India ranks 118th in happiness index

Denmark took the top spot as the ‘happiest country’ in the world, displacing Switzerland, according to The World Happiness Report 2016, published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative of the United Nations. India was ranked 118th in the list, down one slot from last year on the index. The report takes into account the GDP per […]

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CBI raids 33 firms across 5 States in chit fund scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday carried out searches against 33 private firms and group of companies across five States in connection with two cases of alleged chit fund scams involving hundreds of crores. The searches were conducted at 82 locations in West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. “In connection with the ongoing investigation in two cases […]

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Banks to auction Kingfisher House

Lenders to the grounded Kingfisher Airlines will auction one of promoter Vijay Mallya’s flagship properties, Kingfisher House, in Mumbai, on Thursday. The e-auction will be conducted by SBI Cap Trustee Co Ltd, which is an arm of SBI Caps, the merchant banking arm of State Bank of India. SBI Cap Trustee Company had taken possession of the 2,401 sq m […]

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Kabaddi player shot dead

A 24-year-old national-level kabaddi player was shot dead by two men in Rithal village here on Tuesday. Sukhvinder Singh was returning home after practice around 7 p.m. when two men on a two-wheeler accosted him, and one of them opened fire on him at point-blank range. The entire incident was caught on a CCTV camera installed at a nearby house. […]

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GOVERNMENT TO PROMOTE INDIA AS A STARTUP DESTINATION

Government is preparing to launch a global campaign to hard sell India as attractive investment destination for startups and has invited proposals from creative agencies. The campaign will be launched in global as well as domestic markets across all medias – print, electronic and social. “The objective of the campaign is to generate awareness about the investment opportunities and prospects of […]

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