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| Title | Description | Posted Date |
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| Petrol price crosses Rs 82 per litre in | New Delhi, Aug 30 (TIWN) Petrol price crossed Rs 82 per litre-mark in the national capital on Sunday, as the price of the fuel rose across the four metro cities after a day's pause. | 30-Aug-2020 |
| Govt sets out to decriminalise GST laws | New Delhi, Aug. Aug 30 (TIWN) After company law, the government has now set out to decriminalise various offences under the GST laws to improve ease of doing business and ensure better compliance. | 30-Aug-2020 |
| ICICI Bank sells 2% stake in ICICI Secur | Mumbai, Aug 30 (TIWN) ICICI Bank has sold 2 per cent stake in ICICI Securities for around Rs 310 crore through open market sale in a step towards meeting the minimum public shareholding norms. | 30-Aug-2020 |
| US stocks end mixed after Fed's new appr | New York, Aug 30 (TIWN) Wall Street's major averages closed mixed as investors pored through the US Federal Reserve's new policy strategy on inflation and a slew of key economic data. | 30-Aug-2020 |
| 'India's residential real estate sector' | New Delhi, Aug 30 (TIWN) Ratings agency ICRA expects the overall sales volume for completed and under-construction inventory to reduce by 40-60 per cent on account of Covid-19 during FY21. | 30-Aug-2020 |
| Amazon opens 'Fresh' grocery store in Lo | San Francisco, Aug 29 (TIWN) Amazon on Thursday opened a new grocery store in Los Angeles which enables customers to skip the checkout line, and also manage their shopping lists with new Alexa features. | 29-Aug-2020 |
| Centre offers states two borrowing optio | New Delhi, Aug 28 (TIWN) With Covid-19 disruptions making it difficult for the Centre to meet its obligation on Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation to states this year, it has proposed two options to them to cover the compensation gap and meet their expenditure requirements. | 27-Aug-2020 |
| Airlines designated as agencies for inte | New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) The Civil Aviation Ministry has designated all airlines operating under the Vande Bharat Scheme and Air Transport Bubble arrangement for international travel on non-scheduled commercial flights. | 27-Aug-2020 |
| Operated over 800 flights, repatriated 1 | New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) Airline major IndiGo operated more than 800 charter flights while repatriating 150,000 passengers in less than three months between June and August, 2020. | 27-Aug-2020 |
| Vedanta moves SC against Madras HC order | New Delhi, Aug 27 (TIWN) Mining company Vedanta on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Madras High Court order that rejected its plea to allow reopening of the Sterlite copper unit in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin, closed since May 2018 due to pollution issues. | 27-Aug-2020 |
| Amid Covid-19, Cloud firm NetApp to lay | San Francisco, Aug 27 (TIWN) California-headquartered global Cloud data services company NetApp is trimming its workforce by about 5.5 per cent amid the Covid-19 pandemic, The Register reported. | 27-Aug-2020 |
| Amazon's Hyderabad campus still has spac | Hyderabad, Aug 27 (TIWN) Amazon's Hyderabad campus, which is its biggest so far in the world, still has capacity to accommodate 8,000 employees, according to a new report in The New York Times. | 27-Aug-2020 |
| AI's EoI submission deadline extended to | New Delhi, Aug 25 (TIWN) The Centre on Tuesday extended the deadline for submitting the bids to buy 100 per cent stake in national carrier Air India to October 30 from August 31. | 25-Aug-2020 |
| Need to move fast on disinvestment decis | New Delhi, Aug 25 (TIWN) As the government's mega disinvestment plans have slowed down amid the pandemic, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that there is a need to move faster in regards to the disinvestment decisions approved by the Cabinet. | 25-Aug-2020 |
| SC asks SBI Cap to fund 6 Amrapali Group | New Delhi, Aug 25 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked SBI Capital (SBI CAP) to begin funding for six housing projects of the Amrapali Group, after it informed the top court that so far, it has found only these six to be viable. | 25-Aug-2020 |
| US stocks open mixed after S&P 500 recor | New York, Aug 25 (TIWN) US stocks opened mixed on Tuesday after the S&P 500 hit a fresh record in the previous session. | 25-Aug-2020 |
| Maha building crash toll rises to 4, fiv | Raigad, Aug 25 (TIWN) The death toll in Monday's Tarique Garden building crash in Mahad town here shot up to four with two more bodies being recovered from the rubble, police said on Tuesday. | 25-Aug-2020 |
