New Delhi, March 23 (IANS): The government has decided to raise excise duty on petrol and diesel significantly, by upto Rs 8 per litre, to mobilise additional resources that would be required to fight the

Mumbai, March 23 (PTI): The Indian stock market suffered worst-ever single-day crash on Monday, with the benchmark indices plunging as much as 13.15 per cent, as panicked investors remained in sell-off mod

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS): The CGST Meerut team has busted a major racket of fake GST invoices of Rs 1,708 crores used for claiming refunds of Input Tax Credit (ITC) worth Rs 281 crore. A chain of

New Delhi, March 23 (IANS): The Reserve Bank of India has extended the priority sector classification for bank loans to NBFCs for on-lending during FY 2020-21 so as to provide continued liquidity support t

The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman to seek economic relief for the restaurant industry in view of the disruption caused by the coronaviru

Air India 787-800 Dreamliner plane being given a ceremonial shower at the Newark airport on Aug. 15, 2016. Air India launches Ahmedabad - Newark direct flight service at Newark Airport on August 15, 2016.

Commuters walk past a bank sign along a road in New Delhi on November 25, 2015. (REUTERS File Photo)     MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, March 23 (Reuters): The Indian government has asked all state-o

New Delhi, March 22 (IANS): India Inc its seems has geared-up to take on COVID-19 and aide the country's crusade against the dreaded virus.   Accordingly, many companies have found a "business purpos

New Delhi, March 22 (IANS): To support the country's distressed airline sector due to the economic fallout of Covid-19, fuel retailer IndianOil will now revise jet fuel prices on a fortnightly basis. &n

Mumbai, March 22 (PTI): The Reserve Bank is virtually being run from a war-room at a city facility manned by just around 90 critical staff as the nation's monetary authority works to insulate the financial

A customer tries to look into a Yes Bank branch in Mumbai. (REUTERS File Photo)     New Delhi, March 21 (IANS): As it comes across now, misselling by Yes Bank executives lured thousands of re

A woman in a protective mask is seen at Andreas Grocery store after it received a delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, March

New Delhi, March 21 (IANS): To contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the country, the Indian Railways has asked the passengers not to come immediately to the reservation counters to cancel the

Commuters sit on the doorstep of a moving train in New Delhi, June 16, 2017. (Reuters File Photo)   New Delhi, March 20 (IANS): In the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal for a 'janata curf

Union MoS Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel meets Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, to review the economic impact of ‘COVID-19’ on Tourism Sector, in New Delhi on March

Bank unions call off March 27 strike.(IANS File Photo)   CHENNAI, MARCH 20 (IANS): Two major unions in the banking sector - All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) and All India Bank Offic

NEW DELHI, MARCH 20 (IANS): With malls, shops, commercial establishments and retail stores being shut amid growing new coronavirus scare in India, leading etailers like Amazon and Flipkart have a

Anupam Tiwari, student of SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur who has developed app named CoronApp.   Chennai, March 19 (MExN): A student of SRM Institute of Science and Technolog

NEW DELHI, MARCH 19 (IANS): The government may use the current low oil prices to further increase excise duty on petrol and diesel to raise additional resources required for keep rising deficit under check

BENGALURU, MARCH 19 (IANS): E-commerce major Flipkart has pledged to give delivery workers leave with full pay and benefits if they contract COVID-19 or are placed under quarantine.