While the Centre is mulling a ‘Covid Cess’, some States are clamouring for payment of their GST dues

Asks pubs, clubs and hotels to clear existing liquor stock by May 17

Even though the recent e-meeting of SAARC nations was on Covid, it didn’t stop Pakistan from raising the Kashmir and CAA issues

Reacting to former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s statement urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold more discussions with State Chief Minister

The LG Polymers accident raises issues of culpability and industrial planning

The Government’s estimated gross market borrowing in the financial year 2020-21 will jump to ₹12 lakh crore against ₹7.80 lakh crore estimated in the

Soya oil at the mandis in Indore edged up on strong global cues with soya refined (Ruchi) being quoted at ₹802 for 10 kg, soya refined (Neemuch) at ₹7

Earnings from the Coonoor Tea Trade Association (CTTA) auctions in the first quarter (Q1) of current calendar have fallen by 28.17 per cent over the

Opposition parties in Karnataka demanded that Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa should push for a ₹50,000 crore special economic package from the Centre.S

The Madras High Court has ordered all State-run Tasmac liquor shops to be shut down till lockdown on May 17. However, online sales and home delivery h

Sovereign gold bondsThis is with reference to the editorial ‘Bonding with gold’ (May 8). The falling demand for gold is also due to people’s craze for

Opposition party leaders of seven parties, such as Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Manoj Jha and Thol Thirumavalavan, have written to President Ramnath Kovi

Why only big e-commerce companies have the luxury of having very expensive IT solution to run their businesses? A Hyderbad-based startup, ONGO Framew

Arvind Kejriwal is perceived to have betrayed them in North East Delhi where communal violence and Covid-19 has pushed residents into poverty and hunger

Top retailers have sought Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami’s intervention to allow them to restart operations.“We request you to allo

But Indian scientists studying monsoon pick holes in the US study

The government on Friday announced raising its borrowing by over 50 per cent of Budget Estimate during the current fiscal. Additional borrowing means

Hiring labourers from Bihar for paddy milling work

Malaysia, Philippines show interest; weak rupee makes country competitive

The country’s pharmaceutical exports increased 7.57 per cent in the financial year ended March 31, at $20.58 billion, against $19.13 billion in the

With an increasingly large share of the Indian workforce working from home (WFH) amid the lockdown, and with the trend expected to continue for the n

10 more Covid-19 cases today; 34 discharged

Say laws are amended to woo firms looking to leave China; fear exploitation of workers

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) Limited has received bids from project developers to supply round the clock power from renewable energy (RE)

Tech giant Google is set to add more 3D objects viewable right from the search results page on mobile, including Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit and anatom

The Finance Ministry on Friday allowed discounting of prolonged stay period in India for the purpose of determining residency status from the taxation

Milaap, considered as South Asia’s largest online crowdfunding platform, has collected nearly Rs 90 crore which will be used to help stranded migrant

Google will soon enable group calls for the web version of its chat app, Google Duo, the search giant said on Friday. “In the coming weeks, you'll be

Social media site Facebook announced on Friday that it is set to roll out its redesigned desktop website to all its users over the next few weeks. It

Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that State Government could ask the Centre for additional manpower for policing as the Mah

Microsoft has revealed that it plans to deliver a feature update (May 2020 Update) between May 26 and May 28, said a report in Windows Latest.Microsof

The company will soon integrate Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, and Gujarati

The World Health Organization on Friday said that a wholesale market in Wuhan, China had played a role in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in 201

Japan has asked India to allow Japanese companies to resume their work in India. This comes as India witnessed a surge in the number of coronavirus pa

Hyundai Motor India Ltd on Saturday said its factory near Chennai rolled-out 200 cars on the first day of production restart on May 8. The company ha

It was an action-packed week for the economy, as the government and businesses began to map out the way ahead. Catch up on BL’s key stories on the sub

Video-conferencing tool Zoom is releasing an update for its app today as part of its 90-day plan to enhance the tool’s security.In this new update, th

As many as 359 people arrived in Chennai early on Saturday from Dubai in two Air India flights as part of the government’s Vande Bharat Mission to br

US President Donald Trump cast doubt on the future of his Phase-1 trade deal with China, one of the biggest accomplishments of his first term, saying

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is currently working on a feature that will allow users to connect their WhatsApp account to multiple devic

In Maharashtra, there are enough supplies of cottonseed and there would no delay in seed disbursal to the farmers. Large-scale retail sales of the se

On Monday(May 11), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will hold a meeting with chief executives of Public Sector banks ( PSBs) and Chairman of State

Homegrown denim-wear brand, Spykar, will look to conserve cash; while temporarily putting on hold expansion plans as it looks at the business re-boot

Smartphone maker Lava has resumed production at its Noida factory after receiving permission from authorities to begin limited operations, the company

The global pandemic has resulted in schools being shut for nearly 3 months with no reopening in sight. The students in certain grades were promoted to

Mobile ATM stationed at Perianaickenpalayam and Vadavalli

At least sixty children were subjected to footage of child sexual abuse streamed into their fitness session on the Zoom video conference app. The clas

The Tamil Nadu government moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madras High Court order for closure of state-run liquor outlets on Saturday on the gro

The death toll due to Covid-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 in the country on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 death

Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) of Karnataka in its recent ruling mentioned that services for fees collection for tonsuring the heads of devotees,