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80% of bank accounts and 60% of mobile connections have been linked with Aadhaar, according to a UIDAI official .

18,000 bank branches, post offices have Aadhaar facility now: UIDAI

UIDAI had in July last year asked private as well as public sector banks to set up Aadhaar facility.

20 Jun 2018 12:52 PM IST

The government is considering converting GST Network- which is handling the IT infrastructure of the new indirect tax regime - into a state-owned company, an official source said.

GST increased illegal activities 4-5 times in terms of billing

The govt has not started to crosscheck input and output tax, hence the malpractice is continuing unabated.

20 Jun 2018 12:25 PM IST

Yesterday, the rupee ended 4 paise down at 66.96 against the US dollar on fresh demand for the American currency

India shows fastest growth in wealth and HNI population

Indian property prices too grew by 4.8 per cent in 2017 as compared to 2.7 per cent in 2016.

20 Jun 2018 12:02 PM IST

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Agri budget doubled to help double farm income by 2022, says Modi

Modi said the country is not just witnessing record foodgrain production but milk, fruit and vegetable output too are at...

20 Jun 2018 11:48 AM IST

Union minister Piyush Goyal borrowed the phrase to hit back at the Congress chief for a tweet targeting him over corruption allegations. (Photo: File)

Govt open to consider RBI demand for more powers, says Piyush Goyal

While the RBI regulates all banks in India, 21 state-run banks are also regulated by the government, which owns...

20 Jun 2018 11:22 AM IST

A USD 2 billion fraud at Indias Punjab National Bank (PNB) may have been orchestrated by a few rogue employees, but it escaped detection because of widespread risk-control and monitoring lapses in many areas of the bank, the banks own internal probe has found.

Lapses at many levels of bank led to huge PNB fraud, says report

The bank's CEO Sunil Mehta told in April he had suspended 21 officials and will not spare others found involved in...

20 Jun 2018 11:04 AM IST

Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma presented a Rs 16,387.21 crore tax-free budget for the financial year 2018-19. (Photo: ANI)

BJP govt presents first tax-free budget of Rs 16, 387 cr in Tripura

The first budget of the BJP govt also marginally increased road tax, except for three-wheelers and electric vehicles.

20 Jun 2018 10:47 AM IST

The BSE Sensex on Wednesday soared to a life-time high of 33,117.33 and the NSE Nifty scaled a historic 10,340.55 mark in opening trade. (Photo: AP)

Sensex opens in green on value-buying, up 130 points

Overseas, mixed trend at other Asian markets also influenced trading sentiments here.

20 Jun 2018 10:22 AM IST

Morgan Stanley listed out eight economic indicators that could play a significant role in determining the election outcome.

India to perform better than emerging markets

To the extent that rising oil prices is demand led, the deterioration in India's terms of trade is offset by stronger...

20 Jun 2018 6:41 AM IST

With this investment, Singtels total stake (along with its affiliates) in Bharti Telecom will increase to 48.90 per cent. Singtel currently holds 47.17 per cent stake in Bharti Telecom. This will lead to an increase of Singtel economic interest in Bharti Airtel by 0.9 percentage points to 39.5 per cent. (Photo: PTI)

Airtel faces flak after customer seeks different service...

Airtel got embroiled in a controversy after a subscriber sought to interact with a Hindu customer service...

19 Jun 2018 5:32 PM IST

Online search giant Google has filed an appeal at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against a judgment from Indias competition watchdog.

Google announces training programme for journalists

It is aimed at raising awareness against misinformation and providing new tools to the fourth estate against fake news.

19 Jun 2018 5:04 PM IST

Infosys has said that its Rs 13,000-crore buyback offer will open on November 30 and end on December 14. (Photo: AFP)

43.7 pc of electricity needs met through renewable energy, says...

The Bengaluru-based company has an installed capacity of 46.1 megawatt (MW) of solar energy across the country, it...

19 Jun 2018 4:50 PM IST