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2016 overall was a watershed year for Indian real estate. (Representational Image)Business
Fitch gives stable outlook to realty market; unsold stock to drop

Unsold inventory for a sample of seven large developers increased to Rs 668 billion at the end of 2016-17.

20 Nov 2017 4:58 PM IST

Prices of eggs have skyrocketed in the past month owing to a surge in demand with the result that eggs have now become almost as costly as chicken. (Photo: AP)Business
Egg prices shoot through the roof! Cheaper to eat chicken now

This unprecedented rise in prices has been attributed to the recent surge in vegetable prices.

20 Nov 2017 10:00 AM IST

Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler has said that he finds the demonetisation rollout \deeply flawed\ and the introduction of Rs 2,000 notes \puzzling\. (Photo: AFP)Business
Note ban rollout 'deeply flawed', launch of Rs 2,000 notes 'puzzling':...

Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler's response comes as a reply to his student Swaraj Kumar.

20 Nov 2017 9:05 AM IST

The finance ministry has asked banks to be vigilant to ensure that wilful defaulters are prevented from buying same stressed assets again. (Photo: PTI)Business
Finance ministry asks banks to prevent defaulters from buying stressed...

It has been brought to the notice of the ministry that some wilful defaulters are making bids to buy assets cases...

19 Nov 2017 6:33 PM IST

The Multi-agency Group, so far, has submitted seven reports to the government about its investigation on Panama Papers.Business
Panama Papers: Taxmen slap criminal charges under anti-black money Act

Sources said the tax department has ordered fresh assessment and also re-assessment of the income of these entities.

19 Nov 2017 6:20 PM IST

Total funds kept by all foreign clients in the Swiss banking system, as per an analysis of the latest figures compiled by the Swiss National Bank as on 2016-end.Business
Swiss parliamentary panel nods auto info exchange with India on black...

The proposal will now be submitted for approval from the Council of States, in the winter session.

19 Nov 2017 4:23 PM IST

Aadhaar is a 10-digit unique identity given to almost every Indians.Business
210 central, state govt websites made Aadhaar details public: UIDAI

The UIDAI took note and got the Aadhaar data removed from the said websites, it said in reply to the RTI application

19 Nov 2017 3:04 PM IST

Reserve Bank of India, RBI, is a banking regulator. It also calculates and fixes repo rate. (Photo: AFP)Business
Govt seeks Rs 13,000-cr surplus from RBI: Economic Affairs Secy

In August, the RBI had paid a dividend of Rs 30,659 crore for the fiscal ended June 2017.

19 Nov 2017 1:10 PM IST

Indian Railways is not looking at more funds in the upcoming Union Budget for 2018-19 as it is focused on monetising assets within, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said. (Photo: PTI)Business
Railways not to seek more funds from Union Budget: Piyush Goyal

The Budget that Jaitley presented on February 1 this year broke the tradition since 1924 of having a separate railway...

19 Nov 2017 12:43 PM IST

A man gets his retina scan done at an Aadhaar enrollment centre. (Photo: PTI)Business
UIDAI allows banks to hire staffers, machines for Aadhaar kendras

Until now, banks had to procure enrolment machines on their own and place their own employees for the job of data entry.

19 Nov 2017 12:21 PM IST

Earlier, the government had fixed August 20 as the last date for filing GSTR-3B forms for July. (Photo: File/Representational)Business
GSTN to launch facility for businesses to edit Aug, Sept GSTR-3B

The initial sales return in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime is filed by businesses in form GSTR-3B.

18 Nov 2017 6:44 PM IST

Chidambarams statement comes close to the heel of appointment of former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma as interlocutor for J-K by the Modi government. (Photo: PTI/File)Business
Chidambaram mocks govt's sudden love for Moody's

Moody's had on Friday upgraded the sovereign ratings by a notch to Baa2 with stable outlook.

18 Nov 2017 4:38 PM IST

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