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Diesel price cut by 20 paisa for second consecutive day, petrol unchanged

After the price revision, diesel sold at Rs 89.47 a litre in the national capital, 40 paisa lower than the record high of Rs 89.87 a litre

India's open e-commerce may quietly close another door for Amazon, Flipkart

An assault on the economics of digital platforms will possibly rank among the most far-reaching separations of platforms and commerce seen anywhere.

Export-focussed sectors express disappointment over RoDTEP rates

The industry associations representing these sectors rued that the rates are lower than what companies enjoyed under the now discontinued MEIS scheme

Railways may scrap first private train operations tender over viability

Rethink driven by poor response to the initiative, with only two bidders

India on track to meet Paris Agreement goals, says FM Sitharaman

COP26's Alok Sharma warms up to India's climate action; hopes India commits to a net-zero target by 2050

Vajpayee yrs set ground for UPA era economic growth: Shankar Acharya's book

Vajpayee's political achievement in greatly advancing economic reforms was perhaps even more admirable than Rao's, writes Shankar Acharya in his new book

Exporters want steel, pharmaceuticals sectors under RoDTEP scheme

The RoDTEP guidelines do not include sectors such as steel, organic & inorganic chemicals, and pharma under the scheme

India begins selling crude oil from strategic reserves in monetisation push

This is being done to make space for HPCL and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals, which will be leasing space in the ISPRL caverns for commercial use

India at BRICS meet: Aatmanirbhar Bharat a global initiative, says Goyal

Minister bats for widening the scope of NDB to strengthen social infra

Mandaviya launches Arogya Dhara 2.0 to increase reach of Ayushman Bharat

The minister launched three initiatives - Adhikar Patra, Abhinandan Patra, and Ayushman Mitra

Govt to rationalise rates of health benefit packages under Ayushman Bharat

Move will further encourage private sector participation in the scheme

India's exports rise nearly 40% in second week of August, shows data

Engineering goods witnessed the maximum increase during the week, owing to higher demand from US and Italy

GDP growth may be overestimated at 20% in first quarter, says Icra

It cautioned that the organised sector is expected to have gained at the cost of the less formal space during the first quarter of the current financial year

A look into the reasons for the strong personal income tax collection in Q1

In a quarter affected by the second wave, India saw record personal income tax collection at nearly twice that collected in Q1FY21, and 26% more than Q1FY20

After a subdued Q1, hotels seeing sharp month-on-month recovery

But that's only when one takes into account the year-on-year performance. The first quarter of last year was a washout for the sector due to the nationwide lockdown

Tourism Min signs pact with MakeMyTrip, Ibibo to boost hospitality industry

The Ministry of Tourism has signed a MoU with MakeMyTrip (India) Private Limited and Ibibo Group Private Limited as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen the hospitality and tourism industry

Top headlines: LPG price hiked; govt clarifies on discom loss levels

Business Standard brings you the top headlines this evening

COP26 President Alok Sharma warms up to India's climate action

British-Indian climate minister hopes India commits to a net-zero target by 2050

Indian economy rapidly normalising towards pre-pandemic levels: KM Birla

The Indian economy is rapidly normalising towards pre-pandemic activity levels, even as uncertainty exists about coronavirus mutations and repeated infection waves, Kumar Mangalam Birla said

Speculations of discom loss levels at Rs 90,000 cr grossly inflated: Govt

PAT figure for FY20 almost half of the negative Rs 60,000 crore projected by ICRA for FY20, says Ministry of Power