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Credit growth may improve in H2 on refinance, telco demand: SBI
27 Aug 2016 11:40 PM GMTTerming the "laggard" credit growth as a "worrying" trend, the economic research wing of country's largest lender SBI on Friday said refinance...
Women are absent from job market
28 July 2016 10:49 PM GMTWhile more young women are enrolled in higher education than ever before -- and apparently more successful in clearing 10th-standard board exams than...
Maternal hospitals struggle with hygiene
26 July 2016 10:41 PM GMTNearly eight in 10 Indian babies are now delivered in hospitals but 343 healthcare institutions across six states often lacked basic hygiene, toilets,...
Swachh Bharat’s urban-toilet plan behind schedule
29 April 2016 10:33 PM GMTOf a target of 2.5 million household toilets in urban areas by March 2016, 24 percent (0.6 million) have been constructed. Meanwhile, of a target of...
Hard times in this parched land
14 April 2016 10:04 PM GMTThe production of cereals is projected to fall 41 percent and pulses 11 percent, as agricultural growth in Maharashtra is set to decline by 2.7...
Communicable diseases on the rise
1 April 2016 9:47 PM GMTSpending on programmes to control India’s three main communicable diseases— malaria, tuberculosis, and leprosy— increased seven percent over five...
Few Indian cities are financially independent
18 March 2016 8:27 PM GMTMumbai is India’s best-run city, followed by Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, Pune and Bhopal, according to a new survey.Mumbai scored five of a possible...