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Sitharaman to launch nationwide awareness campaign of unclaimed financial assets on Oct 4
Nirmala Sitharaman ,Union Minister for Finance and Corporate...
Wage revision of PSU Gen Insurance Cos: Govt approves 30% family pension scheme,14% employer’s NPS contribution along with 14% wage hike
Girija Subramanian, CMD, New India Assurance and chairperson of...
India’s GDP expands 7.8 pc in Q4, 8.2 pc in FY24
The growth propelled the Indian economy to USD 3.5 trillion and set the stage for achieving the USD 5-trillion target in the next few years Financial, real estate and professional services grew 7.6 per cent in the March 2023 quarter compared to 9.2 per cent in the...
India’s key monsoon rains arrive early, promising respite from heat, boost crop and rural demand
Nearly half of India's farmland, without irrigation, depends on the annual June-September rains. Regular rains during the monsoon season will also bring relief from the searing heat wave that has seen maximum temperatures cross 50 degrees Celsius (122°F) in some parts...
S&P Global to observe India’s fiscal glidepath for possible rating upgrade
''Within the next 2 years we will be closely observing whether the government's depiction of fiscal consolidation path will carry on… We will be observing for the next 1-2 years to see how this fiscal numbers will come to pass and if so, this will lead to a rating...
RBI shifts 100 tonnes of gold from vaults in UK to India to save storage cost
The central bank held 822.10 tonnes of gold as part of its foreign exchange reserves as of March 31, 2024, an increase from the 794.63 tonnes held at the same time last year, according to the annual data released by the RBI New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)...
Online payment frauds jump over 400% in India:RBI data
"Fraudsters are getting sophisticated by the day, while financial institutions and fintechs, jostling for market share and growth, have loosened controls." Mumbai: Digital payment frauds in India saw a more than fivefold jump to Rs 14.57 billion ($175 million) in the...
China poised to impose a record fine on PwC
PwC faces a fine of at least 1 billion yuan ($138 million), the people said. That would exceed the previous record fine for an accounting firm, the 212 million yuan handed out to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. in 2023 China is poised to impose a record fine on...
Provide compensation to families of those killed in heatwave: Rajasthan HC to govt
The court said there was a need to declare heatwaves and cold waves "national calamities" and looking at the fact that a large number of people have lost their lives due to extreme heatwaves and heatstrokes during summers and chilling cold during winters, it was high...
India’s sovereign rating outlook upgraded to positive by S&P Global Ratings
"We expect sound economic fundamentals to underpin the growth momentum over the next two to three years," S&P said, adding that regardless of the outcome of general elections, the ratings agency expects broad continuity in economic reforms and fiscal policies...
India to stick to policy path even if Modi loses, Rajan Says
Raghuram Rajan, former governor, Reserve Bank of India “There is a lot of continuity built into Indian policy. Whatever government comes in will take a lot of the good stuff that has been done and continue it.” Raghuram Rajan, a former governor and now a professor of...
Cyclone Remal wreaks havoc in West Bengal, Bangladesh after making landfall; 1 killed
Arup Biswas, the minister for power in West Bengal government, said the power infrastructure was heavily battered. Reports of at least 356 uprooted electricity poles and damage to scores of transformers were received during the first hour of the landfall process More...