Much before the pandemic mayhem and lockdown happened, Vanita Rathod, 32, a godown manager at Petlad town of Anand district, was sanctioned maternity leave. But first ‘janta curfew’ took place and then lockdown and Rathod saw things going beyond her personal discomfort.

The deadline for payment of electricity bills for March-April has been extended till May 30, the state government took the decision on Saturday. This is for power customers of all electricity distribution companies in the state.

While speaking to reporters this Saturday, Gujarat DGP Shivanand Jha said once again that the administration will deal most strictly with those who attack police and Covid frontline warriors.

Thanks to the unseasonal rain around Diwali, the extended monsoon and growing debt of farmers, non-performing assets (NPAs) among crop loans in Gujarat rose marginally by 3.2% in the third quarter of 2019-20.

Gold prices in trade today inched lower on cues from global rates. On the MCX, gold futures price for delivery in June declined by 0.24% or Rs. 111 to Rs. 46050.00 per 10 gm. On Thursday, on weak economic data, gold

Rupee on Friday opened with gains at 75.51 versus its previous close of 75.76 per US dollar. Notably, dollar index against a basket of major currencies fell 0.3% from a two-week high on Thursday.The home currency was last quoting at 76.37.

On Friday, shares of Asian Paints gained 2.7 percent before falling nearly one percent after a Bloomberg report said that Reliance Industries Limited is considering a stake sale in the country's largest paint maker. According to the report citing sources,

On Thursday, the Delhi government had launched an official website for its an e-token system under which customers would be given a specific time for purchasing liquor in the wake of violations of social distancing norms by people crowding such outlets.{image-liquor-1588223729.jpg

Shares of Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) gained over 3 percent on Friday after foreign portfolio investor Societe General picked up 1.29 crore shares of the 5.69 percent stake off-loaded by GSK on Thursday. British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Pte (GSK) and Horlicks sold

Moody's Investors Service on Friday estimated its GDP forecast for FY21 at 0% and FY22 at 6.6%. Also, at the same time it said that the country's sovereign rating upgrade from 'Baa2 negative' is unlikely to be made in the near

Reliance Industries shares in trade on May 8, 2020 jumped 4.5% to an intra-day high of Rs. 1579.7 per share. But the coronavirus-led stock market crash in March, triggered high-order losses in the stock of RIL which recorded its 52-week low

Earlier this week, the central government raised excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 10-13 per litre, however, it directed state-run oil marketing companies to not increase retail selling prices and chose to offset it against the sharp decline in

Benchmark indices ended the day higher, led by strong gains across global markets, including the Asian markets. Dow Futures also gained almost 1 per cent in trade after the NASDAQ recouped all its losses for the year and turned positive for

On Friday, SBI Cards and Payment Services posted a 66.41 percent fall in net profit at Rs 83.54 crore for the March-ended quarter from Rs 248.74 crore a year ago. The decline mainly points to a 138 percent jump in impairment

On Friday, Mahindra announced the launch of its end-to-end online car owning solution called "Own-Online." The SUV maker's network of 270 plus dealers and 900 plus touchpoints have been integrated into the website for real-time assistance, hygienic home test-drives and vehicle

As against the budget estimates (BE) for 2020-21, the government announced a raise in its estimated market borrowing from Rs. 7.8 lakh crore to Rs. 12 lakh crore. Giving the rationale, the government iterates that the Covid 19 pandemic has

The oil to telecom conglomerate while announcing its quarterly results ending March Fy20 approved a rights issue which is the first in 29 years to mop up Rs. 53,125 crore. So, here is a low down on whether or not

An immediate substantive stimulus is required from the Government in the form of support to the poor and support to industry especially the MSMEs, the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has said. "With economic activities being restricted for over 50 days

The gross borrowing programme announced by the government to the tune of Rs 12 lakh crores for FY 2021 is likely to see a sharp spike in bond yields, when markets open on Monday. The gross borrowing programme was originally pegged

After three high profile investments into Jio, as per a Bloomberg report 2 more companies are looking to buy a stake into the $65-billion digital arm of Reliance Industries. A Bloomberg report citing sources privy to the development said General

