Farmers not fully aware of agriculture laws: survey

Of the 52 per cent farmers who were opposing the laws, over 36 per cent were not informed about the details of these laws as per a survey

Pharma market reports growth in September

Anti-infectives therapy showed a good recovery of 1.4 per cent in September against 11 per cent y-o-y decline in August

Centre's interest waiver policy is manageable, say analysts

State Bank of India’s new chairman Dinesh Khara in his first press interaction refused to comment on the issue as the matter is subjudice.

Rough diamond imports grow after seven months as order come in

The pandemic lockdown and voluntary stoppage of imports by the industry to clear inventories have seen imports declining for past 7 months

Lockdown impact: GDP likely to contract by 9.6 per cent this year, says World Bank

However, the World Bank said that the response of the government of India to the COVID-19 outbreak was swift and comprehensive.

Auto shares down by 12% as automakers score nil domestic sales in April

Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, Mahindra & Mahindra, Toyota Kirloskar Motor and MG Motor India reported nil sales

Tesla makes $104 million surprise profit despite factory shutdown

Musk said he’s confident about rolling out full self-driving technology by the end of the year

India asks automakers to cut royalties to foreign parents to boost local investment

The country’s markets regulator last year suggested imposing curbs on payments exceeding 2% of revenue

Vehicle registrations down 89% in May: FADA

For the first time, said FADA President Ashish Harsharaj Kale, the month of April witnessed zero retails

2020 to be the year of SUVs for Mercedes-Benz

Luxury car-maker girds up for the coming age of EVs in India

Kalyan Jewellers gets Sebi nod for Rs 1750 Crore IPO

The IPO comprises the issue of fresh equity shares aggregating up to Rs 1,000 crore and an offer for sale worth Rs 750 crore.

Uday Shankar to step down as Star and Disney India chairman

Shankar has quit to pursue entrepreneurial interests outside the company.

Accenture to lay off 5% of its 'low performing' workforce

Accenture has a global workforce of around 5.13 lakh people and out of them, about 2 lakh are in India

Happiest Minds record listing is sign of India's digital drive

The share listed at a record premium of 110 per cent on the NSE and BSE

L&T Metro Rail to invoke force majeure clause for loss of ops in Hyderabad

Hyderabad's metro has not been in operation since March 22

RBI gives relief to big ticket loans of above Rs 75 lakh

The latest announcement regarding home loan risk has done away with the requirement of factoring in loan amount while setting risk weights

Need to conclude free trade agreements with US, others: RBI chief

Stating that recent agriculture reforms have opened new opportunities, the RBI Governor said the farm sector is emerging as a bright spot

Corporate loan recast roadmap, financial ratios for 26 sectors identified

Kamath-led committee says 72% of the debt of the banking industry has been Covid-affected

Indian economy to contract 10.5% this fiscal, says Fitch

India's GDP shrank by a staggering 24 per cent year-on-year amid the imposition of one of the most stringent global nationwide lockdown

India third largest job provider in renewable energy sector after China, Brazil

Solar photovoltaic segment provides the largest number of both direct and indirect jobs in India.

Oil falls as worsening pandemic threatens recovery

In the US, energy drillers cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating to a record for an 11th week in a row

Sensex ends above 39,000 for first time in 6 months, Nifty crosses 11,500-mark

IndusInd Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying 5.93 per cent

Despite resistance, China increases share in Indian import basket

Imports from China came down only by 29 per cent to $16600 million in April-July 2020 from $23452 million in the same period last year

FPIs invest Rs 46,602 crore in August, highest foreign inflows in five years

In the first half of August ICICI Bank raised Rs 15,000 crore through QIP, Axis Bank and HDFC raised Rs 10,000 crore each

Laggard sectors entertainment, hospitality show signs of life in the stock markets

The big gainers on Thursday included Indian Hotels, EIH Hotel,  Shoppers Stop, Inox Leisure, Interglobe Aviation

PNB fraud: Nirav Modi's extradition trial to resume in UK court today

Modi has made repeated attempts at bail over the past year, each of which were turned down as he is deemed a flight risk

Fuel consumption in August witnesses biggest monthly dip since April

Refined fuel sales slipped to 14.39 million tonnes in August, about 16% lower compared with the consumption in the same month a year ago

Tamil Nadu's electronics policy sets up $ 100 billion target by 2025

State aims at emerging as electronic systems design and manufacturing (ESDM) destination

People's Bank of China invests Rs 15 crore in ICICI Bank amid India-China tension

Chinese bank was among 357 institutional investors including domestic mutual funds, insurance companies and global institutions

Jeff Bezos tops Forbes 400 richest list, Trump's ranking drops to 352

Eric Yuan, CEO of Zoom Video Communications, was one of 18 newcomers on the list with a net worth of $11 billion