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NEW DELHI:  What’s in it for me would be the prominent question racking the brains of many when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget on Monday. Be that as it may, the salaried class battered by the pandemic is…

CHENNAI: Who said you need an expensive cruiser to tour the country? Apparently, you don’t even need a detailed plan — to set out on a road trip, or navigate your way through life. “If you want to do something, you just got to go out and do…

NEW DELHI:  India’s core infrastructure sector contracted by 1.3% in December 2020, continuing its momentum of slide since lockdown, which they fear can drag down India’s recovery. The only time the sector saw some revival was in…

BENGALURU: : Royal Enfield on Friday announced the launch of its first standalone flagship store in Tokyo, Japan. Located in Suginami, Tokyo, the company, in a statement, said the store would have a complete range of motorcycles, apparel…

NEW DELHI:  India may witness current account surplus of 2% in FY21 after a gap of 17 years, according to The Economic Survey 2020-21 released on Friday. This feat will be achieved on the back of the country’s resilient software service…

New Delhi, Jan 29   The Indian government and the World Bank on Friday signed a $500 million Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Programme (STARS) to improve the quality and governance of school education in six states --…

New Delhi , January 30   The Economic Survey has compared those states that implemented Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) and those which did not and says it has reflected significant improvements in several health outcomes in…

Toronto, Jan 30 (Sputnik) - Canada’s economy is estimated to have contracted by a record-breaking 5.1 percent in 2020, the state statistics agency revealed. "This flash estimate points to an… approximate decline of 5.1 percent for the…

Mumbai, Jan 28 (UNI) The domestic stock market nosedived for the fifth straight day on Thursday, registering more than one per cent decline in the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty. The Sensex plunged 535.57 points or 1.13 per cent, to finish at…

New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it has become the country's first telecom operator to successfully demonstrate and orchestrate live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city. In a statement,…

New Delhi: Automobile major Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday reported a rise of 24.1 per cent in its net profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2020, owing to higher sales and non-operating income. According to the automobile…

Mumbai: Two US-based funds Avenue Capital/ARCIL and Aries SSG/ACRE have placed their bids to acquire RHFL as a Company. Banking sources added that Capri Global and Kotak Special Situation Fund have bid for retail assets. Lenders are…

New Delhi: As many as 450 infrastructure projects have reported a cost overrun of over Rs 4.28 lakh crore as of January 1, 2021, data from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation showed. According to the data, 558 out of…

New Delhi: Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) into India rose 13 per cent in 2020, backed by investments into the digital sector, said a report by the United Nations Conference of Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The growth in FDI into…

New Delhi: Riding on the stellar performance of iPhone 11 and XR, Apple for the first time doubled its smartphone market share in India to nearly 4 per cent in the festive quarter of 2020, a new report said on Monday. Despite arriving in…

Mumbai: Private lender Yes Bank has witnessed internal as well as external indicators of fast-paced economic recovery leading to pre-Covid operational levels. The bank's own financial performance has improved drastically. It has again…

San Francisco: After a decline in the pandemic-hit 2020, worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.9 trillion in 2021, an increase of 6.2 per cent from the previous year, according to the latest forecast by Gartner on Monday.…