News: India is on the verge of increasing its exports and looking at indigenously produced electronic surveillance systems and airborne radars as a lead option. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is ready to work at the systems and radars. It will try to match China, which figures among ...

News: Deflationary trends continued for the eighth month in a row in June with the wholesale price- inflation slipping to (-)2.4 per cent, largely due to cheaper vegetable and fuel prices. But the retail inflation for the same month rose to an 8-month high of 5.4 per cent. Overall wholesale inflation ...

News: The government has launched three social security programmes – the Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) under the Jan Dhan umbrella, says finance minister Arun Jaitley. The government plans to bring these social security schemes ...