India has worked on fundamentals, but problems need to be addressed: IMF

The IMF on Tuesday trimmed India’s growth forecast by 90 basic points to 6.1 per cent. This is second downward revision in seven months and in total 120 basis points reduction. 100 basis points is equal to one percentage point.

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311 illegal immigrants from India deported by Mexico

The INM said there was no precedent in its history of the trans-Atlantic deportation of such a large number of people by air.

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As companies rethink spends, IT braces for weaker India numbers

Amid a slowdown, companies are holding back on technology spends, which in turn will impact their growth in India. While India does not constitute a big proportion of revenue for IT firms, but it is a key growth market for many firms.

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Matrimonial agency to refund Rs 50,000 to doc for failing to find groom

Agency pleaded that the profiles had been forwarded according to the service agreement without a 100% assurance to the client

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Nobel for Banerjee and Duflo a boost for their poverty action lab's India progr...

Banerjee and Duflo, with long-time J-PAL affiliate Michael Kremer, were jointly awarded the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, or the Nobel Prize in the field of economics, “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty”.

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India's rank in the Global Hunger Index must sound alarm bells in government | ...

Despite the nutrition crisis, which can also take intergenerational dimensions, the allocation for children in the Union Budget 2019-2020 has only shown a marginal increase of 0.05%, going up from 3.24% in the last fiscal to 3.29% in the current fiscal with a grant of ₹91,644.29 crore.

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Congress voted in favour of removing Article 370, opposes method: Manmohan Singh

The Congress has been split over its stance on the move to divest J&K of its special status. The BJP has highlighted this as one of its achievements in the campaign for the October 21 assembly elections in two states.

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