She also encouraged the NDB to take appropriate steps to join the G-20 forum, along with the multilateral development banks and international financial institutions.

Now that the GOI has fixed the base price of sugar and most of the mills have set up distilleries too, to augment their business, the scenario has changed.

The state government, in its order, said that the employees' salary for six days every month would be deducted for the next five months.

India has firmly established itself as a net steel exporter in FY20 with total steel exports at 11.183 MT (31 % growth over last year) exceeding the total steel imports at 7.164 MT by 4.02 MT.

Crisil expects GNPAs for the financial year 2020 to remain at 9.5%. Considering the Covid-19 impact, Crisil has projected GNPAs in the range of 11-11.5% for the financial year 2021.

The Odisha government’s direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme for farmers, Kalia, which was announced a few months before the Assembly elections last year, may be curtailed and subsumed in the PM-Kisan scheme run by the Centre.

With the countrywide lockdown set to continue for two more weeks, banks have urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to extend the three-month moratorium on loans by another three months beyond May 31.

Indian manufacturing saw its worst contraction in April, as a nation-wide lock-down hit fresh orders and businesses cut staff at a record pace.

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee has recommended that India offer cash to the poorest 60% of its population and waive off loan repayments for small businesses in the June quarter, as he pitches for a large enough fiscal package to stimulate demand in the economy ravaged by the novel coronavirus crisis.

The section can attract a fine of Rs 1,000 or imprisonment up to six months.

Following the devastating flood in 2018, the state had collected a flood cess which had fetched Rs 308.68 crore to the state exchequer.

Born in Ait Lahcene, near the Kabylie capital of Tizi Ouzou, then part of French Algeria, he studied to be a geologist, but his life took a turn in 1973 when he was called up as a last-minute replacement on the radio to sing the Berber lullaby 'A Vava Inouva.'

There's not nearly enough original Arabic-language content online to keep young Arab kids entertained, so Syrian-born animation artist Reem Ali Adeeb and her sister Sandi set up Susupreemo, a YouTube channel designed to help Arabic-speaking kids weather the coronavirus lockdown through basic tutorials on drawing and such

Schneider and collaborator Ralf Hutter combined the German language lyrics with synthesisers and drum machines to create 'krautrock,' which won Kraftwerk a legion of musician fans, including David Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk and Kanye West

With the entertainment industry shut down by the virus, President Emmanuel Macron pledged to extend aid for out-of-work actors and performers until next year, and to set up a fund to help the paralysed film industry

Since 1998, Northern Ireland's murals have shifted from glorifying gunmen towards depictions of happy times. The tributes to frontline healthcare workers could be a similar sign old wounds are healing

The first Japanese automaker to win the title twice with a self-charging hybrid electric vehicle—the TS050.

The Indian passenger vehicle (PV) market is going through its worst phase in almost a decade, but Rajesh Goel, senior vice-president & director, Sales & Marketing, Honda Cars India, believes that as the festive season approaches, the market should revive.

Honda Cars implements new corporate identity for its dealer network.

Our next EV will be developed on the dedicated Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), and that car will be launched globally in early 2021. That platform will be used for Hyundai, Kia and Genesis EVs.

Becoming the youngest country also means that the demand for jobs will see a substantial growth, thus amplifying the challenges in the job market.

If you are looking for an entry level gaming laptop without spending too much, your best bets are laptops powered by NVIDIA’s new GTX 1050 or 1050Ti GPUs. These new GPUs are powerful enough to play AAA titles in Full HD resolution, but at low or medium settings. These GPUs are offered in entry-segment gaming laptops by almost all laptops makers, and some of these are already available in India. Here's taking a look at some of them.

The Congress has mandated that the H1-B visa has an annual limit cap of 65,000 visas during each fiscal year. Moreover, the first 20,000 petitions filed by beneficiaries having a US master's degree get an exemption from the cap.A few major changes Presently,…

The study of National Association of Foreign Student Advisers has the opinion that global students made a contribution of $39 billion to the US economy in the academic year of 2017-2018.The studyMoreover, it found that the economic activity of overseas…

Owing to the strict interpretations of rules which govern the H-1B work visa program Indian IT companies, as well as their customers, face a shortage of mid-level talent in the US.A major problemThere was a problem of talent at the entry-level in the…

The US administration is proposing an impressive increase in merit-based and legal immigration as an effort to change the obsolete systemCreating tax revenue of USD 500 billion Jared Kushner, The Presidential Adviser, stated that when the immigration…

US lawmakers and experts have shown their anxiety over the US immigration agency's growing demand for "irrelevant" or earlier furnished information to decide an H-1B application, causing a delay in work visa processing, popular among the high skilled …

A US court provided temporary relief to many Indians who live in America, and also has rejected the striking down, for now of the rule brought in by President  Obama – allowing the spouses of visa holders in H-1B category to work in the country. A…

The immigration policies of President are Uncertain and there is a desire by the people to vote in the forthcoming elections in November 2020, which are forcing many immigrants who reside in the US to seek its citizenship.The Current Figures8.34 lakh…

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AIMIM chief said Muslims gave their testimony of being patriots by choosing to remain in India but the prime minister is asking for proof of citizenship from that very community.

Amidst loud cheers and fluttering Tricolours and flags of the All Bodo Students Union, Modi asked the gathering — he called it the largest rally in independent India — in Kokrajhar in Bodoland Territorial Region to celebrate the peace and development accord that the government has signed with Bodo groups last month.

Australian High Commissioner Harinder Sidhu hopes India will revert decision to reject RCEP, warns against economies turning inwards, believes climate change role in bushfires bears examination, and admits that her Indian origins, especially Bollywood love, helped her

Commerce, energy secretaries & NSA are part of team to India

At present, different applicability thresholds exist for welfare provisions like creche, canteen, first-aid, etc. in different Acts.

Jaiprakash Dandegaonkar, ex-minister of state for co-operation, Maharashtra has been elected as the vice president of the association.

Ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain says CAA is a domestic issue, assures Paris is firm over FATF action against Pak, insists Rafale row was linked to Indian politics and that planes are on schedule, and hopes for ‘good news’ on the Jaitapur n-units

The DGCA has mandated that all aircraft need to be equipped with hand sanitisers, soaps and universal precaution kits to protect crew members who assist people.

The move comes in the backdrop of the government revising corporate norms to ensure that investors are not duped through fraudulent activities.

The state government, however, is reluctant to close down its own string of IMFL (Indian made foreign liquor) outlets, which net an annual revenue of Rs 14,508 crore.