-Livemint.com There is a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal, but it would not have any effect on Kerala, says IMD New delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) today said rainfall intensity in Kerala will reduce in the next two to three days. Kerala is not expected to receive heavy rainfall from 20 August, IMD’s additional director general Mrityunjay Mohapatra said, adding that received 170% more precipitation than the normal...
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Did Modi just give an A+ to Manmohan on economy?
-The Times of India NEW delhi: A government-appointed panel has estimated that the economy grew at a double-digit rate (10.1 per cent) in 2006-07, a first in the post-liberalisation era and the second highest ever. The new series uses 2011-12 as the base year for prices, as against 2004-05 in the old series. The panel headed by Sudipto Mundle concluded that the difference is minimal, addressing concerns often raised about the...
More »delhi's Qutb Minar has competition ... from tower of garbage! -Mayank Aggarwal
-CitizenMatters.in Built in the 13th century, delhi’s Qutb Minar, a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the tallest minarets in the country, is facing stiff competition − from the height of a garbage dump in the national capital. In a recent report, a panel of India’s Parliament noted their observations on landfill sites in delhi, writing that the “laissez-faire of the civic bodies of delhi also gets reflected in the fact...
More »GDP under Modi govt higher than UPA's last four years: Niti Aayog VC
-The Times of India NEW delhi: Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday that the GDP growth rate under four years of the Modi government is still higher than the growth rate of last four years of UPA. In a series of tweets, Kumar said, "Growth rate under four years of Modi Government is still higher than the growth rate of last four years of UPA. This is being managed despite...
More »Double-digit delight for Manmohan era
-The Telegraph New delhi: A new set of economic data put out by a sub-committee of the National Statistical Commission has shown that the UPA government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clocked a double-digit growth rate of 10.08 per cent in 2006-07. The new calculations have to be vetted by the Central Statistical Commission and by a standards authority before they become officially acceptable. If the figure holds even after that scrutiny,...
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