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At about 10:30 am, the rupee hit an all-time low of 70.1 per dollar and extended it to 70.09, as concerns about Turkey's economic woes persisted. Analysts expect the rupee to fall further to below 70 per dollar.
India has become the third Asian country after Japan and South Korea to get the Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) status after the US issued a federal notification...
As per the World Bank's updated data for 2017, India has edged past France and snatched the tag of the world's sixth-largest economy from it, sending it a rank ...
At the 35th MAIT AGM, the election results for the New MAIT Governing Council 2018-20 were announced. The new MAIT Governing Council Members represent Synegra EMS, Dell,...
02, Jul 2018, by : FnF Correspondent
President Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in New Delhi. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that adherence to a fair taxation system is much more than merely providing revenue to the government.Read News
01, Jul 2018, by : FnF Correspondent
Marking the first anniversary of the implementation of GST, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the benefits of tax policy and said that it has helped in consolidating Indian cooperative federalism and is designed to eliminate the "inspector raj".Read News
29, Jun 2018, by : FnF Correspondent
The Narendra Modi government's claims of fighting against black money has taken a major beating. The latest data released by the Swiss National Bank reveal that the amount deposited by Indians in the Swiss banks in the past one year has increased by 50 per cent.Read News
02, Jun 2018, by : FnF Correspondent
State Bank of India (SBI) raised its benchmark lending rates by 10 basis points (bps), followed by Punjab National Bank (PNB), ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC).Read News
31, May 2018, by : FnF Correspondent
"Dear PM, You've cut the price of Petrol and Diesel today by 1 paisa. ONE paisa!?? If this is your idea of a prank, it's childish and in poor taste,” Gandhi tweeted.Read News
30, May 2018, by : FnF Correspondent
People heading to banks today may face a harrowing time as over a million employees of nearly 21 public sector banks are on a two-day nationwide strike to press for wage revision.Read News
Bollywood plays a big role in influencing youth and, keeping this in mind, the trend of e-commerce websites associating with films and film celebrities has of late gone to the next level. This partnership boosts customer footfalls and adds to business, say experts.
The adverse impact of demonetisation on the Indian economy would be transitory, according to global and domestic credit rating agencies. However, the current slowdown cou...
The two main industries of Kerala, seafood and tourism, escaped the brunt of demonetisation, as did the information technology sector. But agriculture -- rubber plantatio...
Though the government's radical measure of demonetisation has disrupted the economy and has hit the real estate sector — already reeling under prolonged slowdown ...
21, Jun 2017, by : Mark Singleton, The Conversation
From the UK to Canada, China to India, around the world, yoga is big business. In 2016, Americans alone spent US$16 billion on yoga classes and products. Read News
20, May 2017, by : Chinmaya Dehury
Put this down to connectivity. After Bangladesh, Odisha's mangoes are soon expected to find a market in Southeast Asia -- thanks to a new flight from Biju Patnaik International Airport. Malaysian low-cost airline AirAsia started its first international flight from the city airport to Kuala Lumpur on April 26 this year Read News
15, Apr 2017, by : Abhishek Waghmare
A good monsoon that led to record sowing and production of pulses - especially tur dal (pigeon pea) - has almost halved their wholesale and retail prices in 2017, a year after dal prices skyrocketed to Rs 200 per kg in some cities at the end of 2015.Read News
31, Mar 2017, by : FnF Desk
Moreover, the operator has promised to match the best data plans in the market at 20 percent lower rates. But telecom operators such as Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and BSNL are not deterred, and have launched bundled data plans of their own to retain their customers, and keep Reliance Jio at bay. Read News
21, Jan 2017, by : Prabhu Mallikarjunan
Sunil Kumar, a 31-year-old farmer in Tondala village, Kolar district, 85 km east of Bengaluru, lost Rs 300,000 in November when tomato prices crashed due to the demonetisation earlier that month and the excess supply of vegetables.Read News
14, Jan 2017, by : FnF Desk
At a time when the cyber vulnerability in the payment gateways of e-wallet companies are becoming visible as they witness a rise in usage and popularity, upgraded security is the only way to safeguard millions of first-time users.Read News
A market is any one of a variety of different systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby persons trade, and goods and services are exchanged, forming part of the economy. It is an arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange things.Competition is essential in markets, and separates market from trade. Two persons may trade, but it takes at least three persons to have a market, so that there is competition on at least one of its two sides. Markets vary in size, range, geographic scale, location, types and variety of human communities, as well as the... Read News
by : Priti Prakash
Its just few months before the 2019 general elections will be declared. Political parties have sound...
by : Satya Narayan Sahu
M. Karunanidhi, reverentially known as Kalaignar is no more. I recall that four years back DMK MP Ti...
by : Rajeshwar Singal
This may sound like a dilemma, but it is not far from truth. Conduct Rules are meant to govern condu...
by : Sunita Narain
The idea of secularism is this very idea of India which respects the equality of all. Of course, wit...
by : Ravi Kishore
Today every one is talking about judicial accountability i.e. how the whole system of judiciary is t...
by : Surya Mohan Dubey
Continuous deadly events happening every now and then prove that Indian Government has utterly faile...