| Flat buyers entitled to compensation for | New Delhi, Aug 24 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Monday said the flat buyers are entitled to compensation for delayed handing over of possession and for the failure of the developer to fulfil the representations made to them in connection with the provision of amenities. | 24-Aug-2020 |
| Kotak Mahindra bank launches cardless ca | Mumbai, Aug 24 (TIWN) In yet another innovation during Covid-19 times, Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) on Monday launched the Cardless Cash Withdrawal Facility through ATMs. | 24-Aug-2020 |
| Aus set for 2nd Covid-19 unemployment sp | Canberra, Aug 24 (TIWN) Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on Monday said an analysis has found that the country's effective unemployment will top 13 per cent again in the coming months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. | 24-Aug-2020 |
| Bali postpones plan to welcome int'l vis | Bali, Aug 24 (TIWN) The Indonesian resort island of Bali has postponed its plan to welcome international tourists from September following a decision by the country's government to wait until the end of this year. | 24-Aug-2020 |
| S.Africa's tourism sector rebounds after | Cape Town, Aug 24 (TIWN) South Africa's tourism sector has witnessed a rebound since the country further eased its Covid-19 lockdown restrictions last week. | 24-Aug-2020 |
| Centre issues 'rules of origin' guidelin | New Delhi, Aug 23 (TIWN) The Union government has come up with guidelines for the enforcement of the 'rules of origin' for imports under trade agreements. | 23-Aug-2020 |
| 'Small cities can be new Covid-19 hubs; | New Delhi, Aug 23 (TIWN) After exploding in most populous cities like Delhi and Mumbai, Covid-19 is now rearing up in large and small cities, which experienced migration from these megapolises. The concern rises, as the concentration of health personnel and infrastructure is only limited to large urban centres, and this is apparent in Delhi's next-door neighbour Uttar Pradesh, where many cities continue to struggle in tackling Covid-19. | 23-Aug-2020 |
| Petrol prices rise by 12-14 paise/litre | New Delhi, Aug 23 (TIWN) Petrol prices across the four metros rose for the fourth straight day on Sunday. | 23-Aug-2020 |
| More trouble for MIAL as SBI likely to a | New Delhi, Aug 23 (TIWN) More trouble is brewing for GVK Infrastructure and Power, including Mumbai International Airports Limited (MIAL) after the action by enforcement agencies as the lenders are in the process of appointing a forensic auditor. Top banking sources revealed that this is imminent after the PWC walk out. | 23-Aug-2020 |
| SpiceJet operates first long-haul cargo | New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) Airlines major SpiceJet on Saturday operated its first-ever long-haul cargo flight from Amsterdam to Mumbai using its wide-body Airbus A340 aircraft. | 22-Aug-2020 |
| Railways cancels tender for manufacturin | New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) Indian Railways on Friday cancelled the tender for the manufacturing of 44 rakes of Train 18, which has been re-christened as Vande Bharat Express, and said a fresh tender will be floated within a week's time, focusing on Make in India as a Chinese Joint Venture also applied as a foreign bidder. | 22-Aug-2020 |
| Online registration for jewellers, hallm | New Delhi, Aug 22 (TIWN) The central government on Friday launched an online facility for the registration of jewellers as well as assaying and hallmarking centres and their renewals thereafter. | 22-Aug-2020 |
| Immense opportunities for Telangana in p | Hyderabad, Aug 22 (TIWN) Telangana's Industries and Information Technology Minister K.T. Rama Rao on Friday said that post-Covid-19, there is an immense opportunity for the state to attract investments from other parts of the world, and the infrastructure development and construction sector would play a major role in it. | 22-Aug-2020 |
| Value buying, global cues lift markets, | Mumbai, Aug 22 (TIWN) The Indian equity market made healthy gains during Friday's trading session on the back of positive global cues and value buying opportunities. | 22-Aug-2020 |
| UK government debt hits $2.6tn for first | London, Aug 21 (TIWN) The UK government debt has increased above 2 trillion pounds ($2.6 trillion) for the first time amid heavy spending to support the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed on Friday. | 21-Aug-2020 |
| Emirates to run repatriation flights to | New Delhi, Aug 21 (TIWN) Dubai-based Emirates airline has commenced repatriation flights between the UAE and India. | 21-Aug-2020 |
