New Delhi, July 19 (PTI): Facing criticism over GST on daily use items, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the 5 per cent tax is being levied on wheat flour and other items after nod from all s
New Delhi, July 18 (PTI) Indian rupee has declined by about 25 per cent since December 31, 2014, and is nearing 80 against the dollar, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
The value of the rupee declined fr
Mumbai, July 18 (PTI) Amazon Prime Video on Monday announced a collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery to offer a slate of 11 series and 10 feature film from HBO Max exclusively on its service.
The slate i
New Delhi, July 18 (PTI) Retirement fund body EPFO is likely to approve this month a proposal to enhance its investments in equites to up to 20 per cent of the investible deposits from the current limit of 15 p
Mumbai, July 18 (PTI) The rupee slid to the psychologically low level of 80 in intra day trade before settling down by 15 paise at 79.97 (provisional) against the US currency on Monday due to a surge in crude o
New Delhi, July 18 (PTI) Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday informed the Lok Sabha that a few states including Telangana have sought a five-year extension for the compensation paid to them for revenu
New Delhi, July 16 (PTI) Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday said incomes of lakhs of farmers have doubled in the last eight years with all-round efforts made by the governments at the Centre
New Delhi, July 17 (PTI) Customers will have to pay 5 per cent GST on pre-packed, labelled food items like atta, paneer and curd, besides hospital rooms with rent above Rs 5,000 from Monday with the GST Council
New Delhi, July 16 (PTI) Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday urged Agricultural and Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) to extend more long-term loans to the agriculture sector, including for irrigation and
Mumbai, July 15 (PTI) Benchmark BSE Sensex rebounded by 344 points while Nifty closed above the 16,000 level in choppy trade on Friday, snapping four days of decline on buying in FMCG, auto and capital goods co
Beijing, July 15 (AP) China's economy contracted in the three months ending in June compared with the previous quarter after Shanghai and other cities were shut down to fight coronavirus outbreaks, but the
New Delhi, July 15 (PTI) Gold prices in the national capital on Friday fell by Rs 293 to Rs 49,970 per 10 grams amid decline in international precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities.
In the previ
Bengaluru, July 15 (PTI) The Centre has received proposals envisaging an investment of Rs 23,000 crore under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendr
Beijing, July 14 (AP) Global stocks and Wall Street futures sank on Thursday after higher US inflation stoked expectations of more rate hikes that investors worry will chill economic growth.
London and Frank
Mumbai, July 14 (PTI) Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty gave up early gains to close lower for a fourth straight session on Thursday due to selling in IT and banking shares amid weak global equities.
The 30
New Delhi, Jul 14 (PTI) The United Arab Emirates will invest USD 2 billion to develop a series of integrated food parks across India under the framework of the four-nation grouping 'I2U2'.
The decisi
New Delhi, July 14 (PTI) Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday called on G20 countries to ensure that the developing nations are guarded against any "unintended consequences" of the proposed
New Delhi, July 13 (PTI): Chinese phone maker Oppo's India unit has been slapped with a notice for alleged Rs 4,389 crore import duty evasion, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
A show-cause notice
New Delhi, July 13 (PTI): Jet Airways on Wednesday said it has appointed former Go First executives Srihari Venugopal and Tanay Palshetkar as heads of network planning department and revenue management departme
Mumbai, July 13 (PTI): The rupee depreciated by 3 paise to close at a record low of 79.62 (provisional) against the US currency on Wednesday following a firm dollar in overseas markets and losses in the domesti