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India is a country in South Asia, neighbouring with Pakistan in the west, China, Nepal, Bhutan in north, Bangladesh and Myanmar in east and Sri Lanka in South. India has the second most populous country in the world. As per area, Indians ranked seventh in the world. Hindi is the official language of India and 447 regional languages. Hinduism is the majority religion with 79.8 percent, followed by Islam with 14.2 percent. Christianity constitutes 2.3 percent, while Sikhism is with 1.7 percent, Buddhism is 0.7 percent, Jainism 0.4 percent and others. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister of India and Rajendra prasad was the first president of India. Currently, Narendra Modi from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the prime minister of India and Ram Nath Kovind is the president. Cricket is the most popular sport in India. Sachin Tendulkar is one of the greatest players to have played the game. Other sports like Tennis, Football, Hockey also have a root in India. India has 28 states and 8 union territories. Delhi is the capital of India, whereas Mumbai is considered as the financial capital of India. Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is the richest Asian. Ratan Tata, N.r. Narayana Murthy, Kumar Managalam Birla, Gautam Adani etc are among the few popular businessmen of India. More

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  • Economists look at FY24 with cautious optimism June 02, 2023 07:55 PM IST

    Economists look at FY24 with cautious optimism

    Blockbuster growth numbers for Q4, FY23 not nudging economists to revise their forecasts upwards just yet

  • What did the economists miss in India’s GDP estimates? June 02, 2023 07:58 PM IST

    What did the economists miss in India’s GDP estimates?

    The country's GDP in FY23 stood at 7.2 percent, which is lower than the growth rate of 9.1 percent in 2021-22.

  • Reconciliation in the Arab world promises peace and economic revival June 02, 2023 04:07 PM IST

    Reconciliation in the Arab world promises peace and economic revival

    A new outpouring of nationalism along with a new openness to multipolarity stretching from Oman to Egypt and from Turkey to Somalia requires India to be nimble in its approaches to the region

  • Global inflows help Indian stocks become EM Asia’s top gainers June 02, 2023 02:56 PM IST

    Global inflows help Indian stocks become EM Asia’s top gainers

    Overseas investors purchased a net $5 billion of the nation’s shares last month, the most since August, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Global funds snapped up the stocks for 24 consecutive days through May 31, the longest streak since August 2016.

  • India mulls green Ammonia tender to curb fertilizer emissions June 02, 2023 02:53 PM IST

    India mulls green Ammonia tender to curb fertilizer emissions

    Talks are taking place between fertilizer manufacturers and the country’s renewable energy ministry to assess potential demand for the feedstock, Bhupinder Singh Bhalla, the department’s top bureaucrat, said in an interview.

  • Want justice for wrestlers, but after due process of law: Union minister Anurag Thakur June 02, 2023 02:46 PM IST

    Want justice for wrestlers, but after due process of law: Union minister Anurag Thakur

    Anurag Thakur's remarks came days after the country's top wrestlers, protesting for more than a month over allegations of sexual harassment against Singh, threatened to immerse their medals in the Ganga river in Haridwar.

  • India's impressive GDP data has some puzzling elements June 02, 2023 02:38 PM IST

    India's impressive GDP data has some puzzling elements

    The blockbuster headline January-March and full year GDP numbers have left the government rather chuffed. But some aspects of the data need further explanation

  • Indian democracy is a 'global public good'; its 'collapse' will have an impact on world says Rahul Gandhi June 02, 2023 01:13 PM IST

    Indian democracy is a 'global public good'; its 'collapse' will have an impact on world says Rahul Gandhi

    At the same time, Gandhi, who is currently on a six-day tour of the United States, said in multiple settings that the issue of democracy is an internal matter of the country, and he is committed to fighting against it.

  • Govt is working to build developed India by 2047: Rajnath Singh June 02, 2023 01:07 PM IST

    Govt is working to build developed India by 2047: Rajnath Singh

    In an address at an event, Singh also noted that when India emerges as a superpower, it will have to ensure that universal values like democracy, religious freedom, dignity of human beings and global peace are established all over the world.

  • Rooftop solar capacity grows 6.35% to 485 MW in January-March: Mercom India June 02, 2023 12:44 PM IST

    Rooftop solar capacity grows 6.35% to 485 MW in January-March: Mercom India

    In the January-March period of calendar year 2022, the rooftop solar installation capacity in the country was at 456 MW, the research firm said on Friday.

  • The Giving Economy | Unusual Suspects June 02, 2023 12:33 PM IST

    The Giving Economy | Unusual Suspects

    For grantmaking to be effective and lead to sustainable impact, philanthropists must have a well-thought-out, cogent, decision-making framework. How far is India’s philanthropy ecosystem from getting there? Which emerging sectors are in the critical need of philanthropy and what are the complexities of the giving ecosystem in India? How can young entrepreneurs contribute to society? In this episode, Amitabh Jaipuria, CEO at Accelerate India Philanthropy, delves deep into the theme. Tune in!

