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Asian Paints shares closed 3.42 per cent higher at Rs 1,477.15 on the BSE.

Paint industry sees a faded festival

The industry sales had grown by over 15 per cent last year after the government reduced the GST for paints from 28 per...

7 Sept 2019 1:30 AM IST

A high powered committee has asked insurance regulator to examine the issue of linking premium with traffic violations.

Traffic challans may up your insurance premia

Panel to suggest how to link offences with premiums.

7 Sept 2019 1:30 AM IST

The agreement to launch this programme was signed on September 4, 2019 by Professor C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University and Mr. David L. Heckman, Senior Director, Global Partnerships, Aresty Institute of Executive Education at the Wharton School in the University of Pennsylvania.

OP Jindal Global University students to study business, finance...

55 students will represent JGU at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in July 2020.

6 Sept 2019 6:27 PM IST

Considering the fact that the national unemployment percentage rate is 6.1 per cent, the laggard states led by Nagaland, Goa and Kerala have double the percentage of unemployed persons. (Representational Image)

Apr-Jun sees 13 pc rise in job seeker's background screening cases:...

According to background screening firm First Advantage, such verifications help in weeding out negative resources.

6 Sept 2019 3:37 PM IST

Highways Ministry has asked the NHAI to enable all toll lines across NH network to process FASTag before December as it plans to allow only tagged vehicles to use the toll lanes.

Half of toll collections to come via e-transactions

Only one lane on each side will allow cash payment. This will further increase tag issuance.

6 Sept 2019 1:46 AM IST

Microfinance is growing at 48 per cent CAGR in the last five years, there is still room for growth given that microfinance penetration is 25 per cent of the addressable market, KPMG India national head (Financial Services) Gayathri Parthasarathy said in the report. (Photo: Representational)

HFCs take a beating after RBI's repo diktat

Banks are grappling with high deposit costs and are also burdened with about $150 billion in stressed assets.

6 Sept 2019 1:42 AM IST

Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari. (Photo: PTI)

No intention to ban petrol, diesel vehicles: Gadkari tells auto...

The government is putting all the efforts to bring the London transport model.

5 Sept 2019 1:34 PM IST

ATF accounts for a substantial chunk of the operational expenses incurred by airlines.(Representational Image)

30 flights cancelled at Mumbai airport, 118 delayed

IndiGo suspended operations due to paucity of manpower on Wednesday night, a source said.

5 Sept 2019 1:02 PM IST

Women leaders to discuss the latest trends, challenges, and success stories across industries.

Women entrepreneurship summit hosted by TiE Delhi-NCR to celebrate...

The Day promises to be a treat for all women entrepreneurs with an interesting & inspiring lineup of sessions on...

5 Sept 2019 11:31 AM IST

The government was forecast to set a fiscal deficit target of 3.6 per cent of GDP for 2020-21, up from 3.3 per cent targeted for the current year, the poll found.

RBI makes mandatory for banks to link retail loans with external...

A move aimed at ensuring faster transmission of policy rate cuts to borrowers.

5 Sept 2019 10:49 AM IST

Revenue growth for the beleaguered auto components sector would halve in next two fiscals due to a steep decline in domestic vehicles sales.

India's economy suffers car crash, pain spreads to villages

According to industry estimates, automakers, component manufacturers and dealers have laid off about 350,000 workers.

5 Sept 2019 9:40 AM IST

The story of Indias agricultural takeoff began as the nation was forced to import a record 20 million tonnes of grain in 1964-66. (Photo: DC/Representational Image)

Cauvery Calling: A lucrative plan to increase farmers' wealth

We want to bring agroforestry to the entire Cauvery basin, which is about 83,000 square kilometres.

5 Sept 2019 5:42 AM IST