Mumbai (IANS) The State Bank of India on Friday revealed the names of 10 new big-ticket firms and their top officials and declared them as “wilful defaulters”. The firms include players from pharmaceuticals, gems and jewelry, power, infrastructure, and other sectors, … read more
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) India’s plastic manufacturing industry has sought an increase in customs duty on unsafe plastic materials and finished goods in the full-budget 2019-20, which will be presented on July 5. According to the budget recommendations made to … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday inaugurated the his country’s Rivatex East Africa Ltd revamped with Indian help, the High Commission of India in Nairobi Rahul Chhabra said on Saturday. The once sick textile factory has been modernised … read more
Kolkata (IANS) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized 56 tonnes of black pepper of foreign origin worth Rs 3.92 crore in West Bengal as a part of the crackdown on attempts by organised syndicates to smuggle the Nepal-bound goods into India, … read more
Washington (IANS) The unemployment rate in the US remained at 3.6 per cent in May, although only 75,000 jobs were created, the government said on Friday. The US economy continued at a level close to full employment but the slowdown in … read more
Bengaluru (IANS) Signalling an end of an era, Indian IT industry czar and Wipro Founder Chairman and Managing Director Azim H. Premji, 73, will retire on July 30. His son and the company’s Chief Strategy Officer Rishad Premji will succeed him … read more
New Delhi (IANS) India’s new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman might not have revealed her plans to accelerate economic growth, but the avid Twitterati have been giving notes and advice about her next moves on the social media platform. Inundated with congratulatory … read more
Kolkata (IANS) Buddha Air, one of the leading airline companies of Nepal on Monday started its maiden flight from Kolkata to Kathmandu, an official said. “On its inaugural flight, 56 passengers arrived from Nepal’s capital city Kathmandu by flight number U4 … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Impacted by a consumption slowdown, India’s economy faces another peril, that of rising trade protectionism, which, along with tensions in the Middle East, will hamper merchandise exports and widen the trade deficit, as it did in April. The … read more
New Delhi (IANS) As the election results paved the way for the formation of a new government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several names have started doing the rounds for getting plum Cabinet portfolios. The name of Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, … read more