New Delhi, January 27 (IANS): The Union Finance Ministry has released Rs 12,351.5 crore to 18 states for providing grants to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs). This amount is the second instalment of basic grants r
New Delhi, January 27 (IANS): Petrol and diesel prices rose again on Wednesday with oil marketing companies deciding to increase the prices of the two auto fuels by 25 paisa per litre for the second consecutive
Dubai, January 27 (IANS): The International Federation of the Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce (IFIICC) is planning to boost India's strong historical ties with the UAE and Israel as it expects knowledge sh
New York, January 26 (IANS): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects India's economy to bounce back by 11.5 per cent in the next financial year, making it the fastest-growing major economy, and attri
United Nations, January 26 (IANS): The United Nations sees the Indian economy recovering by 7.3 per cent this calendar year after a coronavirus-driven fall of 9.6 per cent last year.
The UN's World Econo
New Delhi, January 26 (IANS): The Budget 2021-22 may see the trade-off to become more acute between stimulating growth, and maintaining fiscal rectitude, Kotak Institutional Equities said in a pre-budget note.
New Delhi, January 26 (IANS): India's GDP is likely to contract by 8 per cent in the current financial year, according to the FICCI's Economic Outlook Survey.
In a statement, FICCI said that the medi
New Delhi, January 26 (IANS): Elevated prices of petrol due to a steep increase in taxes in the recent past is set to increase the adoption of compressed natural gas (CNG)-driven vehicles, Crisil Research said.
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 (IANS): The Union Government has decided permanently ban 59 Chinese mobile applications including TikTok.
The development comes several months after the government had first banned Chin
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 (IANS0: Automobile manufacturer Kia Motors India has sold 1 lakh units since July 2020 in the domestic wholesale market.
Accordingly, the maker of Seltos, Sonet and Carnival, has succes
SAN FRANCISCO, JANUARY 25 (IANS): In a bid to hold Alphabet accountable on issues like inequality, gender discrimination and workplace harassment, Google workers across the world have formed a global union alli
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 (IANS): OnePlus on Monday launched a limited edition of its Buds Z in collaboration with Los Angeles-based artist and designer Steven Harrington, for Rs 3,699 in India.
"For our us
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 25 (IANS): Riding on the stellar performance of iPhone 11 and XR, Apple for the first time doubled its smartphone market share in India to nearly 4 per cent in the festive quarter of 2020, a
MUMBAI, JANUARY 25 (IANS): Private lender Yes Bank has witnessed internal as well as external indicators of fast-paced economic recovery leading to pre-Covid operational levels.
The bank's own financial
New Delhi, January Jan 25 (IANS): The Ministry of Finance has released the 13th weekly instalment of Rs 6,000 crore to the states on Monday to meet the GST compensation shortfall.
Out of this, an amount of R
Panaji, January 25 (IANS): The upcoming Mopa greenfield airport in Goa is expected to be commissioned by August 2022, Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari said on Monday.
"I am happy to say that the construct
Mumbai, January 25 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday carried out raids at 10 locations in Mumbai linked to the Omkar Group builders and its officials Babulal Verma and Kamal Kishore Gupta in co
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 24 (IANS): The committee constituted by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has recommended direct payment of insurance premium to the insurance company while
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 24 (IANS): GST authorities have arrested as many as 258 persons, including eight chartered accountants (CAs), in the nationwide drive against fake GST invoice frauds since November 2020, sour
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 24 (IANS): The mobile business of LG Electronics has been in the red since the second quarter of 2015. Its accumulated operating loss reached nearly $4.5 billion last year and now, the South