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India Fastest Growing Economy Despite Four Droughts'

Darpan News Desk IANS, 01 Jan, 2016 02:33 PM
    India has emerged as the world's fastest growing economy despite a global economic slowdown and four droughts, the government's Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian said on Friday.
     
    "Despite declining global demand & 4 droughts, fastest growing economy," he tweeted.
     
    In a series of tweets, the CEA went on to list other major government successes like improvement in spending on agriculture, fiscal consolidation at central and state levels and improvement in indirect tax efficiency.

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    Killer Heat Wave Continues To Sweep Across India, Toll Over 1,700

    Killer Heat Wave Continues To Sweep Across India, Toll Over 1,700
    The searing heat wave continued unabated on Thursday in many parts of India, claiming another 414 lives in Andhra and Telangana alone to take the toll above 1,700 while rains brought relief in some states, officials said.

    Killer Heat Wave Continues To Sweep Across India, Toll Over 1,700

    Varun Gandhi's Immature Offering Butchers Poetry

    Varun Gandhi's Immature Offering Butchers Poetry
    If there is something that really stands out in this book, it has to be the images, contributed by different photographers, to complement the poems. 

    Varun Gandhi's Immature Offering Butchers Poetry

    Student Visa Day Attracts Over 4,000 At US Missions

    Student Visa Day Attracts Over 4,000 At US Missions
    Over 4,000 Indian students who had applied for visas to pursue education in the United States were interviewed at various US missions across India on the occasion of its annual Student Visa Day, an official said here on Thursday.

    Student Visa Day Attracts Over 4,000 At US Missions

    A Doctor's 'Jihad' To Popularize Birth Control Among Assam's Muslims

    A Doctor's 'Jihad' To Popularize Birth Control Among Assam's Muslims
    Now, Muslim males with two or more children are voluntarily coming out in large numbers to get sterilized and help control the population.

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    Millionaire Indian-Origin British Hotelier Ranjit Singh Power Goes Missing In Punjab

    Millionaire Indian-Origin British Hotelier Ranjit Singh Power Goes Missing In Punjab
    Punjab Police have booked a UK-based NRI for the mysterious disappearance of a British hotelier of Indian origin Ranjit Singh Power, who has been missing from the state since May 7, an official said on Wednesday.

    Millionaire Indian-Origin British Hotelier Ranjit Singh Power Goes Missing In Punjab

    India Boils As Mercury Travels North; More Than 500 Killed

    India Boils As Mercury Travels North; More Than 500 Killed
    India continued to reel under heatwave conditions on Monday with the day-temperature soaring to 47 degrees Celsius in Maharashtra's Chandrapur.

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