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A ban on petroleum coke around New Delhi starting from Wednesday will require the country to raise its imports of coal to replace the fuel. (Photo: AFP)

Indian petcoke ban to boost coal imports amid already tight market

The country's environmentalists are trying to stop imports of petroleum coke to curb pollution.

1 Nov 2017 4:43 PM IST

Finance minister Arun Jaitley addresses the media after the 22nd meeting of the GST Council in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley claims ease of doing business replaces ease of corruption

As per the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' index, India is one of the 10 improvers worldwide.

1 Nov 2017 4:17 PM IST

DIPP Secretary Ramesh Abhishek (Photo: Twitter)

Govt to implement 200 reforms to push India into top 50 in WB ranking:...

India on Tuesday jumped 30 places to rank 100th in the World Bank's 'ease of doing business' ranking.

1 Nov 2017 4:10 PM IST

For FY 18, the fiscal deficit target was supposed to be 3 per cent but it may choose the upper band of 3.5 percent in the Union Budget.

India's current account deficit to be 1.5 per cent of GDP this fiscal:...

CAD refers to the difference between inflow and outflow of foreign exchange that has a bearing on the exchange rate.

1 Nov 2017 3:56 PM IST

Bullion traders said at overseas market gold rallied to highest level this year. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

Gold sinks on muted demand, weak global cues

Gold is trading at Rs 30,275 per ten gram at the bullion market owing to slackened demand from local jewellers.

1 Nov 2017 3:25 PM IST

India imported 8.7 million tonnes of LPG in 2015-16 and 4.66 million tonnes in first half of current fiscal.

Prices of non-subsidised LPG cylinders hiked by Rs 93-94

The government had asked state-run oil companies to increase subsidised LPG prices by Rs 4 per cylinder every month.

1 Nov 2017 2:50 PM IST

The integration between Ford and Amazon is official and will be rolling out in the weeks to come.

Ford India sales tumble 32 pc to 15,033 units in October

Domestic sales were down 43.82 per cent at 4,218 units last month as against 7,508 in October last year.

1 Nov 2017 2:34 PM IST

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex-post facto approval to the trade agreement between India and Ethiopia.

Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval for India-Ethiopia trade pact

The pact was signed on October 5 during the state visit of the president of India to Ethiopia.

1 Nov 2017 2:19 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

A look at how India made it to top 100 economies on 'ease of doing...

Despite worrying economic parameters, India jumped 30 places to rank 100 on World Bank's list.

1 Nov 2017 1:55 PM IST

The VVIP chopper deal was cancelled in 2014 after Orsi was arrested on suspicion of paying bribes to secure the deal.

India clears $3.2 billion purchase of naval choppers

Defence acquisition council approved funding for the purchase of 111 multi-utility helicopters for attack missions.

1 Nov 2017 1:36 PM IST

Bharti Airtel Ltd is mulling phasing out its 3G service in two years and upgrading all its subscribers to the 4G network. (Photo: PTI)

Bharti Airtel shares soar 9.5 per cent despite drop in Q2 earnings

Bharti Airtel on Tuesday posted sixth straight quarter of drop in earnings as its consolidated net profit plunged 76.5...

1 Nov 2017 12:46 PM IST

GM was the top-selling automaker for more than seven decades until Toyota surpassed it in 2008.

Toyota domestic sales push up 6.45 per cent to 12,403 units in Oct

Company's popular models Innova Crysta and Fortuner continued to enjoy good growth in demand in the market.

1 Nov 2017 12:29 PM IST