India's decision to cancel the foreign minister-level meeting in New York was \"arrogant\", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Saturday, asserting that he was \"disappointed\" by the New Delhi's \"negative\" response.

Both the countries have not engaged in any dialogue since 2015. The newly-elected PM of Pakistan said the country was \"ready to discuss terrorism\".

With 2019 general elections less than a year away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal mobile application NaMo app has begun the sale of Brand Modi merchandise.

The yoga guru also calls for bringing petrol and diesel under the lowest slab of the GST, and not the 28 per cent rate, as people's \"pockets are being emptied\".

An article by the journal's editor-in-chief Richard Horton appreciated the Modi government for recognising the 'perils of public discontent about health' after years of neglect.

According to The Economic Times, the proposal envisages setting up 14 national employment zones in the coastal states under the special purpose vehicle route, and is expected to be rolled out ahead of general elections next year, when employment generation is sure to emerge as a key issue. The plans are currently being shaped by the shipping ministry in consultation with think-tank  NITI Aayog.

The Indian currency hit a fresh record low of 72.91 against the dollar on Wednesday, only to recover to Rs 72.35. The currency has fallen over 13 per cent against the dollar since January.

On Tuesday, foreign institutional investors pulled out Rs 1,454 crore from the Indian stock markets-their highest daily outflow in over three months. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gained 57 cents to $79.63 a barrel.

Raghuram Rajan explained that loans under Modi government's popular flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana and the Kisan Credit Card needed to be examined \"more closely\" for potential credit risk.

A survey found that a fifth of 63 million small businesses faced a 20 per cent fall in profits since the GST rollout, and had to sack hundreds of thousands of workers.

It was among the wisest decisions taken, when the Finance Ministry junked Air India's demand for a Rs 30,000-crore fund infusion, reportedly because the airline didn't present a turnaround plan.

Over Rs 10 lakh crore from fuel taxes have been deployed in social schemes.  Cutting taxes mean cutting down on such schemes which will be political hot potato in the run-up to general elections.

Gandhi did not hold back any punches and said, \"Slap as many defamation suits as you want, but the truth remains that just as demonetisation was done to help the prime minister's crony capitalist friends, the Rafale deal was done to benefit Anil Ambani's group\".

The Indian Railways is trying to deliver projects worth at least Rs 50,000 crore in the next eight months.

The last time the MGNREGA wages and state minimum wages were aligned was in 2009, but since then several states have announced upward revisions arbitrarily.

The Modi government, already backed into the corner over unemployment, absconding defaulters, rupee depreciation, fuel prices and more, would not want more bad news on the NPA front at this juncture.

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The first quarter results have been fairly robust. A revival seems round the corner.

As a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was already politically active by the age of 16. He participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was arrested with his brother for 23 days.

The 93-year old political icon was suffering from kidney tract infection, urinary tract infection and even respiratory problems.