The key Indian equity market indices on Monday opened higher despite a cautious trend in Asian markets. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 35,742.07 on December 21, opened higher at 35,859.66 points....
Jet Airways on Sunday announced discount offers on the occassion of Christmas for both domestic and international travel beginning 2019. The sale would take place from December 24, 2018 to January 1, 2019, the airline said in a statement....
Hailing the GST Council's decision to reduce tax rates on several items and services, President of PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Rajeev Talwar on Sunday urged the government and the council to consider bringing petroleum products under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST). ...
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hinted that the country may eventually have a single standard rate of GST adding that the 28 per cent slab will soon be phased out, except on luxury and "sin goods". He noted that the standard rate could be between the 12 and 18 per cent. ...
With expenditure continuing to far exceed earnings, Indian Railways is facing a dismal financial scenario with the operating ratio breaching the 112-per cent mark. "The trend is unlikely to be reversed before March 2019 -- when the National Transporter expects heavy advance ticket bookings for the upcoming summer ...
The West Bengal government has decided to take up a special intervention plan to fill up critical gaps in reaching the fruits of development to the particularly vulnerable tribal groups like Savar (Lodha), Birhore and Toto, according to a press note. ...
The US dollar clawed back gains in the week's last trading day, as the greenback's safe-haven demands rose amid steep sell-off in equities and a possible US government shutdown. US stocks nosedived on Friday, as the Nasdaq fell into a bear market and the Dow suffered the worst weekly decline over the past decade, wrapping up their ...
The British economy enjoyed strong quarterly growth in the third quarter, according to data released on Friday. The economy grew at 0.6 per cent in the third quarter compared with second quarter figures, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in it...
India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves depleted by $613.9 million during the week ended December 14, official data showed on Friday. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)'s weekly statistical supplement, the overall forex reserves decreased to $393.12 billion from $393.73 billion reported for the week ended December 7....
Accounting giant EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young) has inked a deal to acquire the business of Fortune Cookie UX Design, a digital design consultancy firm headquartered in Pune. The acquisition is in line with EY's efforts to add capabilities which are ...