| SC worried that almost entire AGR dues w | New Delhi, Aug 20 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it is extremely worried that almost the entire AGR dues will be wiped out in the IBC process, and noted that spectrum trading is different from sale of spectrum in IBC. | 20-Aug-2020 |
| CCI dismisses antitrust complaint agains | New Delhi, Aug 20 (TIWN) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has set aside an antitrust complaint against WhatsApp, over the alleged use of its dominant position to expand in the UPI-enabled digital payments segment. | 20-Aug-2020 |
| K'taka offers slew of incentives to ESDM | Bengaluru, Aug 20 (TIWN) Aimed at attracting investments and boosting competitiveness in the Electronic System Design and Manufacturing (ESDM) sector in Karnataka, the state government has announced a slew of incentives, including 25 per cent capital investment subsidy on land, a minister said on Wednesday. | 20-Aug-2020 |
| Flow book adapts inclusive approach on e | New Delhi, Aug 20 (TIWN) Flowbook, the flagship product of Back to Basics Learning (India) Pvt. Ltd, has adapted an inclusive approach to teach students through television sets as E-learning has been an issue with a huge population for not having computers, laptops or smart phones. | 20-Aug-2020 |
| India tablet market shipments grow 23% i | New Delhi, Aug 20 (TIWN) The strong demand during the lockdowns as work and learning shifted to homes fuelled the shipment of tablets in India by 23 per cent in the June quarter, a new report said on Wednesday. | 20-Aug-2020 |
| Mukesh Ambani in talks to buy several re | New Delhi, Aug 19 (TIWN) Mukesh Ambani is looking to expand his retail footprint by acquiring several ecommerce players. | 19-Aug-2020 |
| Yes Bank closely monitoring stress on cr | Mumbai, Aug 18 (TIWN) Yes Bank Chairman Sunil Mehta has said that the bank is closely monitoring the stress on its credit portfolio due to legacy issues along with the current macro-economic conditions and the Covid-19 situation. | 18-Aug-2020 |
| Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw tests C | Bengaluru, Aug 18 (TIWN) Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Monday night said she tested Covid-19 positive. | 18-Aug-2020 |
| British Airways resumes Hyderabad-London | Hyderabad, Aug 18 (TIWN) Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Monday resumed its direct connection with the UK with the British Airways operating its flight to London. | 18-Aug-2020 |
| Petrol prices rise across metros after 4 | New Delhi, Aug 18 (TIWN) After a pause of over 45 days, petrol prices rose across the four metros on Sunday. | 18-Aug-2020 |
| 57 pilots had resigned, seeking greener | New Delhi, Aug 17 (TIWN) Air India has now accepted that 57 pilots seeking greener pastures had resigned from the services of the airline citing financial constraints. IANS broke the story saying 50 pilots have been illegally terminated. | 17-Aug-2020 |
| Maldives receives 3,054 tourists since r | Male, Aug 17 (TIWN) Maldives has received a total of 3,054 foreign visitors since the resumption of international travel last month, it was reported. | 17-Aug-2020 |
| US equities eke out modest weekly gains | New York, Aug 17 (TIWN) US stocks posted modest gains in the week, as investors digested a slew of newly-released economic data while grappling with the uncertain fate of the further coronavirus stimulus in the country. | 17-Aug-2020 |
| Government of Singapore increases stake | Mumbai, Aug 16 (TIWN) The Government of Singapore has increased its stake in ICICI Bank as it took up 11.08 per cent stake in the latest qualified institutional placement (QIP) of the bank's shares with an investment of Rs 1,662.71 crore. | 16-Aug-2020 |
| Thai Airways reports $900mn loss for 202 | Bangkok, Aug 15 (TIWN) Thai Airways has reported losses amounting to 28 billion baht ($900 million) for the first half of this year, mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, massively impacting the flag carrier's operations. | 15-Aug-2020 |
| Arunachal CM launches entrepreneurship p | Itanagar, Aug 15 (TIWN) Unfurling the national flag on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Saturday launched the "Arunachal Pradesh Challenge Entrepreneurship Programme" to boost entrepreneurship among the people and to set up more industrial units in the state. | 15-Aug-2020 |
| GoAir operates over 300 international ch | Mumbai, Aug 15 (TIWN) Budget airline GoAir on Saturday said it has repatriated 51,314 stranded Indians and clocked more than 300 international charter flights since June 10. | 15-Aug-2020 |