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Nationwide survey shows 44 top Indian cities below global median of doctors

The IMS Health Physician and Chemist survey on the state of healthcare in the country disclosed that 44 of the top 120 Indian (metro and non-metro) cities are below the global...

August 3, 2013

RBI lowers GDP growth to 5.7%

The GDP growth for the current fiscal has been fixed lower by the Reserve Bank of India’s professional forecaster’s survey. From the earlier estimation of 6% it has now been...

August 3, 2013

Mechanism behind brains ability to pay attention unveiled

Researchers from Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the University of California Davis have decoded the cellular mechanisms behind human brain’s ability to pay attention to relevant information...

August 3, 2013

Government agrees to share classified hydrological data at a cost

The government has decided to share classified hydrological data at a cost only if the user is able to convince a panel about the requirement. The classified data...

August 3, 2013

Google India introduces “Start Searching India” campaign

Google India introduced ‘Start Searching India’ campaign to help internet users get the most out of the web with its search tool. Objective of “Start Searching India”: To help Indian users...

August 3, 2013

Weakening rupee is biggest risk to inflation: Subbarao

Duvvuri Subbarao, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, stated that the declining of the rupee is the biggest risk to inflation. RBI left interest rates unchanged as it...

August 3, 2013

BrahMos receives orders worth Rs 25,000 crore

Indo-Russian (49.5 % stake) joint venture, BrahMos Aerospace developed the world’s first supersonic cruise missile and has already bagged orders worth Rs 25,000 crore from the Indian defence...

August 3, 2013

CCEA to consider new definition of “Control” in FDI policy

The existing clause in the FDI policy states that a company owned and controlled by resident Indian citizens has the power to appoint majority of its directors in...

August 3, 2013

ICC World Cup 2015 to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand

Defending champion India will take on Pakistan in its opening match of the ICC cricket World Cup, 2015 on February 15, 2015 which is to be jointly hosted by...

August 3, 2013

RBI leaves key rates unchanged to curb the depreciation of Rupee

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept the indicative policy (repo) rate unchanged at 7. 25 % and the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at 4% in order to...

August 3, 2013

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