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LIVE: West Bengal govt extends existing Covid restrictions up to Jan 15

Restrictions related to the movement of people and vehicles between 11 pm and 5 am shall be relaxed for Christmas and New Year celebrations

The PM should move talent to ministries that have direct bearing on supply

Economics, to be meaningful, has to be about micro markets and it must go back to microeconomics. So must governments.

Samco MF aims to mop up Rs 5,000 crore from debut Flexi-fund NFO

The fund will use a metric called active share" that shifts from traditional benchmarking and focuses on heavily stress tested" companies

India's economy likely to grow 10.5% in FY22, 9% in FY23: Credit Suisse

For the current financial year too, the brokerage anticipates growth to be higher than the consensus forecast of 8.4-9.5 per cent

RBI leaves rates unchanged, says economy better prepared to deal with Covid

Central bank maintains FY22 GDP forecast at 9.5 per cent and projected retail inflation to be at 5.3 per cent.

Marine minerals will be key to country's future economy: Union Minister

Marine minerals from coastal and ocean sources will be key to the country's future economy and metals like nickel and cobalt will play an important role in promoting renewable energy technologies needed to fight the climate change challenges, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said. Singh was addressing scientists and students while inaugurating new building facilities at CSIR-IMMT (Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology) here. Highlighting that India has emerged as one of the frontline nations in marine scientific research under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Singh who is the Minister of State (independent charge) for Science and Technology, said the country is now actively engaged in exploring the resourceful ocean bed for meeting the country's future energy and metal demands. The Deep Ocean Mission' initiated by the Modi government heralds yet another horizon to various resources to enrich the Blue economy', Singh said. Steps are being taken for close coordination and ...

India faces 'extreme pain', aspirations dashed: economist Abhijit Banerjee

The Nobel laureate was sharing his observations from a recent visit to West Bengal.

Global effort needed to regulate tech like cryptocurrency: FM Sitharaman

India's government has listed a Bill for Parliament's winter session, seeking to ban all private cryptocurrencies.

LIVE: CA arrested by ED in Mumbai in Rs 1,100-cr money laundering case

ED arrested Ravi Kumar, a Chartered Accountant (CA) at HAR Associates, Delhi on Nov 27

Services activity grow robustly in Nov as price pressures intensify

The Services Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by IHS Markit, eased to 58.1 in November from 58.4 in October.

LIVE: Bengaluru Omicron case a doctor, his 5 contacts test Covid positive

Two people have been found positive for the Omicron variant of Covid in Karnataka

LIVE: At least 23 countries have reported cases of Omicron, says WHO chief

Several WHO advisory groups have met over the last couple of days to evaluate the emerging evidence, says Tedros Adhanom

India's Nov factory growth hits 10-month high, rising on strong demand

An easing of Covid-19 restrictions drove demand and boosted sales, indicating the economy was on the path to normalization.

RBI likely to raise rates, tighten monetary policy: Goldman Sachs

Companies is India have been seeing a pressure on their margins as supply side constraints and global commodity prices increase input costs.

Indian economy likely picked up in Sept quarter before Omicron spread: Poll

Reuters survey of 44 economists projected GDP data will show 8.4% year-on-year growth: the fastest among major economies.

GST Council must realise that lower rates lead to better compliance

The finance minister, as the Council's Chairperson, must convince states to bring more items down from the 18 percent and 28 percent slabs.

BRICS nations need to strengthen coop to support economic recovery: CEA

He also underlined the need for strengthening international cooperation

Credit growth of banks recovers; festivals help demand: Ratings agency

Bank credit grew by 180 basis points from the year-ago level of 5.1 per cent in the fortnight ended October 23, 2020: CARE.

Covid LIVE: Europe could face another 700k deaths by next spring, says WHO

WHO Europe called on people to get vaccinated and respect proper hygiene and practice social distancing to help stop the spread of the virus

Quick economic reform in India depends on quicker political reform

Every political party when it is in power realises that the absence of simultaneous elections along with the presence of the Concurrent List, make reforms difficult.