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What is the Essential Commodities Act – the 65-year old act that FM Nirmala Sitharaman said will now be amended
Stock limits will be imposed only under exceptional circumstances like national calamities, fami…
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Indian government brings in a bill to bury the infamous retrospective tax that haunted Cairn and Vodafone for nearly a decade
In a bid to bury the ghost of retrospective taxation, the government on Thursday brought a bill in …
PTI
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Here’s what you can access during the 21-day lockdown across India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a 21-day nationwide lockdown starting midnight as the …
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Entities with up to ₹250 crore turnover, excluding exports, to be medium enterprises
Further widening the definition of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), the Union Cabinet on…
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Goldman Sachs: India's economy will shrink 45% this quarter and suffer a brutal recession this year
The bank's economists forecast a 5% decline in India's real GDP this year, the steepest drop since …
Shalini Nagarajan
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Nirmala Sitharaman wants NABARD to geo-tag cold storage facilities to make them more efficient
“India has an estimated capacity of 162 million metric tons of cold storage, reefer van faciliti…
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100 universities to go online, TV channels for students, special content for visually and hearing impaired - India's big boost for education during Covid-19
Under the PM e-Vidya initiative, today (May 17), the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announc…
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Indian firms can now directly list in foreign markets – there are a few more big changes to Companies Act
The Narendra Modi administration’s fifth set of reforms amidst the COVID-19 crisis included some …
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Foreign investors sold shares worth over a billion dollars in the last four trading days while India was unveiling its ₹20 lakh crore stimulus
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) remain unimpressed with Narendra Modi government’s ₹20 lakh cror…
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Raghuram Rajan says save people before saving the economy
“We need to spend money on medical supplies, ventilators, and masks — on getting protective equi…
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India puts a pause on new bankruptcy cases for a year — and other changes that will cap the rise in bad loans
"Any indebted situation that comes up because of coronavirus will not be considered as ‘default’ an…
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₹6,400 crore worth BS4 vehicles remain unsold due to Coronavirus
The Bharat Stage 6 or BS6 norms are set to be implemented from April 1, 2020 and as per a Suprem…
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Union Cabinet gives in-principal nod to divest Air India
The Group of Ministers will decide on the quantum of disinvestment, mechanism of divestment, ass…
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India lost ₹15 trillion trying to make ₹14 billion from tax surcharge on investors
Whether it is while buying a car or a house, or while making choosing a stock or a mutual fund over…
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Study in India program to turn the country into an education hub for foreign students
Stressing on improving the quality of education in India, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman annou…
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Inside the $2 trillion US economic stimulus— and what locked-down India can learn from it
Donald Trump's White House has reached a deal with the US Senate paving the way for a $2 trillion e…
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Bitcoin cash falls below $1,000 for first time since November
To make things worse for an already volatile market, India's finance minister Arun Jaitley, also sa…
Graham Rapier
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Ripple's XRP is down 80% from its January peak
Facebook helped to further the selloff on Friday, when the social network announced it would ban al…
Graham Rapier
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Ethereum sinks to its lowest level of 2018
"The wheels are coming off the bitcoin bandwagon," Neil Wilson, a senior market analyst with ETX Ca…
Graham Rapier
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Ripple's XRP tumbles to its lowest price in months
Neil Wilson, a senior market analyst with ETX Capital, says in an email: "The wheels are coming off…