Incheon (South Korea): Finance minister Nitmala Sitharaman on Tuesday met ADB president Masatsugu Asakawa and urged the multilateral funding agency to to support India with more concessional climate finance, as the country’s economic progress can have huge positive impact regionally and globally. During the bilateral meeting with the president here, Sitharaman said India continues to…
Mumbai: The National Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday announced his decision to step down as party chief. However, he won’t retire from active politics. A committee will be formed to decide who should be given the responsibility of the party chief’s post, says Pawar. As soon as the veteran leader announced his…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the highest ever monthly GST collection of Rs 1.87 lakh crore in April is a “great news” for the Indian economy. Gross Goods and Services (GST) collection in April rose 12 per cent on an annual basis to touch the all-time high level. The collection in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted people on the formation day of Maharashtra and Gujarat. He tweeted, “Best wishes on Maharashtra Day. The state is blessed with a great culture and hardworking people who have enriched national progress across different sectors. I pray for the continued progress of Maharashtra in the years to…
Mumbai: Pune-based draught beer maker Oi Brewing Company, which hawks its product under the label of Oi, is entering the cafe space and the first facility will come up in the tony Kalyani Nagar area of the city by October. The domestic draught beer market is nascent and concentrated in metro cities like Bengaluru, the largest…
Mumbai/New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has issued a show-cause notice to Air India CEO Campbell Wilson for the airline’s lapses in reporting about the incident of a pilot allowing a female friend inside the cockpit during a Dubai-Delhi flight on February 27, according to a senior official. A show-cause notice has also been issued to…
Noida: As many as 59 companies have been allotted land in the upcoming medical device park near Noida and these firms would invest around Rs 415 crore in setting up their businesses, officials said. These investments would also create direct employment opportunities for about 5,000 people, they said. The medical device park is coming up…
New Delhi: Realty firm Chintels group has offered to buyback about 180 flats from homebuyers of three towers of its project in Gurugram as they have been declared unsafe after a partial collapse last year. In February last year, a partial collapse of a residential tower in Chintels Paradiso project led to death of two women….
New Delhi: The government on Saturday appointed Rajneesh Karnatak as managing director of Bank of India (BoI) while Debadatta Chand as head of Bank of Baroda (BoB). The central government appoints Karnatak, Executive Director, Union Bank of India, as managing director and CEO of Bank of India for three year with effect from date of…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it has searched the Bengaluru-located office and residential premises of Edtech major BYJU’s and its CEO and co-founder Raveendran Byju and seized “incriminating” documents and digital data as part of a foreign exchange violation probe. A total of three premises, two business and one residential, including that of…
