GST Council meet on Thursday, to mull Centre's compensation default

New Delhi (IANS) The GST Council will meet here on Thursday to take up the single-point agenda of GST compensation to states affected by delays in the release by the Centre, a government official privy to meeting agenda said.

The meeting was…

PhonePe becomes India's fastest growing insure-tech distributor

New Delhi (IANS) Digital payments platform PhonePe which is focusing on financial services for driving growth said on Tuesday that it has emerged as the fastest growing insure-tech distributor in India.

In the last four months alone, PhonePe…

'Be Indian, Buy Indian' will help revive local consumption: Gautam Singhania

New Delhi (IANS) "I strongly believe in Be Indian and Buy Indian, and I think each one should make a conscious decision to buy products made in our country," said Gautam Hari Singhania, Chairman and Managing Director, Raymond Limited, Indias largest…

Sensex up over 200 points, Nifty above 11,400

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices traded on a positive note on Monday morning with the BSE Sensex gaining over 200 points.

Positive trends in the Asian markets supported the Indian indices. Healthy buying was witnessed in banking,…

New IBM India platform empowering banks to brave Cloud journey

New Delhi (IANS) For those financial institutions including banks in the country that are still hesitant to embark on a Cloud journey for complete digital transformation due to genuine apprehensions emanating from safety and regulatory concerns, there…

ICICI Lombard General to buy Bharti Axa's non-life business

Chennai (IANS) Non-life insurer ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company will acquire the business of Bharti Axa General Insurance Company Ltd. in a share swap deal.

In a regulatory filing late Friday, ICICI Lombard said the boards of the two…

Saudi Aramco continues to explore its India investment plan

New Delhi (IANS) World's largest oil company Aramco remains committed on its investment plan in India, including a $15 billion deal with Reliance Industries, even though Covid-19 pandemic has made life difficult for oil companies with suppressed…

Report highlights e-commerce is big in India's hinterland

New Delhi (IANSlife) India's non-metropolitan regions are showing a considerable presence in the race for online retail, suggests a new report by e-commerce focused SaaS platform Unicommerce. It has pegged e-commerce demand share of consumers…

All licensees allowed to deliver medicines at home since March

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the controversy over online delivery of medicines, it has emerged that the Union Health Ministry had given explicit approval for doorstep delivery of drugs through email since March.

This was done through a notification…

Spices exports rise to Rs 21,515.4 crores during 2019-20

Kochi (IANS) The exports of Indian spices and spice products surged to Rs 21,515.4 crores (US $3033.44 million) with a volume of 11,83,000 tonnes in 2019-20.

The spices export during 2019-20 exceeded the fixed target both in terms of volume,…