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Shares of oil marketing companies (OMCs) crashed on the bourses on Wednesday, reacting to the decision of the central government to hike excise duty by Rs 10 per litre on petrol and Rs 13 per litre on diesel.

In a relief to Sunil Bhari-led Bharti Airtel, the Delhi High Court has allowed the telco to rectify its GST returns for July 2017 to September 2017 and thus claim refund of Rs 923 crore, which was denied earlier by the tax department.

West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) is likely to seek bank guarantee from the state to take fresh loans so that it can meet salary expenses for its 18,000-odd workers for May.

The steep hikes on auto fuel taxes - Rs 10/litre on petrol and Rs 13/litre on diesel – announced by the Centre late Tuesday won’t inflate the retail prices of these fuels immediately.

The Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a severe blow to the already grounded and insolvent Jet Airways. About 40 people who were a part of Jet’s asset preservation team were let go earlier this week.

The union said it was unfair to direct BSNL alone to buy local 4G equipment, largely untested and of substandard quality, from inexperienced companies while letting private operators buy from global players.

During the period, around 2.7 crore Post Office Savings Bank transactions were carried out involving more than Rs 40,000 crore, while 1.3 crore India Post Payments Banks (IPPB) transactions were carried out worth Rs 2,854 crore.

Persistent Systems will not implement salary cuts, large-scale layoffs or furloughs but they may, at best, be deferring the wage hikes scheduled to take place in July, Sapre said.

The company is currently addressing the upgrade and downgrade requirements of customers, based on demand.

SaaS major Zoho has introduced targeted programmes and tools to help businesses and communities severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic

HCL Tech's revenue grew 16.3 per cent to Rs 18,587 crore in the March 2020 quarter, from Rs 15,990 crore in the year-ago period.

The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a massive blow to the hirings trend in the last month with the employment rate slipping by a massive 62% as compared to last year.

Your liquor may now soon start getting delivered by Indian food delivery company Zomato as the company aims to branch out into delivering alcohol.

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: All the government services like clearances, issuing licenses, approvals etc. should be online and time-bound. The onus of delay should be on the officer concerned and be made liable for payment of damages for causing delays.

The OnePlus 7T Pro is still a potent buy even after the launch of the OnePlus 8 Pro.

LG Polymer plant uses raw material styrene to make its products, which is highly flammable and releases a poisonous gas when burnt.

India is seeking to lure US businesses, including medical devices giant Abbott Laboratories, to relocate from China as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to blame Beijing for its role in the coronavirus pandemic.

"ArcelorMittal recorded a net loss for quarter 1, 2020 of USD 1.1 billion... as compared to a net loss for quarter 4, 2019 of USD 1.9 billion and a net income for quarter 1, 2019 of USD 0.4 billion," the company said. 

After Vivo and Xiaomi, Samsung is also kicking off an online to offline sales strategy.

Trade, import and export for MSMEs: For India to benefit from the relocation of factories and companies from China, the MSME sector is likely to play a key role. This is particularly for food product manufacturing sector where India lacks competitiveness in exports.

With the country remaining under a lockdown due to coronavirus, the supply chain of essential goods has been disrupted, but, the same has also presented the government with an opportunity to identify and plug those gaps.

A founder leaving a large internet company hasn’t been a very common move in the Indian startup ecosystem. Nonetheless, in a similar instance, Zomato’s co-founder Pankaj Chaddah had left the company in 2018 after 10 years.

Oil prices in the international markets last month slumped to a two-decade low of USD 18 per barrel before rebounding by some measure.

The Uttar Pradesh state government has lifted the ban on production and retail of nicotine and tobacco-less ‘paan masala’ products.

The Vizag plant manufactures polystyrene (PS) that finds wide utility in the food-service industry as rigid trays and containers, disposable utensils, and foamed cups, plates and bowls.

These channel partnerships have been done in a phased manner, with Flipkart being the first e-commerce platform to enable the availability of its essential products in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi.

The minister also noted that the pendency of dues owed to MSME units by the central government, state governments, public sector undertakings and major industries was "very high".

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: MSME Ministry on Thursday announced an MoU between the Coir Board and IIT Madras for setting up a Centre of Excellence to boost the use of coir “exclusively or in combination with other natural fibres".

In another attempt to sell loss-making Air India, the government, in January this year, sought Expression of Interest (EoI) and the deadline for submission of EoI has now been extended till June 30.

Credit and Finance for MSMEs: Nitin Gadkari said that the government has made some decisions to help MSMEs grow in the post-Covid scenario such as increasing their working capital limit by 20 per cent.

. Upon acceptance of the resolution, the assessee shall withdraw any appeal filed in this regard and pay the tax determined by the assessing officer after giving effect to the resolution.

The developers contacted him and concluded that no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk by the ethical hacker.

According to Crisil estimates, the aviation industry will crash-land this fiscal with revenue loss of Rs 24,000-25,000 crore during the April-June quarter.

Discoms’ over-dues — bills that remained unpaid for more than 60 days — have been rising almost relentlessly over the years, and spiraled 242% on year, to a level of Rs 10,500 crore by FY20 end.

Aarogya Setu was developed by the National Informatics Centre to help contact-tracing of at-risk individuals in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The units situated within the corporate limits have been allowed to have 25-30% workforce capacity initially and the units situated outside the corporation will have 50% workforce capacity.

In April, the NR consumption forecast for 2020 to 13.016 million tonne which is down 5.1% from the previous year.

The laws that will remain in force in UP during the three year period include those which provide basic facilities and security to the labourers.

India, which has imposed the world’s biggest shutdown to battle the spread of the coronavirus, last month launched the Aarogya Setu (Health Bridge) app — a Bluetooth and GPS-based application which alerts users who may have come in contact with people who later test positive for COVID-19.

RIL announced that Vista Equity Partners will investment Rs 11,367 crore in Jio Platforms, days after a mega stake sale deal with Facebook and another stake sale to Silver Lake Partners.

Cognizant follows January-December as financial year. Its net profit was at USD 441 million in the March 2019 quarter.

Xiaomi Mi 10, Mi True Wireless Earphones 2, and Mi Box will be launched in India today via an online-only keynote event.

Budget carrier IndiGo has said that it will have to cut salaries of senior management from May as coronavirus lockdown continues its onslaught on the aviation industry. IndiGo paid full salaries in March and April but now we have to implement pay cuts for senior employees from May, Ronjoy Dutta, CEO, IndiGo, said on Friday, […]

The Mi 10 5G is Xiaomi’s answer to the OnePlus 8 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S20+, Realme X50 Pro 5G, and every other high-end flagship that you can think of.

Xiaomi says the Mi Box 4K has been designed to turn any regular feature TV into a smart TV, sort of like the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K.

Five of India’s southern states which amount to about half of the country’s total liquor consumption are facing a revenue hit due to coronavirus lockdown.

Launched alongside the Mi 10 flagship phone and Mi Box 4K, on Friday, the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2 look a lot like the Apple AirPods but they cost way less.

OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z price in India is Rs 1,999 and the product will be available in three options, black, blue and oat.

Pradhan did not elaborate on the policy reforms planned. The BJP-led government had in October 2014 evolved a new pricing formula using rates prevalent in gas surplus nations like the US, Canada and Russia to determine the price in a net importing country. Prices using this formula are calculated semi-annually.