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Ambani family (PTI)

Mukesh Ambani looks to USA's Walton family playbook on succession

Ambani, his wife and three children will have stakes in the new entity overseeing Reliance and be on its board, along...

23 Nov 2021 11:27 AM IST

PM Modi inaugurates first ever optical fibre cable project for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. (PTI Photo)

Digital transactions in India jumped 19 times in last 7 yrs: PM Modi

Earlier today, PM Modi launched two innovative customer-centric initiatives of the Reserve Bank of India

12 Nov 2021 1:13 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the G20 Extraordinary Summit on Afghanistan, via video conferencing, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to launch RBI's retail direct scheme

As per the scheme, investors will be able to directly open and maintain their government securities account free of cost

12 Nov 2021 8:07 AM IST

Petrol price hiked by 40 paise/litre, diesel by 45 paise. (PTI Photo)

Total tax on petrol down to 50 pc, diesel to 40 pc after duty cuts

The retail price of petrol and diesel is decided after adding central excise, commission paid to dealers and VAT to...

7 Nov 2021 1:18 PM IST

Brown label ATMs are those in which the ATM machine is owned by the service provider but the cash management and connectivity to banking networks is supplied by a sponsor bank. Representational image/PTI

Banks increasingly outsourcing ATMs

SBI, Bank of Baroda and Bank of India have, in the last 18 months, issued a request for proposal (RFP) for over 20,000...

6 Nov 2021 11:25 AM IST

A Russian police officer and two women wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in central Moscow on September 17, 2020. (AFP)

Technical textile usage made mandatory for govt depts

In January 2019, for the first time, India issued 207 HSN codes for technical textiles and in less than 2 years, it...

6 Nov 2021 11:17 AM IST

A pump attendant fills petrol at a petrol pump station. (PTI)

Centre cuts excise duty on petrol by Rs 5, diesel by Rs 10 on Diwali...

Finance Ministry urged the states 'to commensurately reduce' VAT on petrol and diesel to give relief to consumers

3 Nov 2021 10:11 PM IST

Smart phones, affordable internet, high connectivity and rapid adaptation have already given a big fillip to the online gaming industry.

Gaming time up by 45% during pandemic

Monthly game downloads have increased by 50 per cent in the past one year

2 Nov 2021 9:06 AM IST

GST has helped interstate movement of goods. Representational Image. (DC File Image)

Recovery gets festive boost

The GST revenues for Oct. is the second highest ever since its introduction, second only to that in April 2021

2 Nov 2021 8:58 AM IST

Sabyasachi advertisement on Mangalsutra campaign (Facebook)

Sabyasachi withdraws Mangalsutra campaign advertisement amid...

The withdrawal also came hours after MP Minister Narottam Mishra issued an ultimatum to Sabyasachi Mukherjee to withdraw...

1 Nov 2021 11:20 AM IST

India is the third-most important tourism market for Singapore, after China and Indonesia.

Incremental hiring up in travel, hospitality

Revival in domestic travel to tourist spots has seen hiring of housekeeping staff, travel consultants, tour guides, visa...

1 Nov 2021 9:48 AM IST

The credit cost for the banking sector, which was 4.8 per cent in Q4FY18, has reduced to 2.75 per cent to 3 per cent in Q4FY19, going by the bank results declared so far.

New rules to shield honest bank staff

Punitive action needs to be taken against the officers having malafide intent/involvement

1 Nov 2021 9:45 AM IST