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Climate crisis cooks up costly meals: Why your 'thaali' could be on fire

As the climate blows cold and hot, it puts wheat, milk, coffee, and even Hilsa in peril

Payments banks bat for new model, pin hopes on lending licence amid stress

Payments banks can receive deposits of up to Rs 2 lakh per customer, but cannot lend

Signs of stress: India Inc feels the heat of Iran-Israel conflict

Industry executives nervous about rising freight cost, longer delivery time

Centre begins early preparations for new World Bank Business index

Interministerial meetings underway with DPIIT to get a head start on B-Ready, due for 2026

Outward foreign direct investment by Indian companies stabilises in FY24

In terms of commitments for equity, the amounts continued a downward trajectory to $8.15 billion in FY24 from $8.62 billion in FY23 and $13.39 billion in FY22

Net direct tax collection surpasses RE in FY24; corp tax receipts a miss

Exceeds estimates by 0.7% to hit Rs 19.58 trn

Centre plans to extend PMSBY claims deadline for informal workers

Between August 2021 and March 2022, close to 270 million workers had registered on the e-Shram portal

India will be able navigate even if global tensions increase: Hardeep Puri

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri discusses India's oil economy management amid escalating West Asia tensions and affirms BJP's strategic electoral stance in Punjab

Direct tax collections jump 18% to Rs 19.58 trn; exceed estimates in FY24

With this, the gross tax collection target as per the revised estimate stood at Rs 34.37 trillion for FY24

India's fresh formal job creation slowed to three-month low in February

In what suggests some robustness, nearly 67 per cent of the total new EPF subscribers belong to the 18-28 age group, a cohort mostly comprised of new entrants to the labour market

Govt aims to make India attractive for manufacturing, services: Sitharaman

She was responding to a query on American tech billionaire Elon Musk postponing his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Electric vehicle plant to spacetech: All eyes on X ahead of Elon Musk visit

Elon Musk is expected to meet PM Narendra Modi and announce that Tesla will set up a car and battery plant in India. He may push plans to launch Starlink's broadband services

Indian Railways to run 43% more trains to combat the summer rush

National transporter says it's running 43% extra trains this year

RBI's monetary policy committee refuses to drop its guard on inflation

"We should stay the course and remain vigilant', says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

Poor storage infra at OMCs hurting supplies, say grain ethanol makers

Ethanol is produced largely from sugarcane-based molasses or grain-based sources as feedstock in India

EPFO considers higher minimum wage cap 10 years after last hike

Even the Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), which provides healthcare benefits to workers and comes under the administrative control of the labour ministry

Rupee hits new intraday low, bond yields surge amid geopolitical tensions

The yield on the newly issued 10-year bond has risen by 6 basis points since its issuance

Andromeda plans Rs 1 trillion loan disbursal in FY25 as demand rises

The home loan business of the company surged to approximately Rs 33,918 crore in FY24, up by over 22 per cent from Rs 27,798 crore in FY23

Special Courts with sessions judges can try offences under IBC: SC

The High Court had observed that the objective of the legislature was not to burden a special court comprising a sessions judge with trials under the IBC

Need to preserve success on inflation control on durable basis: Das at MPC

The Reserve Bank on Friday released the minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Friday