Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) here on Wednesday claimed to have successfully handled one of the worst floods in the region in 40 years. The controlled release of water from…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) In a move to aid sectors facing the maximum brunt of the ongoing slowdown, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday announced easing of its norms for buyback…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Reliance Jio has added 44 million active subscribers over the past six months, while Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have lost 20 million and 68 million clients, respectively, most likely due…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) State-owned Agricultural Promotion and Investment Corporation of Odisha Ltd (APICOL) on Wednesday signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to promote agriculture entrepreneurship and enhance the income of farmers. One MoU was…
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Centre has decided to go ahead with corporatisation of ordnance factories in order to reduce the import dependency of defence equipment, enhance combat efficiency of the…
Hyderabad, Aug 21 (IANS) E-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday opened its largest campus building in the world in Hyderabad, reaffirming its long-term commitment to India. The first owned office building of Amazon outside the United…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Voting for a conventional 25 basis points (bps) RBI rate cut in August, as opposed to the majority in the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), external MPC member Chetan Ghate had said…
Moscow, Aug 21 (IANS) Ahead of the annual Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok, Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed confidence that the event would lay the ground for new and prospective projects, which will…
Ranchi, Aug 21 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Wednesday distributed soil testing mini lab kits and identity cards to members of Self Help Groups (SHG) trained as soil doctors, who would help the…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Market regulator Sebi on Wednesday eased the rules for foreign portfolio investors (FPI) doing away with the broad-based eligibility criteria for FPIs and announced that the registration for the multiple investment…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Paytm app will now have a special social community platform where women can engage with each other on topics like health, careers, relationships, and cooking as well as share…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) India’s economic growth is likely to slow down further to 5.7 per cent in the April-June quarter of this year due to low consumption, weak investments and an under-performing service sector,…
Panaji, Aug 21 (IANS) Union Home Minster Amit Shah will be in Goa on Thursday to chair the 24th meeting of the Western Zonal Council during which he will discuss various issues but the mining…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s chargesheet in the money-laundering case involving top brass of now-infamous IL&FS group has revealed that its financing arm IFIN indulged in a “circuitous and patently illegal transactions”…
By Suyash Choudhary The focus of monetary policy is now conclusively on ensuring better transmission. Towards this, for the first time in recent history the RBI has consciously moved liquidity stance to positive. Indeed, the…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Essar Ports on Wednesday said higher capacity utilisation at its recently commissioned terminals at Salaya and Vizag and an increase in third-party cargo volume are crucial factors to help the company…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IANS) The banking sector in Kerala has the best of industrial relations, according to top bankers in the state. This was disclosed by G.K. Maya, state convenor of the state-level Bankers Committee,…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Amid weakness in the auto sector, a sharp fall was seen in the Tata Motors stocks on Wednesday which slipped over 10 per cent, touching its 52-week low. At 2.51 p.m.,…
Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) Contrary to the widespread concern being voiced about the ongoing economic slowdown, the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal actually saw very high divergence in performance and outlook across companies…