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Indian women face worse prospects in almost every aspect of their daily lives education, employment opportunities, health or financial inclusion.

India among nations with most conducive environment for financial...

As per the report India, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay and Mexico have the most favourable conditions for inclusive finance.

31 Oct 2019 3:06 PM IST

Reliance Jio has said it will launch Indias cheapest feature phone for an effective price of Rs zero. (Photo: PTI)

Jio says telcos have sufficient capacity to pay dues after SC verdict

Service providers have sufficient financial capacity to pay govt dues by monetising their existing investments and by...

31 Oct 2019 2:55 PM IST

Global rating agency Moodys Investors Service on Tuesday placed Yes Banks foreign currency issuer rating of Ba1 under review for downgrade.

Yes Bank stock zooms over 38 pc on USD 1.2 bn investment business

Shares of the private sector lender zoomed 34.94 per cent to Rs 76.65 apiece on the BSE.

31 Oct 2019 2:19 PM IST

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) spokeswoman Shawn Morgan declined to comment. The French government, Renaults biggest shareholder with a 15 per cent stake, also declined to comment.

Peugeot and Fiat Chrysler unveil merger of equals

Merger would be achieved via creation of a parent company in Netherlands in which the shareholders of each current group...

31 Oct 2019 2:14 PM 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)

No more FTAs signing in rush, assures Piyush Goyal

In terms of RCEP, I want to clarify that lots of wrong information are being spread, said Union Minister Piyush Goyal.

31 Oct 2019 12:54 PM IST

Onion, tomato are being sold at up to Rs 70 per kg, depending on the quality and locality, as per trade data. (Photo: File)

Onion, tomato prices continue to rule high at Rs 60-70/kg in Delhi

The data maintained by the Consumer Affairs Ministry also showed retail price of onion ruling high at Rs 55/kg in the...

31 Oct 2019 12:36 PM IST

The Department of Telecom (DoT) is likely to approve on Monday the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular that will create the countrys largest mobile service operator with proposed name of Vodafone Idea Ltd.

Vodafone Idea plummets over 9 per cent to hit 52-week low

Shares of Vodafone Idea slumped 8.66 per cent to Rs 3.48 apiece - its 52-week low - on the BSE.

31 Oct 2019 11:28 AM IST

Top gainers in the Sensex pack included SBI, Infosys, ITC, Sun Pharma, HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, rising up to 2.64 per cent.

Sensex hits record high of 40,345; Infosys, SBI rally 4 per cent

Inching closer to its all-time intraday high, Sensex was trading 0.55 per cent higher during early trade.

31 Oct 2019 10:13 AM IST

BS6 Honda CB Shine SP to get a power boost

BS6 Honda CB Shine SP to get a power boost

The upcoming Honda CB Shine SP bike will get fuel injection too.

31 Oct 2019 9:56 AM IST

The Sensex crashed over 505 points to slip below the 38,000-level as rupee woes and global trade war worries spooked investors despite the government announcing a slew of measures to stem a steep fall in the domestic currency.

Overall trend remains positive

The broader market also gained with BSE Mid Cap Index up 0.65 per cent and BSE Small Cap Index up 0.36 per cent.

31 Oct 2019 1:06 AM IST

Compared to e-commerce which has a user base of 90 million, social commerce has greater access to the larger vernacular audience of over 200 million, who are active on WhatsApp, Facebook or other social media sites.

Unicorns to come from social commerce

The new entities have also started grabbing attention of venture capital firms.

31 Oct 2019 1:04 AM IST

In first such initiative, Srei Equipment Finance Limited, an arm of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (Srei), has teamed up with United Bank of India to jointly offer loans to MSME sector and retail customers under a co-lending arrangement.

Srei, United Bank team up to offer MSME loans

The joint initiative is aimed at fulfilling the government's vision of making credit available to MSME and retail...

31 Oct 2019 1:00 AM IST