Kerala will go into complete lockdown on Sunday, the state government said on Saturday. Nothing will be allowed to open except essential services, it said. "With a view to prevent the spread of...

Amid massive exercises to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in Kerala, the state police on Saturday operated its rented helicopter to transport the heart of a brain dead patient from Thiruvananthapuram to...

Even agri-exports as a share of GDP is fairly lower for India relative to the rest of the world despite being one of the largest producers of agri-commodities globally.

The end of lockdown will likely start a new phase of problems for migrant workers, as labour exploitation may rise significantly in the pockets where there is an oversupply of workers.

The sale of fertilisers shot up by 45.1 per cent on-year in April 2020.

BHEL has released an Expression of Interest (EOI) inviting global companies to leverage its facilities and capabilities for setting up a manufacturing base in the country.

In what could be seen as a silver lining for employees, as many as 50% of the organisations have reported no change in the planned salary hike budgets despite the headwinds that the novel-coronavirus pandemic has brought.

The WTO work programme defines electronic commerce as the production, distribution, marketing, sale or delivery of goods and services by electronic means.

In a statement, GSTN said this new functionality on the GST portal is aimed at providing a major relief to taxpayers, especially at the time of the COVID-19 crisis when there is limited access to cash resources.

The recommendations are part of a report titled 'COVID-19: Challenges for the Indian Economy - Trade and Foreign Policy Effects'.

Explaining why online learning has changed the education scenario, the Indian-origin economist said that with classes going online, someone in India can now take a course at MIT.

Several noted personalities such as Ramchandra Guha, Mahua Moitra, among others have now said that the Indian-origin economist does not have any Twitter profile.

The forced lockdown period is a good opportunity for everyone to learn basics such as making online fund transfers via the payment gateways, pay renewals, and check balances, etc from the comfort of home.

It noted that the timeliest indicators of UK demand have stabilised in recent weeks, albeit at very low levels, after unprecedented falls during late March and early April.

In a major announcement today, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan has proclaimed that new registration and license for companies, shops, etc, in MP will be done in one day, compared to 30 days.

The economic and social fallout of COVID 19 is huge on these migrant workers. The immediate wage loss and uncertainty painted by the gloomy economic prospects further worsens their situation.

The latest move by the UP government has exempted businesses from the purview of almost all the labour laws for the next three years.

In consumer goods, the textile and clothing sector; food products; and crop and animal production have the highest comparative advantage in India.

Gujarat has joined the league of states announcing labour reforms by exempting new projects from provisions of labour laws.

The new labour reforms will promote ease of doing business in the state. however, it is crucial that companies safeguard the interests and wellbeing of the labourers.

Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said already intra-state ration card portability is being used, but the transactions are not significant.

Mainland professionals and middle class residents have found that a decision that was intended to make their life easier may well have backfired on them. Historically, many mainland couples have taken a trip to Hong Kong to have their children, due to…

Leung Chun-Ying, Hong Kong's Chief Executive, has opposed the plan to impose an entry tax for the foreigners who are entering the territories by land.Two democratic parties of Hong Kong had proposed US$ 13 tax to restrict the inflow of mainland tourists.There…

On Sunday, 09th March, 2014, Hong Kong’s immigration department has confirmed that a resident of Hong Kong was on the Beijing-bound flight MH370, which was a Boeing 777-200, which went missing.Additionally, the department provided the passenger’s…

After the representation for businesses and tourism from Indian officials as a move could be seriously jeopardized, the governments of Hong Kong drops plan to scrap visa free entry for Indians. Scrapping programme for Indians was considering the former…

The Government of Hong Kong is increasing its efforts to attract foreign talent, including the mainland China’s professionals, as working population of the city is supposed to get shrink in the year 2018.The Immigration Director, Chan Kwok-ki said…

Shabby background, sloppy attire, children barging in, pets screeching... There are many things that can go wrong in your videoconferencing call. So how do you retain some semblance of order without making any faux pas?

The colour-zoning of India (red, orange and green) and the limited relaxations with several caveats have not helped re-start economic activity.

They may not be pretty, smart or successful, but they strike a note. Why is it that some of the most lovable characters in popular culture have been far from perfect, flawed even?

The Chennai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has ordered initiation of the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) against power management products, systems and services company Eason Reyrolle.

On Twitter, Musk also threatened to sue over Alameda County Health Department coronavirus restrictions that have stopped Tesla from restarting production its factory in Fremont south of San Francisco.

Obama also reacted to the Justice Department dropping its criminal case against Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, saying he worried that the basic understanding of rule of law is at risk.

The central government headed by Narendra Modi is committed to protect the rights of SCs and STs, he said and expressed support to the demand of the states SC and ST MLAs to include "reservation" meant for them in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution so that they cannot be challenged in courts.

The troops disengaged after dialogue at the local level, they said.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) took the sharpest knock, with its valuation plunging Rs 45,535.19 crore to Rs 7,10,514.04 crore. 

The meeting, to be held via video-conferencing, will also take stock of interest rate transmission to borrowers by banks and progress on moratorium on loan repayments, sources said.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs in a cryptic statement after the meeting between two sides reiterated that the US recognised “India's constructive contribution to economic development, reconstruction and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan”.

"At present, the House is not in session. The Monsoon Session of the UP Legislative Assembly should be held some time in August and I am optimistic that by then the situation would have changed," the speaker told PTI in an interview.

The minister also added that the result will be announced with a period of four to six weeks after entire examination gets complete.

Ease of Doing Business for MSMEs: Retailers, architects, town planners have suggested Nitin Gadkari to allow malls resume operations, e-commerce operations for non-essential items, relief in rentals for retailers, extend moratorium period to nine months and more.

sir on dated 4 th January 2020 I have a baby child born ,after 2 weeks some transgender came to my home and demanding huge mone a sums of 30000 and when I had refused to give then are using slang languages and doing mischevious activities
like doing toilet infront of my home,harassing us .sir what are punishement according to Indian law for Them,please tell so that from next time I will take the steps against for them.
from Kolkata

Fourteen people were rescued from under the debris of a house that collapsed in Mumbai's Kandivali this morning.

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