Despite salary cuts and job cuts, the inflows into equity mutual funds and SIPs was rather steady in the month of April 2020. Systematic Investment Plans or SIPs continued to attract decent investment. SIP inflows were pegged at Rs 8,376 crore

The CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes) has extended the period of re-registering charitable and religious trusts under the Finance Act 2020 to 1 October. In the view of the unprecedented outbreak of COVID-19 that has caused a humanitarian and economic

The Trump administration is working on placing a temporary ban on the issuance of some work-based visas like H-1B, which are popular among highly-skilled Indian IT professionals, as well as students visas and work authorisation that accompanies them, as unemployment levels

Reliance Jio to meet customers' work from home requirements of high data has launched new plans. Among them is an annual plan in which the telecom major is offering more data on a daily basis plus there are more add on

To support the estimated 63 million MSMEs which have been battered by the pandemic, CII has suggested a credit protection scheme for MSMEs whereby 60-70% of the loan should be guaranteed by the government, i.e. if the borrower defaults, government should

On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) received 4.8 times the notified bids at the auction of the new 10-year government security paper (G-Sec). These are scheduled to mature in 2030 and carry a coupon rate (interest) of 5.79 percent,

A group of senators have introduced a new legislation in the US Congress to grant 40,000 unused green card slots to foreign health care workers like nurses and doctors to meet the urgent need of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in their

The country's second largest private sector bank ICICI Bank in its fourth quarterly results reported a standalone profit of Rs. 1221 crore. In the year ago period, profit at the bank came in at Rs. 969.06 crore. Net interest income for

In order to help customers sail through the current unprecedented times wherein they might have suffered job loss or salary cut and may be in a difficult situation altogether when it comes to servicing of loan EMIs, leading car manufacturer Hyundai

Union Minister of Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri was interviewed by some media channels this week wherein he spoke of the preparedness from the ministry's side on restarting operations for passengers, however, there will be changes to the way people travel

The Delhi government has so far issued around 4.75 lakh e-tokens to buy liquor in the national capital, an official told PTI on Saturday. The e-token system was introduced by the government on Thursday evening in the light of long queues

Benchmark indices ended the week lower, with a near 6.3 per cent fall on the Nifty. The drop came largely on the back of a severe fall at the start of the week, after which the markets could not recoup those

Reliance Industries in a filing to the BSE on Saturday said the Rights Issue Committee comprising of the company's board of Directors has fixed May 14, 2020 (Thursday) as the record date for the company's rights issue. Record date is the

After a halt in service for considerable span starting March 25, Indian Railways is now slated to resume its passenger train services gradually from May 12. In a release on Sunday, the national carrier said the services shall begin at first

सुपरस्टार सलमान खान इस समय लगातार किसी ना किसी बात को लेकर चर्चा में बने हुए हैं और कोरोना वायरस को लेकर चल रहे लॉकडाउन में लोगों की मदद भी कर रहे हैं। भाईजान अपनी दरियादिली के लिए मशहूर हैं लेकिन

एक्ट्रेस कृति खरबंदा की सेक्सी पोल डांस वीडियो इंस्टाग्राम पर धमाल मचा रही है। इस वीडियो में फैंस को धमाकेदार स्टेप्स और अंदाज देखने को मिला है। ऐसा रेयर ही देखने को मिलता है कि कृति खरबंदा का ऐसा बोल्ड अवतार

बॉलीवुड में आज भी जब डांस की बात होती है तो एक ही एक्ट्रेस का नाम सामने आता है और वो है एक्ट्रेस माधुरी दीक्षित। उन्होने अपने करियर में एक से बढ़कर एक दमदार गाने दिए हैं। लेकिन इस समय माधुरी

नई द‍िल्‍ली: कोरोना वायरस की वजह से पूरा देश लॉकडाउन में बंद है। इसी कारण अब सब कुछ ऑनलाइन उपलब्‍ध हो रही है। खाने पीने के सामान से लेकर ट्रांजेक्श्न तक ऑनलाइन की जा रही है। खास बात तो ये है

नई द‍िल्‍ली: आज अक्षय तृतीया है। भारतीय इस दिन सोना खरीदना शुभ मानते हैं। लेकिन कोरोनावायरस महामारी की वजह से देश में 3 मई तक लॉकडाउन लागू है। इस वजह से सब लोग अपने घरों में बंद हैं। ऐसे में बाहर

