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India Moves Up on IMF’s GDP Per Capita Index, Still Below BRICS Members
The data, which forms part of the latest World Economic Outlook report of the International Monetary Fund, ranks over 200 countries in terms of per capita GDP based on purchasing power parity (PPP).
Railways Not to Seek More Funds From Budget: Piyush Goyal
The Budget that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents on February 1 next year will be the second after the railway and Union budgets were merged in a break with the colonial-era tradition.
At Rs 1.5 Lakh a Month, President Gets Paid Less Than Top Babus, Service Chiefs
At present, the President gets Rs 1.50 lakh per month, the Vice-President Rs 1.25 lakh and a Governor of a state Rs 1.10 lakh.
Bollywood Welcomes Ed Sheeran With Big Bash at Farah Khan's Home
Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor-Mira Rajput, Sushant Singh Rajput welcomed Ed Sheeran with a grand party at Farah Khan's Mumbai pad.
Karnataka Minister Pitches For Import Duty Concession For Ease of Startups
The minister was responding to a question from the audience at the valedictory of the three-day Bengaluru Tech Summit on what Karnataka government can do to minimise duties for ease of start-ups to grow as manufacturing industries.
Gujarat Polls: 19 New Faces in BJP's Second List of 36 Candidates
On Friday, the party had announced 70 candidates, including Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and state party chief Jitu Vaghani.
'Considering' India's Request to Let Kulbhushan Jadhav Meet Mother: Pakistan
Last week, Pakistan said it had offered to arrange a meeting between 46-year-old Jadhav and his wife, months after India had requested it to grant a visa to his mother on humanitarian grounds.
Rahul Gandhi Poses Three Questions to Nirmala Sitharaman on Rafale Deal
Rahul Gandhi's retort comes a day after Sitharaman alleged that it was shameful on part of the Congress to raise objections on the deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets.
Kopardi Rape and Murder Case: Court Holds Three Men Guilty
The victim, who belonged to the Maratha community, was found murdered after being raped on July 13 at Kopardi village in Ahmednagar district.
RBI Office Attendant Recruitment 2017: 526 Posts, Apply Before 7th December 2017
The Online Test is tentatively scheduled to be conducted in December 2017 or January 2018 and the exact date of the examination will be declared later by RBI on its official website.
Nawaz Sharif, Family Members May Face Travel Restrictions: Report
Nawaz Sharif, 67, and some of his family members are facing charges relating to their ownership of properties in London.
Why Pluto Turned Out to be Colder Than Expected
The cooling mechanism involves the absorption of heat by the haze particles, which then emit infrared radiation, cooling the atmosphere by radiating energy into space, according to the study.
Amid #MeToo Wave, Judge in Ohio Governor Race Brags About Sex With '50 Very Attractive Females'
Bill O'Neill said in a Facebook post that his admission was "on behalf of all heterosexual males" and an effort to move on from the "national feeding frenzy about sexual indiscretions decades ago."
Google Buys Plot Near Apple's Planned Danish Data Centre
Apple said in July it would spend around $950 million to build a centre with a planned opening in 2019. If Google follows suit it would make the area one of the world's largest data centre hubs, the local municipality Aabenraa said.
Nitish Kumar's Next Poll Pitch: Focus on Social Sector Schemes
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, during his inaugural speech, also dwelt in great details on social sector schemes and reformative laws that the JD(U)-led government in the state has enacted during the current term.
French Tech Hub in India to be Set up in Bengaluru
The French Tech Hub is part of the five programmes identified under the umbrella of the French Tech as part of the partnership to develop and intensify mutually beneficial cooperation with the Karnataka government.