Shaktikanta Das the New RBI Governor
Shaktikanta Das, member of the 15th Finance Commission and former Economic Affairs Secretary, will take over as the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, the government said on December 11.
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TAPI Gas Pipeline Being Built in Line With Schedule
A reporting meeting was held in the central building of the oil and gas complex of Turkmenistan, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister for the Fuel and Energy Complex Myratgeldi Meredov, Trend reports citing the Turkmengas State Concern.
Worlds Tallest Railway Bridge, Getting Built in India
New Delhi: After the inauguration of the 182-metre ‘Statue of Unity‘, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has now constructed a 100-metres tall pier in the world’s tallest railway bridge being built near Noney in Manipur.
India Signs Ascension Pact to the 30-Member Trans Regional Maritime Network
NEW DELHI: India Monday signed an ascension pact to the 30-member Trans Regional Maritime Network that will give it an access to the information on ships passing through the Indian Ocean Region.
Demonetization Effect: Deregistered Companies Decline to Claim Rs 37,500 cr
The poor did more than that. They understood with their native intelligence that what Prime Minister Narendra Modi had done was for their benefit to strike against moneybags.
India’s Growth ‘Very Solid’: IMF Chief Economist
Washington: India’s growth has been “very solid” over the past four years, IMF’s Chief Economist Maurice Obstfeld on Sunday said, praising the fundamental economic reforms like the GST and the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code carried out by the government.
AI & Data Science: Open Source Makes NSE Smart and Secure
NSE’s shift to cloud-based AI platform enables it to clock a daily turnover of Rs 3,00,000 crore with 1.2 billion daily transactions
‘Namami Gange’ Lifts 128-Year Old ‘Curse’ On Holy River
In what is being hailed as the biggest victory yet for the ‘Namami Gange’ project to clean up the Ganga, 14 crore litres of sewage which used to be released into the river from the Sisamau drain every day is now being successfully diverted to the Jajmau treatment plant
PMO Seeks Whitepaper on ONGC’s Overseas Arm Future Strategy
OVL, which is 100 per cent owned by ONGC, has so far invested Rs 1.5 lakh crore (USD 28.36 billion) in 41 projects across 20 countries. It has under its portfolio reserves of 711 million tonnes of oil and oil equivalent natural gas.
Number of Income Tax Payers can Double to 12 Crore: Arun Jaitley
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said the number of income tax payers can double to almost 12 crore with increased formalization of the economy.