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March 18, 2010 8:43 PM

India has capacity to grow at 9%, says Montek

The Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Mr Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that India has a capacity to grow at 9 per cent. Addressing the 20th year Asian Corporate Conference in New Delhi this evening, Mr Ahluwalia said that the growth rate of India in 2010-11 will be 8.5 per cent which will grow t...

March 18, 2010 7:53 PM

Vegetables, pulses pull inflation down to 4 month low

Vegetables and pulses pulled down food inflation by 1.51 percentage points, to a 4-month low of 16.30 per cent in the first week of March. Food inflation had stood at 17.81 per cent in the previous week.Prices of onions fell 11.08 per cent in the wholesale market, over the previous week, and potatoe...

March 18, 2010 5:18 PM

Crude oil eases near $ 82 per barrel

Crude oil prices fell to near 82 dollars a barrel in Asia, today, paring two days of gains that were fuelled by signs that US crude demand may be improving. Benchmark crude for April delivery fell 75 cents, to 82.18 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.Meanwhile, the 12-nation Organi...

March 18, 2010 5:14 PM

Sensex ends higher for third straight session

Rising for the third straight session, the Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange closed 29 points higher, at 17,519, today. The Nifty at the National Stock Exchange added 14 points, to 5,246.But stock markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and South Korea fell between 0.1 percent and 1.

March 18, 2010 5:14 PM

Gold slips Rs 20 to Rs 16910 per 10 gm

Gold lost 20 rupees, to 16,910 rupees per ten grams at Delhi's bullion market, today.In London, gold fell 0.1 per cent, to 1,119.50 dollars an ounce.

March 18, 2010 2:26 PM

BSE Sensex up by 39 points

The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange gained 54 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 17,544, in opening trade, today, on continued capital inflows by foreign funds. But the Sensex later surrendered all its early gains, and stood 39 points, or 0.2 per cent in the red, at 17,451, a short while ago.Stock mark...

March 18, 2010 1:06 PM

15th Census of India

Work for the 15th Census of India, which will be held in the year 2011, has started. Twenty Seven lakh volunteers are being deputed in the country out of which 55 thousand will complete the work of census in Punjab. This was disclosed by the Census Officer of Govt. of India, Madhav Shyam who was in ...

March 18, 2010 1:03 PM

Food inflation falls by 1.51 per cent

Food inflation fell by 1.51 per cent to 16.30 per cent for the first week of March while fuel inflation shot up by 1.30 per cent to 12.68 per cent. The fall in food inflation is due to easing prices of pulses and vegetables. Vegetable prices showed a marked decline of more than 10 per cent over the ...

March 18, 2010 12:26 PM

Oil prices fall

Oil prices fell toward 82 dollar a barrel in Asia today, Benchmark light sweet crude was down 50 cents to 82.43 dollar a barrel. In London, Brent crude was down 48 cents at 81.48 dollar a barrel.

March 18, 2010 11:48 AM

India fully committed to take Doha round to a successful conclusion

New Delhi is fully committed to take the Doha round of trade negotiations to a successful conclusion. Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma made this statement while interacting with media at the Brookings Institute, in Washington. He said India has been engaged with all the key countries and ...

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