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In March 2018, Asian Development Bank, signed a cooperation arrangement with the International Solar Alliance, headquartered in India, to promote solar energy deployment across Asia and the Pacific, particularly in South Asia. (Photo: AFP)

ADB committed highest-ever USD 3 billion in sovereign loans to India...

Manila-headquartered ADB committed several projects in India, including in Bihar, HP, MP, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Assam...

16 April 2019 5:28 PM IST

Facebook said that it will instead offer the traditional ways of verifying accounts such as a code sent to their phone. (Photo: ANI)

GAME, Facebook team up to help Indian entrepreneurs scale up

Phase I will be rolled out soon covering 10 states including Karnataka, AP, Telangana and Maharashtra among others.

16 April 2019 4:57 PM IST

The Reserve Bank of India on Monday fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 64.9287 against the US dollar and 79.6870 for the euro.

Dollar swaps can lower top 500 cos' interest burden by Rs 7000 crore

RBI had on March 26 conducted first of forex swap auctions raising USD 5 billion promising to pay back in rupees in...

16 April 2019 4:28 PM IST

Productivity in British low-paid jobs lags 20 to 30 per cent behind equivalent roles in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States.

Indians most worried about terrorism, jobs and corruption: Survey

What Worries the World is a monthly online survey of adults aged under 65 in 28 nations, including India, China, US...

16 April 2019 12:56 PM IST

The platform will invest in opportunities in the ports sector, and beyond sea ports into areas such as river ports and transportation, freight corridors, port-led special economic zones, inland container terminals, and logistics infrastructure including cold storage.

Exports grow 11 per cent in March; trade deficit narrows

Trade deficit narrowed to USD 10.89 billion as compared to USD 13.51 billion in the same month last year.

15 April 2019 7:59 PM IST

The Directorate General of Safeguards (DGS) has slapped a profiteering notice on Jubilant FoodWorks for allegedly not passing on GST rate cut benefit to consumers at its Dominos Pizza outlets.

Businesses with turnover over Rs 2 cr can now start filing GST audit...

GSTN has now made available offline utility of GSTR-9C which can be filled up by taxpayer and uploaded on the portal.

15 April 2019 6:42 PM IST

Partner merchants will be able to accept payments from customers using multiple payment methods including PhonePe wallet.

PhonePe crosses 2 billion transaction mark

PhonePe has achieved annual run-rate of USD 70 billion on transactions from its platform.

15 April 2019 6:33 PM IST

US Federal Reserves meeting tomorrow is expected to put gold on an upward trajectory and leave behind the interest rate narrative that has been controlling the price movement for quite some time.

Jewellers bat for standardisation in hallmarking of gold

GJC Chairman Anantha Padmanabhan said annual turnover of gem and jewellery industry is around Rs four lakh crore.

15 April 2019 6:23 PM IST

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

Rupee drops 25 paise to close at 69.42 vs USD

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, rupee opened at 69.07 a dollar and fell further to touch the day's low of 69.46.

15 April 2019 6:02 PM IST

L&T Finance NCD public issue size is Rs 1000 crore, with a base issue size of Rs 500 crore and an option to retain over subscription of up to Rs 500 crore.

NBFC-MFIs raise Rs 26,000 cr through securitisation in FY19

The securitisation route to raise funds increased to meet their growth targets in FY19, according to a report by rating...

15 April 2019 5:56 PM IST

Increase in gold imports pushed the countrys trade deficit to USD 94.32 billion in April-September 2018-19.

Gold falls by Rs 200 on muted demand, extends losses for 4th day

Sluggish demand from local jewellers and weak overseas cues weighed on the precious metal, said traders.

15 April 2019 3:50 PM IST

Productivity in British low-paid jobs lags 20 to 30 per cent behind equivalent roles in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United States.

KVIC created over 20 lakh new jobs in last five years: Vinai Kumar...

In 2018-19, the KVIC, the nodal agency of PMEGP, had been given a target of setting up 70,386 new PMEGP projects.

15 April 2019 3:13 PM IST