CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday hit out at the Narendra Modi government's economic policies and termed its decision to invest money from the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to bail out loss-making public sector companies as "another pathway to loot people"....
About a dozen companies, including technology major Infosys, which have active buyback programmes would benefit from the government's decision to not levy 20 per cent buyback tax imposed in this year's Budget. Announcing yet another set of incentives to boost the economy, Finance Minister...
Hit hard by a slowing economy and a brewing global oil crisis, the government on Friday announced a series of tax incentives to boost the industry and restart investment. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a lowering of corporate tax rate on domestic companies to 22 per cent subject to such entity not availin...
BSE Sensex surged over 1,500 points on Friday after the government slashed corporate tax for domestic companies and new domestic manufacturing companies among other measures. The Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange also crossed the 11,000 mark....
Governor Jay Inslee of the US state of Washington and Attorney General Bob Ferguson have vowed to challenge President Donald Trump's move to prevent some states from enforcing more stringent vehicle emission standards....
The Telangana government on Thursday announced a 28 per cent share in the profit of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) to its employees for 2018-19. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao announced in the state legislative Assembly that each employee will get a bonus of Rs 1,00,899, which is Rs 40,530 more ...
Finance MinisterANirmala Sitharaman on Thursday defended her decision to ban e-cigarettes after Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw questioned her authority to issue the ban. In a tweet, Shaw wondered why the decision on e-cigarette ban came from her and ...
Speeding up the sale process of public sector HLL Life Care, the producer of 'MOODS brand of condoms and 'HAPPY DAYS' sanitary pads, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has directed the health ministry to prepare the contours of transaction. It has directed the parent ministry to follow up the Corporate Affairs ...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced a new initiative aimed at ensuring decent job creation and protecting livelihoods to boost climate action and urged countries to join the project. The new 'Climate Action for Jobs' initiative, announced on Wednesday, will be ...
US equities ended mixed after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the second time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday rose 36.28 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 27,147.08. The S&P 500 increased 1.03 points, or 0.03 per cent, to ...
