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With China shut, govt exploring alternative sources of supply

MoS Som Prakash took note of problems raised by various sectors; strategy to be prepared to deal with problem

Low crude price: It’s not Advantage India, with demand laid low by virus

Government has to get its act together to reap the benefits in the long term

Global corporate earnings to drop 10% in 2020: Citigroup

Earnings of major global companies could fall 10 per cent this year, Citigroup analysts said, as fears of an economic slowdown intensified after a ...

SEZs seek continuation of I-T benefits beyond March 31

FinMin not likely to agree to an extension, says official

Indian manufacturing firms rank big data, predictive analytics as top investment priority: EY

Big Data and predictive analytics continue to capture the attention of manufacturers in India, with about 66 per ranking these technologies as the top ...

India says it will not accept limits on farm input subsidies at WTO

Argues that developed countries need to prune their trade distorting subsidies first

Hindustan Zinc divestment: SC seeks CBI’s probe

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the CBI’s response on providing a copy of its probe report closing the preliminary inquiry into the ...

Cabinet green signal for amalgamation of 10 public seco banks

On course to meet April 1 implementation date, says FM Sitharaman

Global air cargo demand slips 3.3 per cent in January

Global air cargo demand has seen a dip of 3.3 per cent in January 2020, compared to the same period in 2019 according to International Air Transport ...

Expect lower salary increments in 2020: Deloitte survey

Companies in India are likely to give an average salary increment of 7.8 per cent to employees for 2020, according to the inaugural edition of ...

Indian importers from China facing coronavirus heat; to discuss problems with govt

Commerce Minister to meet industry, export councils today to discuss both challenges and opportunities

Delay in land acquisition, tight liquidity conditions ‘holding up’ road projects

Despite financial closures improving, land acquisition issues have delayed 60 per cent of road projects. The main reasons can be attributed to the ...

Bring in more efficient, adaptive tech to smoothen working of PFMS: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday asked civil accounts officers to focus on bringing in more efficient and adaptive technologies to ...

India’s crude steel production drops 3 per cent to 9.3 million tonnes in January 2020: Report

The world’s largest steel producing country, China, reported a crude steel output of 84.3 MT in January

Core sector output up 2.2% in January on higher coal, refinery, electricity production

The output of eight core industries grew 2.2 per cent in January compared with the same month last year. The higher output came on the back of more ...

11 ‘REMCs’ to be commissioned today

In what would be a milestone event for the renewable energy industry, eleven ‘Renewable Energy Management Centres’ (REMC) are to be inaugurated on ...

Car sales to stabilise in 2020 due to stimulus measures, discounts: Moody’s

Car sales in India are expected to be relatively flat this year after plunging 11.8 per cent in 2019 amid slowing economic growth, as per Moody’s ...

CCEA approves National Mission for Technical Textiles with allocation of ₹1,480 crore

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the launch of the National Mission for Technical Textiles with a total allocation of ₹1,480 ...

India's economy likely grew 4.7% in December quarter: Poll

Indian economic growth likely accelerated a touch in the October-December period after its weakest expansion in over six years in the previous ...

US surpasses China to become India’s top trading partner

US is one of the few countries with which India has a trade surplus

We need managers’ help to roll out schemes in rural areas: Goyal

AIMA felicitates BL columnist Harish Bhat, RS Sodhi, S Ramadorai

Australia to promote premium food, consumer products in India through online store

Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham to announce tie-up with Amazon India next week

India pushes for ‘permissible’ fishery subsidies at WTO

Members hold ‘extreme’ positions on exemptions for developing countries

As meat-eaters chicken out on coronavirus scare, poultry sector recovery may be hit

Rumours, fears hit chicken consumption; farmgate prices drop

Make India a leader in seed world, Tomar tells industry

Companies to get more time to study proposed Seed Bill

‘Poor infra, excess vehicle capacity hurting transport sector in North-East’

Speedy project completion, better roadside amenities are a must, say panellists at transport meet

Coronavirus could damage global growth in 2020: IMF

The coronavirus epidemic could damage global economic growth this year, the IMF head said Sunday, but a sharp and rapid economic rebound could ...

India needs urgent structural reforms: IMF

India urgently needs more ambitious structural and financial sector reform measures and a medium-term fiscal consolidation strategy due to the rising ...

India, US yet to resolve issues for trade deal

No clarity if pact will be signed during US President’s visit this month: Sources

Textile industry told to diversify to polyester to boost exports

Ravi Capoor, Secretary (Textiles), has urged the industry to diversify to polyester textile products to boost exports.His advice follows the ...

Trends in MSME sector growth in Tamil Nadu

Most MSMEs in Tamil Nadu were set up by entrepreneurs who said that they had the skill and motivation to set up and run a unit but a fifth of the ...

Electronics industry fears supply disruptions, production cuts, price rise due to Coronavirus

With the Coronavirus in China showing no sign of abating, and parts of the country being stranded under quarantine, India’s electronics industry is ...