Economy & Policy News
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July 01, 2020, Wednesday
Biden to accept Democratic presidential nomination at mostly virtual Wisconsin convention
Former US vice president Joe Biden would formally accept his Democratic presidential nomination at the party's scaled back ...
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July 01, 2020, Wednesday
S Africa begins continent's first trials for COVID-19 vaccine
A resident from the sprawling Black township of Soweto, south of here, has become the first South African to be injected with a ...
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July 01, 2020, Wednesday
Cong leaders speak out over border tension with China
Amid reports of Chinese build-up at the border, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said India should force China ...
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July 01, 2020, Wednesday
Coronavirus LIVE: Uttar Pradesh Covid-19 cases cross 24,000-mark
Coronavirus latest news: Global tally of coronavirus cases is now 10,591,079, while more than 5.79 million have recovered, and ...
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June 12, 2020, Friday
RBI asks rating agencies to use social media, AI to catch stress signals
Rating agencies meet RBI top brass, seek access to Central Repository of Information on Large Credits (CRILC) maintained by ...
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June 12, 2020, Friday
How long did India's per capita GDP take to recover after 1918 pandemic?
The OECD recently said the world hasn't seen such an economic crisis in a century
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June 12, 2020, Friday
First InvIT by govt entity set for launch; NHAI files application with Sebi
Senior officials told Business Standard the projects being offered under InvIT would mainly be ones constructed on ...
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June 12, 2020, Friday
Study says global poverty may surge to over 1 billion, warns Asian nations
The research by King's College London and the Australian National University points to poverty increasing dramatically in ...
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June 12, 2020, Friday
India's forex reserves near $500 bn, but RBI won't let rupee rise: Experts
Analysts say the central bank is enhancing reserves to guard against a likely downgrade in India's credit rating or to ensure a ...
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
Economy in safe hands; worry not, Mr Guha, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani also responded to Guha's tweet saying that Indians would not fall for "tricks" of dividing ...
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
Foreign investment in food processing up 44% to $904 mn in 2019-20
The sector had received FDI worth $628.24 million in 2018-19
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
Average monthly rating downgrades rise 22% amid Covid-19 pandemic: ICRA
The rating agency said that from its rated portfolio, while the number of downgrades has increased, upgrades have nearly dried up
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
Irdai issues guidelines for standardisation of indemnity health products
Policyholders can cancel their policies at any time by giving a 15 days' notice to the insurer and the company has to refund ...
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
High chances of child labour increasing in aftermath of Covid-19: CRY
CRY organised an e-consultation to underscore how the Covid-19 pandemic will affect the situation of child and adolescent labour ...
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
A new bad bank won't help unless existing problems are sorted: CEA
Krishnamurthy Subramanian also says India's sovereign rating being maintained and stable outlook by S&P is good news, considering ...
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
Tamil Nadu explores possibility of becoming a drone manufacturing hub
The State Development Policy Council has conducted a discussion on setting up of the corporation, to explore the possibilities of ...
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
Big realtors to launch mid-level housing projects to improve cashflow
Mumbai-based Oberoi Realty for the first time is looking at launching a sub-Rs 1 crore apartment project in Thane, on the ...
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
Gadkari bats to exclude bio-stimulant industry from strict license norms
Industry divided over move to include it under Fertilizer Control Order, with some wanting fewer clearances, others, no control ...
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June 11, 2020, Thursday
ITC refund will be allowed for certain supplies even without invoice: CBIC
GSTR-2A is a purchase return auto-generated by the GST system based on the transaction between a business and its supplier.
