Six items taken out of the 28% GST tax bracket: Jaitley

New Delhi (IANS): Computer monitors, TV screens, video games, lithium-ion power banks, retreaded tyres, wheelchairs and cinema tickets are among products and services set to get cheaper as they have been removed from the highest 28 per cent bracket…

India's forex reserves down by over $613 mn

Mumbai (IANS) India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves depleted by $613.9 million during the week ended December 14, official data showed on Friday.

According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s a weekly statistical…

Sensex falls nearly 700 points amid weakness global markets

Mumbai (IANS): Weakness in the global markets and the domestic currency due to the US Fed rate hike along with profit booking pulled the Sensex down close to 700 points on Friday.

BSE Sensex settled 689.60 points or 1.89 per cent lower at 35,742.07…

Banking services hit as officers go on strike

Kolkata (IANS): Banking services across India were affected on Friday as over 3.2 lakh bank officers struck work demanding unconditional mandate for the 11th bi-partite wage revision talks.

ATM operations in some parts of the country were also…

Markets open in red on Friday

Mumbai (IANS): The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Friday opened on a negative note during the morning trade session.

The Sensex of the BSE which had closed on Thursday at 36,431.67, opened on Friday at 36,449.27, touched a high of 36,450.36…

Odisha has been ranked as "Top Performer" in the State Startup Ranking-2018

Bhubaneswar (IANS) Odisha has been ranked as "Top Performer" in the State Startup Ranking-2018 organized by the Department of Industrial Promotion and Policy (DIPP) of the Central government, said an official statement on Thursday.

10 lakh bankers to strike work on Dec 26 against mergers

Chennai (IANS) With the failure of conciliation talks, about 10 lakh bankers in private and government banks will go on strike on December 26 protesting against the merger of Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank, and Vijaya Bank, the All India Bank…

LinkedIn hires Mahesh Narayanan as Country Manager for India

New Delhi (IANS): Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn on Thursday announced the appointment of Mahesh Narayanan as Country Manager for India.

Narayanan will assume his new responsibilities from January 7, 2019, said LinkedIn…

Facebook sued over Cambridge Analytica data scandal

Washington (IANS) Washington DC's top prosecutor is suing Facebook in the first significant US move to punish the firm for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine filed…

Sensex up 150 points over sliding crude oil prices

Mumbai (IANS): Amid mixed Asian cues and falling crude oil prices the benchmark Sensex extended its early gains to 150 points during the afternoon session of the trade on Wednesday.

Apart from the export-oriented IT and pharma stocks all other…