At Rs 3.45 trillion, India’s April-May fiscal deficit at 55.3% of full-year target
India reported on Friday a fiscal deficit of Rs 3.45 trillion ($50.37 billion) during the April-May period, or 55.3% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year compared with 68.3% a year ago. Net tax receipts More...
Fire breaks out at Income Tax office in Mumbai’s Scindia House
Firefighters try to douse a fire which broke out at Scindia House building in South Mumbai on Friday. (PTI) MUMBAI: A fire broke out in the Income Tax office in South Mumbai on Friday, but no casualties were reported, More...
Right stock at the right price: 5 solid ideas
ET takes a look at five stocks which have seen buying in the month when most of the market was weak. May has been a month of high volatility, particularly for mid-cap stocks. The BSE MidCap index has fallen 6.5 More...
Karnataka PUC result 2018 declared: Girls outshine boys, check your score at karresults.nic.in
The Karnataka PUC exams were held from 1-17 March, 2018 with a total of 6,90,150 candidates from 4,725 colleges registered for the exam. Photo: New Delhi: The Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board More...
Oil prices reach highest since November 2014 at over $70 per barrel
US oil prices rose above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time since November 2014 and Brent crude climbed to fresh highs, buoyed as a deepening economic crisis in Venezuela threatened the country’s already More...
Fitch Holds India’s Sovereign Rating At Lowest Investment Grade
New Delhi: Global credit rating agency Fitch on Friday affirmed India’s sovereign rating at ‘BBB-‘ with ‘stable’ outlook, saying that the country’s medium-term growth potential More...
Chanda Kochhar, family’s links to Videocon group date back to at least 2001
Chanda Kochhar and six members of the Kochhar family held shares in a little-known firm called Credential Finance Ltd, along with Videocon group, at least as far back as 2001, regulatory filings show. Three of More...
Forex reserves at life-time high of $424 bn as foreign currency assets rise
The country’s foreign exchange reserves hit a life-time high of $424.361 billion after rising by $1.828 billion in the week to March 30, helped by rise in foreign currency assets, the Reserve Bank said More...
Currency Market Calm Seen at Risk as Trade War Concerns Escalate
Global currency markets have remained remarkably sanguine even as mounting U.S.-China trade tensions roiled equities. How long can that uneasy calm last is the question strategists are now grappling with. Even More...
Euthanasia and Assisted Dying: A Look at the Laws
There are few topics as controversial as that of euthanasia. There are a small number of European countries, notably Switzerland, who have gained a reputation for a lax attitude towards assisted dying. However, More...