नयी दिल्ली। ये वो समय है जब कोरोनावायरस की चपेट में आ जाने से पूरी दुनिया पर मंदी का खतरा बना हुआ है। जानकारों का अनुमान है कि कोरोना 100 से अधिक वर्षों की सबसे बड़ी महामंदी ला सकता है। कोरोनावयरस

नई दिल्ली। सभी लोग लखपति बनना चाहते हैं, लेकिन सही सलाह नहीं मिल पाती है, जिस कारण ऐसा होना लोगों को कठिन लगता है। लोगों को इसी दिक्कत को देखते हुए सेंट्रल बैंक ने लखपति बनाने वाली स्कीम चलााई है। सेंट्रल

नई द‍िल्‍ली: देशभर में कोरोना का कहर जारी है। कोरोना संक्रमण के बढ़ते प्रभाव को देखते हुए भारत में लॉकडाउन को 17 मई तक बढ़ा दिया गया है। तो अगर आप भी कोरोना संकट के इस दौर में अपनी सेविंग्स को

नई दिल्ली। आज मदर्स डे है और लोग सोच रहे हैं कि वह अपनी मां के लिए ऐसा क्या कर दें, कि उनके चेहने पर प्यारी सी मुस्कान आ जाए। भारत में महिलाओं का गोल्ड से प्रेम छिपा हुआ नहीं है।

சென்னை: ஏப்ரல் மாதம் மீனம் மாதமும் மேஷம் மாதமும் இணைந்த மாதம். சூரியன் மீனம் ராசியில் பாதி நாட்களும், மேஷம் ராசியில் பாதி நாட்களும் ஆக சஞ்சரிப்பார். ஏப்ரல் மாதம் மேஷம் ராசியில் சூரியன் உச்சம் பெறும் மாதம். இந்த மாதம் மகரத்தில் செவ்வாய் உச்சம், சனி ஆட்சி, குரு நீசபங்க ராஜயோகம், ரிஷபத்தில் சுக்கிரன் ஆட்சி

சென்னை: ஏப்ரல் மாதம் மீனம் மாதமும் மேஷம் மாதமும் இணைந்த மாதம். சூரியன் மீனம் ராசியில் பாதி நாட்களும், மேஷம் ராசியில் பாதி நாட்களும் ஆக சஞ்சரிப்பார். ஏப்ரல் மாதம் மேஷம் ராசியில் சூரியன் உச்சம் பெறும் மாதம். இந்த மாதம் மகரத்தில் செவ்வாய் உச்சம், சனி ஆட்சி, குரு நீசபங்க ராஜயோகம், ரிஷபத்தில் சுக்கிரன் ஆட்சி

சென்னை: இஸ்லாமியர்களின் புனித மாதம் ரமலான். இஸ்லாமியர்களின் காலண்டரின் ஒன்பதாவது மாதம் புனித ரமலான் மாதம். நிலவின் நிலைகளை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்ட சந்திர நாள்காட்டியை இஸ்லாமிய மக்கள் பின்பற்றுகின்றனர். அமாவாசை முடிந்து பிறை தெரியும் நாளில் இருந்து மாதம் தொடங்கும். இந்த ஆண்டு புனித ரமலான் மாதம் ஏப்ரல் 23ஆம் தேதி தொடங்குகிறது. மே 23ஆம் தேதிவரை

சென்னை: நமக்காக இரவும் பகலும் உழைக்கும் அம்மாவிற்கு நாம் தினந்தோறும் விழா எடுக்கலாம். அதை விடுத்து மே மாதம் 2வது ஞாயிறு அன்று ஒரு நாள் மட்டுமே அன்னையர் தினம் கொண்டாடி வருவது நியாயமே இல்லை. சூரியனிடம் இருந்து சந்தின் வெளிச்சத்தை பெறுவதைப்போல அம்மாவிற்கு ஆதாரம் அப்பாதான் என்றாலும் தன் ஒவ்வொரு விநாடியும் பிள்ளைகளுக்காக மட்டுமே வாழ்வது