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China's economy grew at slowest in 2013, since last 14 years

As per data released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, the world’s second-largest economy, China’s economy, grew at its slowest pace in 14 years in 2013. As per...

January 22, 2014

WHO: Peshawar world's 'largest reservoir' of polio

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Pakistan’s troubled north-western city of Peshawar as the world’s “largest reservoir” of endemic polio and has called for urgent action to...

January 22, 2014

Buddhist-Muslim Tensions in South Asia and South East Asian Countries

Buddhism and Islam are two of the Asia’s biggest religion especially in South and South-East Asia where they form majority of the population. The tensions between the followers...

January 21, 2014

Overemphasis on services sector

India’s economy is dominated by the service sector which forms the largest share in GDP.  While the service sector contributes 56%, manufacturing sector contributes only 16% to the...

January 21, 2014

Logo of Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) launched

The Union Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Girija Vyas launched the Housing Start Up Index (HSUI) logo, web site and monitoring tool “Integrated Urban Poverty...

January 20, 2014

Sunanda Pushkar

Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, passed away Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead in a seven- star hotel in New Delhi....

January 20, 2014

‘Narendra Modi is America's other India problem': TIME

As per Time magazine, if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins in the upcoming election and Narendra Modi becomes India’s next Prime Minister, the atmosphere between India and...

January 20, 2014

Insurance broking model to be compulsory for banks soon: IRDA

Soon, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) may make the broking model for banks compulsory if significant traction is not achieved in Insurance penetration. Data from the...

January 20, 2014

Federal Bank to hire 3,000 employees over next three years

The private sector bank, Federal Bank plans to recruit about 3,000 employees and add 300 branches in the next three years. As per Federal Bank Managing Director and...

January 20, 2014

NDMA in place of MFN between India and Pakistan

In order to boost bilateral trade, Commerce Ministers of India and Pakistan have agreed on a Non-Discriminatory Market Access (NDMA) on reciprocal basis to each other, in place...

January 20, 2014

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