An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck 31 km South South-West (SSW) of Champhai, Mizoram, today
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Share Market LIVE: Sensex rises 250 points, Nifty at 10,530; IOC, GAIL, Canara Bank results today
Stock Market LIVE Updates on June 24 : Companies set to announce their earnings are Indian Oil, Balmer Lawrie, United Breweries, GAIL, Canara Bank, Prestige, Anup Engineering, Rane Holdings among others.
Banks sanction Rs 79,000 crore loans under Credit Guarantee scheme; Rs 35,000 crore disbursed
As part of the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India) package, the government had last month announced its plan for Rs 3 lakh crore as additional credit to MSMEs and small businesses
McDonald’s, KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut see bigger orders coming from home
In the new normal, Merrill Pereyra, Managing Director, Pizza Hut Indian Subcontinent said, ‘We are seeing more orders coming from homes where there could be four or six people, unlike earlier where you go to a Pizza Hut outlet’
Coronavirus crisis: Railways offers full refund for tickets booked before April 14
“All train tickets booked on or prior to 14th April 2020 for the regular time-tabled trains should be cancelled and full refund generated as per provisions contained in the letters issued earlier,” Indian Railways said
Why IT firms are not worried about US suspension of H1-B visas
The order suspends and limits the entry of ‘aliens’ into the US, to those who are outside the country and also those seeking visas at the time of the order being passed
Bank of Baroda posts net profit of Rs 546 crore in FY20; provisions fall 4%
In Q4 FY20, Bank of Baroda reported a net profit of Rs 507 crore compared to a loss of Rs 8,875 crore in the same quarter a year ago, helped by 36 per cent YoY decline in provisions
Record plunge in global trade could have been worse, says WTO
The Geneva-based body forecast in April that global trade in goods would fall by between 13 percent and 32 percent in 2020, numbers that the WTO chief described as ‘ugly’, before rebounding by 21-24 percent in 2021
Now, India throws the gauntlet! Imports from China held up at ports since June 22
While there is no confirmation over any official directive, industry representatives say the message is clear – don’t deliver goods originating from China until further orders
Centre to expel half of Pakistan embassy staff for espionage
Neither country has a permanent ambassador in place and in the last month, each has accused the other of the illegal detention and torture of diplomats