Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Economic Survey: Agricultural growth to accelerate to 4.1% from 1.2% last fiscal

Economic Survey: Agricultural growth to accelerate to 4.1% from 1.2% last fiscal

NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES
Reporting on what it calls "Cricket clean-up", Hindustan Times headlines, "SC picks new team for BCCI. Auditor, Historian, Banker, Ex-cricketer, find place in the panel to administer Board."
"ATM, current account daily withdrawl limits removed. Weekly cap on savings Bank account intact at 24 thousand rupees," reports The Pioneer.
"IT department begins action under Benami Act: Buying property in mum's name won'thelp," headlines DNA. "Benami Act: IT issues 87 notices," reports Financial Express. In an other Income Tax story, The Indian Express reports, "IT raids top diamond merchant Nirav Modi's offices and residences".
"Economy not in good shape says Manmohan Singh," reports the Times of India, on the occasion of the release of a report, 'Real state of the economy 2017', a day ahead of the government's Economic Survey. "Where are the jobs? Congress report asks Prime Minister," reports the Hindu Business Line. The paper also adds BJP's reaction, says - BJP responds, calls it a "damp squib".
"Slugfest over Mallya bailout drags Manmohan Singh into line of fire," DNA reports the BJP as quoting purported letters linking  the former Prime Minister with the Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya.
Canada Mosque attack kills six," reports The Statesman, "in what the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called an act of terrorism."
On the proposed merger of two Telecom companies, The Economic Times headlines, "Vodafone-Idea on conference call to create India's biggest telco."
"After ban outcry, a Trump climbdown, on legal residents holding Green Cards returning to the US from overseas travel," reports The Tribune. The Paper also mentions, "Starbucks to hire ten thousand refugees over the next five years."
And finally, next time you reach for your coffee, try "Mushroom coffee," which is being "hailed as the next superfood," reports Times of India. Whereas coffee may "cause insomnia and exacerbate anxiety, the Finnish makers of Mushroom coffee claim to offer the same caffeine kick without the apparent side effects of the regular stuff."

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