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Visiting Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said in New Delhi on Monday that Venezuela wants trade with India in oil and other commodities such as food and medicines to be conducted in Indian Rupees and not in US Dollars. (Representational image)

NPAs hit Rs 13lakh-crore in 3years

One fifth of slippages in FY18 was due to RBI withdrawing restructuring schemes: Crisil

6 Jun 2018 2:55 AM IST

$Particle concentration ranged from \zero to more than 10,000 likely plastic particles in a single bottle\ (Photo: AFP)$ Business

Top firms pledge to cut plastic use on World Environment Day

PepsiCo will also pilot first-ever plant-based, 100 per cent compostable packaging for Lay's and Kurkure snacks products...

5 Jun 2018 7:45 PM IST

Philippines national carrier Philippines Airlines has appointed Bird Travels as its general sales agent.

IATA asks govts to release blocked funds to airlines

The amount of airline funds blocked from repatriation totalled USD 4.9 billion at the end of 2017.

5 Jun 2018 6:10 PM IST

American Express, the worlds largest card issuer by purchase volume and the largest integrated payments platform, has aggressively expanded its merchant coverage in India.

American Express added 500 new merchants per day in 2017

American Express is focusing on driving adoption across small merchants who cater to everyday spending.

5 Jun 2018 5:39 PM IST

Tata Starbucks is planning three Starbucks cafe stores in Kolkata in early 2018.

Tata Starbucks reinforces its commitment to sustainability

Tata Starbucks commitment to the environment began with its first store opening in 2012.

5 Jun 2018 5:28 PM IST

Goods and Service Tax

Govt planning to revamp GST AAR mechanism

The AARs in different states have so far passed about 60 orders under the GST law.

5 Jun 2018 5:15 PM IST

Maruti Suzuki MD and CEO Kenichi Ayukawa (right) and senior ED R.S. Kalsi pose with new Swift after its launch at the Auto Expo 2018 in Greater Noida. (Photo: PTI)

Maruti 'investing' in new technologies to bring down CO2 emissions

The company currently has over 50 per cent market share in the domestic passenger vehicle segment.

5 Jun 2018 5:05 PM IST

Mr Gupta said that exports should be out rightly kept out of the purview of GST as paying the tax first and getting refund is cumbersome and is affecting exports.

US emerges as top export destination for India

China was India's largest source country for imports during 2017-18.

5 Jun 2018 4:47 PM IST

WhatsApps end-to-end encryption relies on the generation of unique security keys, using the Signal protocol that are traded and verified between users to guarantee communications are secure.

Now get your free credit score on Whatsapp

This is a first of its kind, where Indian users will have access to their credit score on Whatsapp.

5 Jun 2018 4:36 PM IST

Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has launched a plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity, nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP)

Iran tells UN it will hike uranium enrichment capacity

Iran has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency that it has launched a plan to increase its uranium enrichment...

5 Jun 2018 4:24 PM IST

Brokers and shareholders at Kolkata share market react as Sensex and Nifty gain after opening on the first day on Monday following the launch of GST. (Photo:PTI)

Sensex slips 109 points as RBI decision looms

The broader NSE Nifty too dropped by 35.35 points, or 0.33 per cent, to end at 10,593.15.

5 Jun 2018 4:09 PM IST

The RBI move comes at a time when banks already battling near-record levels of soured loans are staring at an increase in stressed assets after a rule change announced in February.

Banks gross NPA may peak at around 11.5 pc this fiscal: Crisil

GNPAs increased to around Rs 10.3 lakh crore, or 11.2 per cent of advances compared with Rs 8 lakh crore.

5 Jun 2018 3:52 PM IST