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Why three of India's iconic state trading firms risk being shut down

While MMTC is just about managing to stay afloat for now, STC and PEC have posted losses long and hard enough for the Centre to call for their total shutdown

After Posco fiasco, South Korea eyes fresh investment imprint in Odisha

A clutch of Korean investors are keen on redrawing their investment contours on Odisha's soil

Now, a low carbon plan for Bhubaneswar where vehicles outnumber people

The growth in the count of registered vehicles points to a mounting dependence on private vehicles, clogging the city's arterial roads

Happy Diwali ahead for Noida home buyers: Builders can give possession soon

Rules state that if RERA does not issue possession certificate or raises concerns, the builders can start giving possession to buyers

14 out of 25 private sugar mills in Tamil Nadu not to start operations

Officials said sugarcane planting area had come down drastically in the state leading to poor capacity utilisation

ADB paints gloomy picture; cuts India FY20 GDP growth forecast to 6.5%

Abrupt declines in manufacturing and investment reflect uncertainty ahead of general elections, subdued lending by banks and other financial institutions, ADB said.

How CAT 2017 saw a rise in non-engineers in the 100 percentile club

This year two women and three non-engineers made it to the top 20 candidates with 100 percentile

Govt may set up GoM to expedite merger of three insurance companies

Frail financial health of firms, difference of opinion among depts creating a roadblock

Air India Asset Holdings, other PSUs line up Rs 20,000-crore bond issue

ONGC Petro Additions Ltd will issue later this week three-year three-month bond for up to Rs 500 crore

Corporation tax cut: Toyota plans to bring key global suppliers to India

Toyota may set up a separate entity for electric, hybrid vehicles

US-India trade deal very soon, says Donald Trump after meeting with PM Modi

US president says it will be great if PMs of India and Pakistan can 'work out something on Kashmir'

What bites music business in India? Time and revenue mismatch, says study

Streaming now brings in 70 per cent of the Rs 1,068 crore the industry made in early 2019

High Court breather for Andhra Pradesh renewable power companies

Dismisses panel formed to review tariffs for buying power

Hungry cows may lead to lower sugar output in Maharashtra this year

Farmers in Maharashtra are selling cane in the cattle-feed market for as much as Rs 3,500 ($49) a ton

Corporate tax cut to make India a hub of investment: Shaktikanta Das

In the biggest reduction in 28 years, the government on Friday cut corporate tax rate by almost 10 percentage points as it looked to pull the economy out of a six-year low growth

India's rice exports hit as Saudi Arabia makes quality rules stringent

Basmati exports to Saudi Arabia have declined to below 20 per cent in the financial year 2018-19 from over 26 per cent 2014-15.

Hyundai India net profit grows 21.5% in 2018-19 despite slow down

The company achieved its highest ever wholesale sales volume--of 52,001 units--in October 2018.

Coal shortage puts Rs 5 trn investment in power plants at risk: Official

S C Garg also said Coal India should be made professionally more efficient as importing 20 per cent of the coal requirement of the country is "untenable"

Still start-up season: Funding continues in face of economic slowdown

Even at early stage, start-ups are raising more money faster owing to the rise of a lot of specialised early-stage VCs and emergence of seed-stage programmes

Govt will maintain borrowing plan, likely sell Rs 2.68 trn of bonds: Report

A decision on the nation's maiden foreign currency sovereign bond sale, announced first in July, has not been made, the official said