Finance Minister Arun Jaitley`s maiden Budget on Thursday is expected to be a tightrope walk of trying to meet demands for tax sops especially from the middle class and pursuing fiscal prudence to spur investment and growth.
Catching Time!Skyrocketing prices of vegetables in the city are once again spoiling the budgets of the common people. The prices that had already climbed up by 25-50% about 20 days ago, have posted similar hike on Tuesday.
The Price Hike!The Narendra Modi Government has inherited high inflationary pressure from the previous Government and it may take if not few months than a year to curb price rise. High inflation and hoarding was one of the key factor behind last UPA Government`s downfall, hence, expectations are at peak from the Narendra Modi Government with inflation rate hovering over 8 per cent in May.
RIP OrkutGoogle on Monday said it plans to shut down its 10-year-old Orkut social network at the end of September.
Skyrockets!!!India on Monday successfully launched five foreign satellites from four countries on board PSLV-C23 rocket which placed them in orbit, an achievement described by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an `endorsement` of the country`s space capabilities
Bitter Moon!On completion of 30 days in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he had no luxury of `honeymoon` period as a "series of allegations" started in less than 100 hours but he feels there are "areas where surely we need to improve".