  • Maharashtra: SSC results declared; overall pass percentage at 93.83 June 02, 2023 12:19 PM IST

    Maharashtra: SSC results declared; overall pass percentage at 93.83

    The overall pass percentage stood at 96.94 last year.

  • BJP will be 'decimated' in the next three-four assembly elections: Rahul Gandhi June 02, 2023 11:22 AM IST

    BJP will be 'decimated' in the next three-four assembly elections: Rahul Gandhi

    These remarks were made by Gandhi, who is in the US for a three-city US tour, on Thursday at a reception hosted for him by eminent Indian American Frank Islam.

  • India's coal production grows 7.10% to 76.26 MT in May June 02, 2023 11:16 AM IST

    India's coal production grows 7.10% to 76.26 MT in May

    India had produced 71.21 MT coal during the same month in 2022, the coal ministry said in a statement.

  • Australia unsure about India's bowling line-up in WTC final June 02, 2023 11:14 AM IST

    Australia unsure about India's bowling line-up in WTC final

    India utilised three spinners during the recent Border-Gavaskar Trophy series with both Ashwin (25 wickets) and Jadeja (22) shinning bright to help their side claim a 2-1 series win.

  • Crisis-hit Go First submits 6-month revival plan to DGCA June 02, 2023 11:05 AM IST

    Crisis-hit Go First submits 6-month revival plan to DGCA

    The airline plans to resume scheduled services on the Pune, Bagdogra, and Goa routes. It has also offered to deploy two aircraft to start Delhi-Srinagar and Delhi-Leh chartered flights immediately

  • 'Will he or will he not?'  All eyes on Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's second Cabinet meeting on rollout of five poll guarantees June 02, 2023 10:11 AM IST

    'Will he or will he not?' All eyes on Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's second Cabinet meeting on rollout of five poll guarantees

    The Congress had said that it will implement these schemes if it formed a government in Karnataka. The party stormed into the Vidhana Soudha by winning 135 out of 224 seats winning an absolute majority.

  • Patna to host G20 meet on June 22-23, delegates likely to visit Bihar Museum June 02, 2023 10:07 AM IST

    Patna to host G20 meet on June 22-23, delegates likely to visit Bihar Museum

    The delegates will arrive in Patna on June 21 and they will be staying at three of the plush hotels in the Bihar capital, officials said.

  • Road To 2024: Congress victory in Karnataka complicates opposition unity efforts June 02, 2023 08:29 AM IST

    Road To 2024: Congress victory in Karnataka complicates opposition unity efforts

    Congress gaining at the cost of regional parties is a very likely prospect in 2024. Opposition parties hoping to reduce Congress to a regional player like the rest of them could turn insecure at the prospect of Congress gaining at their expense. That certainly does not bode well for opposition unity efforts

  • Gambia hires US law firm to consider action on toxic Indian cough syrup, minister says June 02, 2023 07:07 AM IST

    Gambia hires US law firm to consider action on toxic Indian cough syrup, minister says

    At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died from acute kidney injury between June and October.

  • Outcome of 2024 elections will 'surprise' people: Rahul Gandhi June 02, 2023 06:27 AM IST

    Outcome of 2024 elections will 'surprise' people: Rahul Gandhi

    Rahul Gandhi, who is in the US for a three-city US tour, made the remarks in response to a series of questions during an interaction with the media at the National Press Club here.

  • Growth Of Indian Luxury Market: Why Are Global Brands Bullish On Indian Ambassadors? June 01, 2023 07:09 PM IST

    Growth Of Indian Luxury Market: Why Are Global Brands Bullish On Indian Ambassadors?

    Wonder what’s common between Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Bvlgari? All these brands are now headlined by Indian celebrities. Why is it that global luxury brands seem to be gravitating towards Indian celebrities – and are picking Bollywood actors to represent their latest fashion offerings? Catch the inside story on the growth of India's luxury brand market.

  • Air India to reinstate three more weekly flights to US this month June 01, 2023 05:12 PM IST

    Air India to reinstate three more weekly flights to US this month

    Earlier this year, the Tata Group-owned airline temporarily suspended six weekly flights to the US and three of them have already been reinstated.

  • India’s GDP growth to be in the band of 6.5-6.7% for FY24: CII President R Dinesh June 01, 2023 03:46 PM IST

    India’s GDP growth to be in the band of 6.5-6.7% for FY24: CII President R Dinesh

    CII expects the country to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.8 percent, making India to become a $9 trillion economy by 2030 and a $40 trillion economy by 2047.

  • Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this afternoon June 01, 2023 03:47 PM IST

    Moneycontrol Selects: Top stories this afternoon

    Our specially curated package of the big stories to help you stay at the top of your game.