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The traditional 9-to-5 job is a bygone and people, businesses are increasingly shifting towards new ways of getting work done.

Gone are the days of 9-5 jobs! Flexibility, balance is the new...

According to a study, NextGen Work - part-time, freelance, contract, temporary or independent contract work - is on the...

5 Oct 2017 5:02 PM IST

Harsimrat Kaur Badal is Union Minister of Food Processing in Narendra Modi govt. (Photo: PTI)

Food processing to get at least $10 bn FDI in 2-3 yrs: Badal

40 per cent increase in the inflow of FDI to the food processing sector from last year to this year.

5 Oct 2017 4:53 PM IST

The CBEC has now notified the dates for filing the GST returns forms.

Karnataka received Rs 1,189 cr GST compensation: Minister

State had faced a revenue shortfall of about Rs 600 crore in July due to GSTN glitches.

5 Oct 2017 4:19 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday

Modi meets Jaitley, Amit Shah in Delhi; BJP chief cuts short Kerala...

Amit Shah on Thursday cut short his Kerala visit, skipping the BJP march at the home town of Chief Minister Pinarayi...

5 Oct 2017 4:11 PM IST

Railways minister Suresh Prabhu

Govt working on fiscal incentives to boost industry: Suresh Prabhu

Commerce Minister says country's economy is doing good and it has a huge growth potential in coming years.

5 Oct 2017 3:52 PM IST

Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal

Rail ecosystem can create 10 lakh jobs in a year: Piyush Goyal

Government's moving aggressively on the rail track and safety maintenance programme.

5 Oct 2017 3:06 PM IST

Data released by industry bodies Nasscom and Assocham has revealed the city has about 14 per cent of the 900 major R&D units in the IT and ITeS sectors in the country.

UP's project-implementation rate low, govt must set up monitoring...

UP's under-implementation rate has increased sharply from its lowest of 52.4 per cent in 2011-12 to 70.2 per cent in...

5 Oct 2017 2:48 PM IST

Aadhaar is a 10-digita unique identity given to every Indians.

Changed address or phone number? Here's how you can update it on your...

The UIDAI website allows people to update their details without the hassle of visiting Aadhaar centres.

5 Oct 2017 1:51 PM IST

One of the techies who had gone to the Labour department joined the company only a few months back. He was pressurized to resign with the company threatening to terminate his services. The Labour Department asked him to make a complaint in writing. Some of the techies do not want to be quoted fearing for their future. (Representational image).

Services activity returns to growth in Sept on stronger demand: PMI

Implementation of GST on July 1 which aimed to unify multiple taxes, have also cast a shadow on economic growth.

5 Oct 2017 11:01 AM IST

RBI governor Urjit Patel

RBI panel suggests external benchmark rate in place of MCLR

Base rate/MCLR regime is also not in sync with global practices on pricing of bank loans.

5 Oct 2017 9:50 AM IST

Niti Aayogs new Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar.(Photo: PTI)

Excise duty cut to spur demand, jobs: Rajiv Kumar

Government on Tuesday cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre.

5 Oct 2017 9:41 AM IST

RBI on Wednesday kept repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent. (Photo: AFP)

RBI keeps rates unchanged

Warns about fiscal stimulus, raises inflation predictions, frees liquidity.

5 Oct 2017 3:11 AM IST