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The Body Shop recently unveiled a giant artwork of a female Indian waste picker in Londons Borough Market. This has been made by using recycled plastic collected by waste pickers in Bengaluru.

Muted growth seen in plastic exports

The Y-o-Y growth in plastics exports is expected to remain tepid at best, finds a report by Drip Capital.

27 Sept 2019 1:24 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Asian Age)

Economy looking up; no liquidity crisis: FM Sitharaman after bankers...

I heard good things, positive thing, she said, and added that 'the message I got is that consumption is happening.'

26 Sept 2019 10:31 PM IST

A representative image of a Public Sector Undertaking or PSU. (Photo: PTI)

Govt to appoint global consultant to sell surplus land of PSUs

The government is at present on the look-out to tap newer sources of revenue as it tries to address the country's...

26 Sept 2019 10:12 PM IST

Rupee strengthened by 28 paise to close at 70 against the dollar on Thursday.

Rupee darts up 16 paise to 70.88 against USD as Trump dangles trade...

Robust buying in domestic equities, fresh foreign fund inflows and easing crude prices also lent support to rupee, forex...

26 Sept 2019 6:26 PM IST

Deepak Parekh of HDFC.

All macros favouring India, companies should pass on tax cuts to...

Our tax rates have become very competitive with government's move to lower corporate tax rates, said banker Deepak...

26 Sept 2019 5:17 PM IST

Gold was available for $2 premium over and above the landed rate 15 days back. After the steep rise, it is now available for a discount of $14 per ounce, said Suresh Hundia, former President of the Bombay Bullion Association.

Gold, silver plunges on weak global trend

Silver also dropped by Rs 1,580 to Rs 47,235 per kilogram from Rs 48,815 per kilogram on Wednesday.

26 Sept 2019 5:00 PM IST

LICs stake went up in seven Sensex companies during Q4. They are: Bajaj Auto; Mahindra & Mahindra; Kotak Mahindra Bank; HDFC Bank; ONGC; Coal India; and ITC.

Sensex rallies 396 points on F&O expiry, firm global cues

After rallying 565 points during the day, the Sensex ended 396.22 points, or 1.03 per cent, higher at 38,989.74.

26 Sept 2019 4:09 PM IST

Govt to take call on relief in income tax at appropriate time: Thakur

There has been a clamour for raising income tax exemption limit to push demand and consumption to boost economy.

26 Sept 2019 3:36 PM IST

The investment in Pittsburg-based Argo AI, founded by former executives on self-driving teams at Google and Uber, will make Ford the companys largest shareholder.

Ford to end independent operations in India, Mahindra to lead the JV:...

The two companies have for months been structuring the deal to create a new entity in which Ford will hold a 49 per cent...

26 Sept 2019 3:11 PM IST

The Code on Occupational Safety, Health, and Working Conditions Bill, 2019 in parliament is expected to be introduced in the Budget session of Parliament, under Union Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar. (Photo: ANI)

Labour Ministry mulls incentives for encouraging employment of SC, STs

The employer is incentivised for increasing the employment base and a large number of workers find jobs.

26 Sept 2019 2:14 PM IST

Though Dubai depends less on oil income, fluctuations in crude oil prices have affected all sectors of its economy. The slowdown took its toll on the small and unorganised sectors in the form of unpaid outstanding dues for companies, unpaid wages for workers and large scale job losses.

Crude oil futures up on global cues

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude contract for October traded higher by Rs 4, or 0.1 per cent, at Rs 4,005 per...

26 Sept 2019 12:56 PM IST

Asserting that all its loans are fully secured, suspended PMC Bank managing director Joy Thomas stated that one large account - HDIL - was the sole reason for the present crisis that led to the regulatory action on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

PMC Bank has enough liquidity, depositors' money fully safe, claims...

RBI has capped cash withdrawal at Rs 1,000 per customer during this period and banned the bank from any fresh lending.

26 Sept 2019 12:49 PM IST