Raymond Ronamai

Articles by Raymond Ronamai

Raymond has worked across several beats, including geopolitics, entertainment, sports, business and technology during his career in media spanning over a decade. Technology is his latest fascination, as its ever-changing nature keeps him on his toes.

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India Budget 2012-13: Luxuries Become Dearer

It might have appealed to the common man when Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, while presenting the Union Budget 2012-13 in the parliament Friday, announced the decision to raise tax exemption limit to Rs. 2 lakh. But, virtually, people are going to lose more money since service tax, excise tax and customs duty are going to be raised. The budget is the most discomforting to people who seek luxuries of life. Mar 17, 2012
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Celebrities Congratulate Sachin Tendulkar on Scoring100th Century

Cricket lovers in India are in celebration mood as their icon Sachin Tendulkar has finally created history by becoming the first cricketer to score 100 centuries in international cricket. As soon as Tendulkar scored the ton, Indian celebrities took to twitter to congratulate him on completing the feat. Here are tweets of the celebrities Mar 16, 2012
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Opposition Parties Call Union Budget Anti-Poor

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who presented Union Budget 2012-13 in the Parliament Friday, said his aim was to bring economy back on track. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described it as a budget that aims at a faster and sustainable economy. Mar 16, 2012
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Union Budget 2012-13: Summary

The Union Budget 2012-13 identifies five objectives to be addressed effectively in the ensuing fiscal year. Here is the summary of the general budget. Mar 16, 2012
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Time for Congress to Break Ties with Mamata's Trinamool?

They are still holding on to each other but the crack is obvious. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has become sort of a pain in the neck for the Congress-led UPA government with the former openly going against some bold steps taken by the Congress. Mar 16, 2012

Battered Baby Falak Dies of Heart Attack

Battered baby Falak, who shocked the whole country with the brutality she received, died at AIIMS Hospital, Delhi, on Thursday evening after battling for life for two months. She died of heart attack. Mar 16, 2012
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Indian Economic Survey 2012-13: Summary

Indian economy is estimated to grow by 6.9% in 2011-12 mainly due to weakening industrial growth. This indicates a slowdown compared not just to the previous two years, when the economy grew by 8.4%, but also from 2003 to 2011, except 2008-9 economic downturn, when the growth rate was 6.7 percent. Mar 15, 2012