telcos, ‘Ignoring’ BSNL: Trade Unions

The Centre is silent on the launch of BSNL’s much-delayed 4G services.

Corporate tax cuts: Revenue lost could have funded important welfare projects

Amount could have doubled the budget for 20 crucial ministries and departments

‘Self-reliance for Poor and State Support for Business is the New Motto’—Jean Dreze

The noted economist and activist says the goal of public policies should be to improve people’s lives instead of being swayed by the interests of the privileged few.

Banks write off about Rs 10 lakh crore in last five financial years

Highest number of wilful defaulters reported during 2020-21

Free-wheeling remarks on freebies

Suddenly the country is abuzz with freebies.The media resounding...

Endless Wait of 60 million Senior Citizens for Pensions

The most important support needed by elderly persons is...

‘Grossly inadequate’: NREGA allocation 0.29% of GDP, World Bank recommended 1.6%

A civil society tracker, seeking to periodically analyse the...

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