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Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg. Photo: PTI

Govt manages to meet revised fiscal deficit target of 3.4 pc of GDP

Revised target has been met with help of expenditure savings and other measures including rollover of fuel subsidy, said...

10 April 2019 3:07 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a slew of incentives to boost startup businesses, offering them a tax holiday, inspector raj-free regime and capital gains tax exemption as part of the startup action plan.

'India has world's 2nd largest startup ecosystem': youth delegate at...

India's young population is scripting remarkable success stories, said youth delegate Seema Pujani at an interactive...

10 April 2019 2:42 PM IST

Researchers exposed frog embryos and samples of mammalian neural crest cells to saline infused with e-cigarette vapour. (Photo: Pixabay)

India trade ministry says no legal basis to ban e-cigarette imports:...

India's USD 12 bn cigarette market is dominated by companies such as ITC, Godfrey Phillips.

10 April 2019 2:24 PM IST

Employees Provident Fund Organisation

Govt retains General Provident Fund interest rate at 8 pc for Apr-Jun...

GPF ratr will be applicable on provident funds of central government employees, railways and defence forces.

10 April 2019 2:10 PM IST

As per new IMF projections, Indias growth in 2016 is now estimated to be 6.6 per cent as against 7.6 per cent earlier. (Photo: AFP)

Some reforms in India show benefits of digitalisation: IMF

India have shown the benefits of digitalisation which has also reduced the opportunities for discretion and fraud, says...

10 April 2019 10:42 AM IST

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

Rupee rises 21 paise against dollar in early trade

The rupee opened strong at 69.26 at the interbank forex market then gained further ground and touched 69.09.

10 April 2019 10:03 AM IST

Opening on a weak note, the Sensex shuttled between 26,720.98 and 26,447.06 and settled lower 31.01 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 26,595.45.

Sensex, Nifty turn negative on weak global cues

The BSE Sensex was trading 11.68 points or 0.03 per cent lower at 38,927.54.

10 April 2019 9:53 AM IST

NASA is paying Boeing and SpaceX about USD 6.8 billion to build rocket and capsule launch systems to return astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil for the first time since Americas Space Shuttle program went dark in 2011. (Photo: AP)

Boeing shareholders sue over 737 MAX crashes, disclosures

The lawsuit seeks damages for Boeing stock investors from January 8 to March 21.

10 April 2019 9:49 AM IST

Crude oil was trading higher 0.68 per cent to Rs 4,139 per barrel in futures market on Thursday.

Oil edges higher amid tightening global supply, gains capped by...

US crude stocks rose by 4.1 million barrels in the week to April 5, to 455.8 million barrels.

10 April 2019 9:44 AM 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 likely to end independent India business with new Mahindra deal:...

Ford will form a new unit in India in which it will hold a 49 per cent stake, while Mahindra will own 51 per cent.

10 April 2019 8:50 AM IST

The share price of SBI slumped 3.79 per cent to close at Rs 304.45 as the quarterly numbers were below what the market participants had anticipated.

Following smaller peers, SBI cuts loan rates by marginal 5 bps

The new one-year marginal cost of funds-based lending rate is down to 8.50 per cent now from 8.55 per cent earlier.

10 April 2019 8:38 AM IST

The shake-up led to consolidation, with Vodafone Plc merging its Indian operations with Idea Cellular last year in a deal worth $23 billion.

Voda Idea expects Indus Tower stake sale in 3-4 months for Rs 5500 cr

The company expects that the money raised from the stake sale in Indus Tower and the Rs 25,000 crore rights issue.

10 April 2019 8:34 AM IST