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India to send billions of dollars to US, going to do lot of business: Donald Trump

Donald Trump spoke to reporters post his return to the US, after visiting India saying, "A lot of tremendous progress was made in terms of the relationship. Our relationship with India is extraordinary right now. And we are going to be doing a lot of business with India."

Feb 27, 2020

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Women entrepreneurship can create 150-170 million jobs in India

A joint report by Bain & Company and Google titled "Women Entrepreneurship in India - Powering the economy with her", underlines the need to accelerate efforts to grow women entrepreneurs in India in both quantity and quality to solve employment challenges in the country.

Feb 19, 2020

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Here's how badly coronavirus outbreak has impacted global trade

As per a poll, the Chinese economy is expected to grow at 4.5% in the first quarter of 2020 down from 6% in the previous quarter, lowest since global recession in 2008.

Feb 18, 2020

Kashmir snowfall

J&K attracts Rs 670 crore investment ahead of investor summit: Toyota, Oracle show interest

J&K 2.0 is all set to lure investors from across India as it plans its first-ever investment summit in May.

Feb 18, 2020

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Indian economic revival likely to be shallow: Moody's lowers GDP growth rate to 5.4% for 2020

Improvements in the latest high-frequency indicators such as PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) data suggest that the economy may have stabilized, Moody's said.

Feb 17, 2020

Aadhaar card

PAN cards to become inoperative if you don't link it with Aadhaar by THIS date: Know steps, deadline

More than 30.75 crore PANs have already been linked to Aadhaar. However, 17.58 crore PANs are yet to be linked with the 12-digit biometric ID.

Feb 15, 2020

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Double trouble for economy: Factory output contracts, retail inflation jumps to six-year high

The jump in inflation in a likely indication for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to stop easing credit rates in the country's financial market.

Feb 13, 2020

Reserve Bank of India

RBI keeps repo rate steady for now to tackle inflation

The Reserve Bank of India continues its stance to keep the inflation in check and has decided to keep the repo rates unchanged.

Feb 6, 2020

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli leaves Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, and entire Bollywood behind in brand endorsements

In the latest report issued by Duff and Philips for 2019, Virat Kohli is way ahead of all the top Bollywood actors.

Feb 5, 2020

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Signs of recovery: India's manufacturing activity jumps to eight-year high

It is to be noted that an increase in the total sales was augmented by revived demand from external markets which were highlighted in the fastest increase in new export orders since November 2018.

Feb 4, 2020

Life Insurance Cooperation of India

Explainer: Why is government going for partial LIC disinvestment?

As per the government's estimate, it is expected to raise Rs 90,000 crore through the partial sale of stakes in state-owned life insurance company LIC and IDBI Bank.

Feb 4, 2020

Corporate tax

Pressure builds on Modi govt after Budget 2020 fails to cheer investors: Experts

In its budget for the year starting in April, the government relaxed its fiscal deficit target so it could spend nearly Rs 10 lakh crore more, mainly on infrastructure and farming.

Feb 3, 2020

Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Budget 2020: 10 top takeaways from Nirmala Sitharaman's speech

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced new and reduced tax slabs and have increased insurance cover for bank depositors giving relief to middle class.

Feb 1, 2020

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India Inc reaction on Budget 2020: Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw hails promise on ending tax harassment

Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on February 1 lauded Sitharaman for promising to end tax harassment of India Inc and correcting the Companies Act to decriminalise many non-compliances.

Feb 1, 2020

Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2020: Unable to complete her Budget speech, Nirmala Sitharaman quits midway

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech was the longest ever and she felt too tired to read out the final two pages.

Feb 1, 2020

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