Though expected a little later, Indian rupee has plunged to its lowest today touching Rs.81 per US dollar, amid gloomy prospects of markets around the world in view of a steep rise in interest rates by the US Federal reserve by 0.75 percentage points, vowing to further hike in the future. On Thursday, experts expected […]
Indian benchmark indice Sensex fell by 800 points as of 01:30 p.m. on Friday. which is at 58,314.78 points or 804.94 (1.36%) points down from the previus day, revealing the deep impact caused by the US Fed Reserve decision to hike interest rates steeply and its pledge to continue further to tame the inflation. Nifty […]
Following uproar among IT companies on many workers indulging in moonlighting, Wipro had warned against it and now took stern action firing 300 employees for moonlighting with its key rivals at the same time. Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji said in Wednesday that the “reality is that there are people today working for Wipro and working […]
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday announced that Starlink, the satellite Internet division of his rocket company, is now active on all the continents, including Antarctica, connecting the entire world on one internet provision at a speed of around 50-200 Mbps. On the microblogging site Twitter, Musk wrote, “Starlink is now active on all continents, […]
Sep 17 (IANS) Aiming decriminalisation of offences, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Saturday issued revised guidelines for compounding of offences under the Income Tax Act, 1961 with reference to various offences covered under its prosecution provisions. Some of the major changes made for the benefit of taxpayers include making the offence punishable under […]
Sep 16 (IANS) The British pound slumped to a 37-year low on Friday after new data showed that shoppers are pulling back spending as inflation squeezes household budgets, underscoring fears that the economy may already be shrinking, media reports said. The currency fell below $1.14, its lowest since 1985, after the Office for National Statistics said […]
Equities market was falling sharply on Friday during the afternoon trade due to heavy sell-off in IT, PSU Banks, Auto stocks following weak Asian markets on concerns of global recession, dealers said. At 2.10 p.m., Sensex was down 1050.03 points or 1.75 per cent at 58,883.98, and Nifty was trading 326.56 points or 1.83 per […]
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has now become the world’s second richest man, replacing Bernard Arnault on the Forbes list with a net worth of $155.5 billion. The revised Forbes Real Time Billionaires List says Adani’s net worth rose by $5.2 billion, or by 3.49 per cent and slidly ahead of French tycoon Bernard Arnault and […]
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) After six stressful and tough learning months, Byju Raveendran is back in the game, consolidating the loss-making acquisitions like WhiteHat Jr and optimising the rest, while doubling down on opening more physical tuition centres. According to him, “the worst is finally over” and there is only “growth ahead” as seen in […]
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) Aiming to facilitate the ease of doing business and reduce compliance burden on small companies, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revised the threshold for paid up capital for such companies. The government has taken several measures in the recent past towards ease of doing business and ease of living for […]
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) The Lina Khan-led Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has announced a new policy to tame gig economy companies and platforms in order to protect all kinds of delivery partners/online cab drivers from unfair contracts, pay and hours. The FTC approved a new policy by a 3-2 vote, saying that “protecting […]
Hong Kong, Sep 16 (IANS) Chinese conglomerate Tencent has laid off all of the editorial staff at Fanbyte, an online gaming publication owned by it. Some of the staff members at Fanbyte posted their ordeal on Twitter, saying the website’s editor-in-chief, head of media, features editor, social editor, news editor, graphic designer, podcast producer and […]
Chandigarh, Sep 16 (IANS) The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, is causing loss to the exchequer by not issuing invoice to the consumers for eatables sold within trains, a tax consultant said on Friday. In a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Chandigarh-based tax […]
An Ahmedabad citizen got a lottery of not a few hundreds or lakhs, but Rs 11,677 crore in his demat account only to be taken back in a few hours. The money was in his account for more than eight hours. Ramesh Sagar has been investing in the stock market for the last five to […]
Sep 15 (IANS) Cloud major Oracle on Thursday said its India business saw a tremendous growth in the first quarter of FY23, with the Oracle Cloud Unit (OCI) clocking over 100 per cent growth (year-on-year) for the third year in a row. In India, the OCI is growing at 25 per cent quarter on quarter (QoQ) […]
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has met the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in New Delhi today. Both the dignitaries have discussed the various ideas to further strengthen the close and unique India-Bhutan friendship. Shri Modi has also conveyed his appreciation for the guiding vision provided by successive Druk Gyalpos in shaping relations […]
Jakarta, Sep 14 (IANS) Representatives of G20 countries have agreed to introduce an assessment instrument to measure how far each country’s policies have accommodated the needs of people with disabilities. The agreement was concluded at the Sixth G20 Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting in Bali, which mainly discussed inclusive job opportunities. “We aim to ensure that […]
A new bank scam has come into light before a Delhi court which on Tuesday ordered a court-monitored investigation. The scam involving among other public sector banks, the State Bank of India, runs into Rs 800 crore, allegedly involving an infrastructure company director. The FIR in this regard was registered by the Delhi Police’s Economic […]
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (IANS) Jennifer Larson is the new Consul General of the US in Hyderabad. She previously served as Deputy Principal Officer at the US Consulate General in Mumbai and as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for India. “I couldn’t be more excited to be here in Hyderabad. I’ve spent the last five years working on […]
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) India has listed its priorities ahead of assuming the G20 Presidency for a year from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023. In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs said: “Our G20 priorities are in the process of being firmed up, ongoing conversations inter alia revolve around: Inclusive, […]