New Delhi, May 5 Samp;P Global Ratings on Wednesday slashed India’s GDP growth forecast for the current financial year to 9.8%, saying the second Covid wave may derail a budding recovery in the economy and credit conditions. The US-based rating agency in March had forecast 11% GDP growth for India…
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A Japanese coastal town in the western part of the country has drawn ire on social media for using some of the coronavirus relief funds it was given by the government to build a statue of a giant squid in the hopes of boosting tourism. Read More | Source:…
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Tensions have hardly dissipated in Colombia after President Ivan Duque withdrew a controversial fiscal reform proposal this weekend. Six days of protests had seen at least 19 people killed and hundreds injured. Now, the demonstrations have evolved into a broader popular show of anger. Read More | Source: CNN…
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It is now extended up to a year from date of retirement Read More | Source: Business Line…
View More Government eases rules for paying provisional, family pension
Sensex up 424 points at closing, Nifty 50 above 14,600 Read More | Source: The Hindu Business Line…
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Market Roundup: Sensex surges 424 points, Nifty closes at 14,617 on RBI boost; today’s top gainers and losers Read More | Source: Firstpost…
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The future of El Salvador’s democracy is under global scrutiny after lawmakers teamed up with populist president Nayib Bukele over the weekend to replace every judge on the Constitutional Court, the highest branch of the country’s judiciary system. Read More | Source: CNN…
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Services has maximum share in India’s GDP with over 57 per cent contribution. Read More | Source: Business Line…
View More Services PMI eased to 3-month low in April
Nifty 50 trades above 14,600; pharma, bank stocks gain Read More | Source: The Hindu Business Line…
View More Sensex up 387 poits intraday as RBI’s Covid measures boost sentiment
Gold prices were trading higher in Indian markets on Wednesday, even as international rates were flat Read More | Source: The Financial Express…
View More Gold prices edge higher, trades above Rs 47,000; check MCX gold support, resistance levels
Mumbai, May 5 The Reserve Baank of India (RBI) on Wednesday said the second purchase of government securities worth Rs 35,000 crore under the G-sec Acquisition Programme (G-SAP 1.0) would be done on May 20 for an orderly evolution of the yield curve as a fresh Covid wave threatens to…
View More RBI announces Rs 50,000 crore priority lending by banks for hospitals, oxygen suppliers, vaccine importers by March 31 next year
Mumbai, May 5 Market benchmark Sensex rallied 424 points on Wednesday, led by gains in financial stocks after the RBI unveiled a slew of measures to support the economy facing strong headwinds amid peaking second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 30-share BSE index jumped 424.04 points or 0.88 per…
View More Sensex rallies 424 pts on RBI announcements; financial stocks shine
Across Qatar Foundation (QF), senior students from branch campuses of partner universities are preparing to receive their diplomas. For the graduating Class of 2021 at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), the future is far less certain than when they began. Read More | Source: Gulf Times…
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The ₹11,000-crore project will generate over 25,000 jobs directly and indirectly Read More | Source: Business Line…
View More Essar Steel chosen to develop Kadapa steel plant
Agree on early market access for some sectors, FTA, vaccine partnership Read More | Source: Business Line…
View More Modi, Johnson finalise Roadmap 2030 to boost ties