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December 8, 2016 2:35 PM
The India-UK Conference on Ease of Doing Business has been jointly inaugurated today by Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ramesh Abhishek and British High Commissioner Dominic Asquith in New Delhi.The two day conference will act as an opportunity to enhance the strategic bilateral partne...
December 8, 2016 1:05 PM
Japan's third-quarter GDP was weaker than thought with a 0.3 percent growth, revised data showed today, as reduced corporate spending held back the world's number three economy. The latest figures were lower than an initial estimate of 0.5 per cent growth in the July-September peri...
December 8, 2016 1:05 PM
The rupee jumped 19 paise against the dollar today on sustained selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid a higher opening in the domestic equity market amid foreign fund inflows. This was the third consecutive day of rise for the domestic currency. Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex r...
December 8, 2016 12:11 PM
China is likely to import more grains after its output this year fell by about 5 point 2 million tonnes compared with last year as the planting area shrank and per unit yield also decreased, according to official data.National grain output stood at about 616 million tonnes in 2016, down by about 5.2...
December 8, 2016 12:08 PM
China is likely to import more grains after its output this year fell by about 5.2 million tonnes compared with last year as the planting area shrank and per unit yield also decreased, according to official data.National grain output stood at about 616 million tonnes in 2016, down by about 5.2 milli...
December 8, 2016 11:17 AM
Government has asked banks to install 10 lakh additional Point of Sale, PoS terminals by March, next year in order to promote digital transactions across the country. A Finance Ministry statement said, banks have already placed orders for 6 lakh PoS machines and another 4 lakh are likely to be order...
December 7, 2016 5:26 PM
Global crude oil prices steadied, today, as investors waited to see if OPEC and Russia deliver promised production cuts. Brent crude oil futures were up just 10 cents, to 54.03 dollars a barrel. U.S. crude was up 15 cents, at 51.08 dollars a barrel. Oil prices had surged as much as 19 percent after ...
December 7, 2016 8:55 AM
To speed up small value online transactions, the RBI has relaxed norms for Additional Factor of Authentication, AFA for payments up to 2,000 rupees. Relaxing the norms for AFA requirement for transactions up to 2,000 rupees for online CNP (Card not present) transactions, the RBI said, only authorise...
December 6, 2016 8:43 PM
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that Oil and Gas Sector is emerging as a vehicle for Socio Economic change in the country. Inaugurating the Petrotech 2016 Exhibition at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Mr Pradhan said, over the years it has made efforts to provide affordab...
December 6, 2016 8:24 PM
India received over 300 billion US dollar Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) milestone between April 2000 and September 2016. Thirty three per cent of the FDI came through the Mauritius route, apparently because the investors wanted to take advantage of India's double taxation avoidance treaty...
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