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Won't raise even a rupee in Budget from aggressive taxation: FM

Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015, 19:57

India will not stray from a plan to slash its fiscal deficit to 3 percent of gross domestic product within two years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday, despite top aides` advice to revive the economy with more infrastructure spending.

Petrol crisis forces Pak PM to skip WEF meet in Davos

Last Updated: Thursday, January 22, 2015, 18:22

Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday had to cancel his trip to Davos to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) due to a serious shortage of petroleum in the country which has been plagued by a crippling energy crisis.