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Will govt meet its fiscal deficit target? Bond traders are too skeptical

The central bank in August already approved a record Rs 1.76 trillion ($24.4 billion) payout to the government

Jain Irrigation Systems cut to 'selective default' by S&P Global Ratings

The company missed certain principal payments under its working capital facilities and S&P sees a "high likelihood" that the firm would be classified as a nonperforming asset by its bankers

Economics Nobel celebrates laureates for asking the right questions

The Nobel Prize just awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer is the second in five years to be won by development economists

Govt plans to train women across villages to combat water crisis

Inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene cost India around 0.8 per cent of its gross domestic product, according to the World Bank

Economics is changing: A Nobel for 3 pragmatic poverty-fighters shows that

A popular conception of economists is that they're the high priests of the free market, downplaying the role of government and giving short shrift to the needs of society's poorest

Can paying poor nations to admit refugees solve the mass migration puzzle?

The deeper analysis of why immigration policy is so hard to fix deserves close attention

Johnson's Brexit hangs with a thread as European Union seeks more time

With 17 days before the UK is due to leave the EU, Johnson repeatedly pledged to "get Brexit done," as he spoke in Parliament on Monday

UPL ordered to pay $31 mn to US-based AgroFresh in patent infringement case

UPL said in a statement it's disappointed in the verdict and will appeal

US poised to impose sanctions on Turkey as Syria incursion escalates

The Trump administration leaving open the option of penalties aimed at military transactions, arms exports and energy shipments to the Turkish military

Investors bet big on HDFC Bank stock despite severe lending crisis

HDFC Bank's market value has surged over $21 bn in the past year

SoftBank Group, Ant Financial likely to invest $2 billion in Paytm

Paytm has in a decade become India's biggest digital-payments brand

Indian-American Abhijit Banerjee, two others win 2019 Nobel economics prize

"This year's Laureates have introduced a new approach to obtaining reliable answers about the best ways to fight global poverty," the academy said in statement

Total to buy 37% stake in Adani Gas for $600 mn to expand India footprint

The deal will give Total access to India's natural gas market and support its drive to become one of the world's top LNG players

Rate cuts may help sovereign bonds post modest gains despite fiscal woes

Bond Bulls in India Bet on Rate Cuts to Counter Fiscal Worries

A year into India's #MeToo movement, here's how the cases have played out

For five of India's most prominent accusers, the price has been steep

Even soaring onion prices may not stop RBI from delivering more rate cuts

Onions have a weight of 0.6 per cent in the overall inflation basket and contribute about 10 per cent to the vegetable basket

World Bank says slowdown in India is severe, cuts GDP forecast to 6%

Growth is expected to gradually recover to 6.9 per cent in 2020-21 and to 7.2 per cent in the following year, it said

US manufacturing output hits 10-year low as world slowdown widens: ISM

Treasury yields plummeted, the dollar erased gains and US stocks swung to losses after the report

Hong Kong's retail woes deepen as violent protests deter Chinese shoppers

Retail sales forecast for Hong Kong have fallen 14 per cent in August from a year ago and hotel occupancy rates have slid to 66 per cent from 94 per cent in August 2018

Dismal start to US automobile sales sounds alarm that collapse is here

The severity of the slide stokes fears that a long-anticipated car sales collapse may be arriving