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The combined effect of all this is that cement demand growth would taper to around 4 per cent in FY20 from 13.3 per cent in the previous fiscal.

Cement demand fails to pick up on multiple woes

In the northern and central regions, demand remained tepid due to slowdown in execution of government projects and...

28 Nov 2019 1:35 AM IST

In 2017-18, UAE imported 21 per cent of Indias total cashew exports and became the largest importer of the nut.

Emirates offers Indian cashew delicacies to pax

Nearly 22 per cent of this revenue comes from cashew exports to the UAE, where Emirates is based.

27 Nov 2019 2:34 AM IST

Barriers for increased womens workforce participation is found relatively more in semi-urban and rural areas.

Women's employability sees uptick

But if that reflects or indicates closing the gender gap on a sustainable basis remains to be seen.

27 Nov 2019 2:29 AM IST

In the international market also, gold prices were trading higher at USD 1,502 an ounce and silver at USD 17.71 per ounce.

Citigroup cuts gold's three-month target

Gold has fallen from its annual high of $1,580 an ounce to the $1,460 levels now.

27 Nov 2019 2:23 AM IST

The ETC will become functional at 370 toll plazas across the country by October 31.

Congested NH tolls set to continue

According to the June quarter data of Worldline India, 52.2 lakh tags have been issued at the end of the quarter.

26 Nov 2019 1:21 AM IST

The Indian government has in recent years faced public ire for not releasing comprehensive jobs data regularly.

India's urban unemployment rate slows in March quarter: report

The urban unemployment rate of the January-March quarter compared with 9.9 per cent in the preceding quarter.

23 Nov 2019 1:13 PM IST

Dussehra sales had disappointed the jeweler fraternity. However, they hope to see the latent demand for gold to support Dhanteras sales this time.

Will work with gems, jewellery industry on import duty demand: Goyal

The industry is demanding cut in gold import duty to 4 per cent from the current 12.5 per cent.

23 Nov 2019 1:05 PM IST

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved 77 projects amounting to Rs 418.06 crore for all the 12 cities. (Photo: Twitter@MoHUA_India)

Hriday scheme on slow beat, just Ajmer gets full allocation

The industry is of the view that the government should ensure faster implementation of its schemes and projects.

23 Nov 2019 1:46 AM IST

The domestic value addition of appliances and consumer electronic (ACE) products like air-conditioners, audio, refrigerators, TVs, and washing machines is likely to grow to 54 per cent by FY25, finds an industry body.

Domestic value additions to go up to 54 per cent

The Consumer Electronics and Appliances Manufacturers Association (Ceama) finds that domestic value addition stood at 34...

23 Nov 2019 1:24 AM IST

Compared to e-commerce which has a user base of 90 million, social commerce has greater access to the larger vernacular audience of over 200 million, who are active on WhatsApp, Facebook or other social media sites.

Nearly a fourth of white goods sales seen going online by 2023

Festive season sales have heavily contributed to the growth in the market share from 3 per cent to 11 per cent between...

23 Nov 2019 1:20 AM IST

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened strong at 70.55, registering a rise of 26 paise over its previous close of 70.81. (Photo: DC)

Investments via P-notes rise in Oct after registering fall for 4...

The total value of investments via P-notes in the Indian markets rose to Rs 76,773 crore till the end of October.

22 Nov 2019 1:13 PM IST

The Delhi Court on Wednesday sought the Centres and tax authority CBDTs response on a plea opposing the requirement of quoting Aadhaar number or linking it with PAN in e-filing tax returns.

SC issues notices on plea challenging Aadhaar data usage by private...

The case will be heard along with the petition challenging the ordinance on the same.

22 Nov 2019 12:52 PM IST