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Share of drugs under price control dips in domestic pharma market

India follows a market-based mechanism for determining ceiling prices of medicines that are a part of the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM)

Satya Nadella, Mukesh Ambani talk changing landscapes of digital India

72 per cent software jobs are outside tech industry, said Nadella

PM Modi 'tough negotiator', we will reach a fantastic deal: Trump at Motera

Announces signing of a $3 billion defence deal in Delhi on Tuesday

Trump's India visit: Pradhan, US energy secy discuss strategic partnership

The meeting was attended by the US and Indian energy firms

Trump's India visit: Indo-US energy relations set to touch a new high

Under the deal, India is to get a share in natural gas from the proposed Driftwood project in Louisiana

'Best, most feared military equipment': Trump announces $3-bn arms sales

"We make the greatest weapons ever made - aeroplanes, rockets, ships, missiles. We make the best and we are dealing now with India," said Trump

Coronavirus: Evaluate airlifting China consignments, Centre asks industries

The India Manufacturers' Association of Information Technology (MAIT) has welcomed the move

RBI receives Rs 1.23-trn bid for Rs 25,000-cr long-term repo operations

In the auction for three-year maturity liquidity operations made last week, the RBI had received bids worth Rs 1.94 trillion for Rs 25,000 crore on offer.

Farm loan waivers must be targeted; amounts should be released quickly: Das

Such write-offs of loans affect the capability of farmers to access debt for the next season in time, the RBI governor added

India's garment industry has missed the 'coronavirus' bus. Once again

The virus in China and a withdrawal of EU concessions to Cambodia offer two major opportunities for Indian garment exporters - but none of them are in a position to gain

Cash is king, digital is divine: RBI talks digitisation post demonetisation

Digital payments in the country have witnessed a growth (CAGR) of 61 per cent, it said

Govt asks telcos to submit supporting documents on AGR self-assessment

The ministry, which is implementing the companies law, also said the new web form would facilitate on-screen filing and real-time data validation for seamless incorporation of companies

India, US in discussion for a 'fantastic' trade agreement, says Trump

The US president said that commerce between the two nations has increased by more than 40 per cent

To boost industrialisation, Yogi government to set up 'Invest UP'

UP to replicate Invest India and Gujarat's iNDEXb models

AGR: Nobody wants to kill telecom sector, says SBI's Rajnish Kumar

There has been a flurry of meetings in the national capital between senior official of the telecom firms and the government over the past week

GAIL to invest Rs 1.05 trn to create infrastructure for gas-based economy

India currently consumes some 160 million standard cubic meters of gas per day and the consumption has to rise to 600 mmscmd to reach 15 per cent share in the energy mix

Govt allots 650,000 tonnes of unused sugar export quota under MAEQ scheme

India has exported 3.8 million tonne of sugar during 2018-19 marketing year against the mandatory quota of 5 million tonne

India will become premier digital society: Mukesh Ambani at CEO Summit

He said the big change driving this transformation is the deepening of mobile networks which are working at a much faster pace than before

Odisha expecting GST compensation grants of Rs 6,200 cr for FY21

State GST is the single largest component of Odisha's tax revenue

IITs & IIMs launches new consortium to support entrepreneurs, innovation

The new venture is named as 'Innovation-Venturing and Entrepreneurship in India Network (iVEIN)