Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hand sanitisers to come in Re 1 sachet | Chennai, March 30 (TIWN) After shampoo, pickles and other items, the time has come for hand sanitisers in a sachet. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Focus on customers, employees, 6 month c | New Delhi, March 30 (TIWN) In the times of Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing crisis in several companies, management expert and business advisor to companies, Ram Charan has said that companies should focus on customers and employee safety first. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Covid-19: IndiGo offers to ferry medicin | New Delhi, March 30 (TIWN) Countrys largest airline by market share, IndiGo, has offered to assist the government by ferrying medicine, equipment, and other relief samples across the country. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Lockdown : WhatsApp sees 40% increase in | London, March 30 (TIWN) As COVID-19 pandemic envelopes the world, WhatsApp has seen a 40 per cent increase in usage, according to a study by Kantar, a data and consulting company. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| Food producers urge govt to restore supp | New Delhi, March 30 (TIWN) Major manufacturers of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), food producers and suppliers have urged government to restore supply chains of essential commodities following disruption in transportation and labour shortage since the complete lockdown against coronavirus. | 30-Mar-2020 |
| US dollar slides amid jobless blowout | New York, March 29 (TIWN) The US dollar lost strength on Thursday after data showed a record surge in the number of Americans applying for jobless benefits due to the coronavirus outbreak. | 29-Mar-2020 |
| Vietnam chef fights COVID-19 fears with | Hanoi, March 27 (TIWN) A Vietnamese chef has created a coronavirus-shaped burger to help clients cope with the fear and uncertainty the infectious disease has caused. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| Railway coaches to be turned into isolat | Prayagraj, March 27 (TIWN) The Indian Railways is preparing to convert train coaches into isolation wards to prepare for a fight against coronavirus pandemic. | 27-Mar-2020 |
| Package for India Inc on cards, FM indic | New Delhi, March 26 (TIWN) The Rs 1,70,000 crore package, aimed at providing food security to the poor and money in their hands to fight the Covid-19 pandemic issues, may not be the last set of economic relief from the government. | 26-Mar-2020 |
| Digital India faces its biggest challeng | New Delhi, March 26 (TIWN) When Digital India took birth, little did we know that in an unprecedented situation like a total lockdown, the apps and services that helped us sail through the day with ease will immediately hang up on millions. | 26-Mar-2020 |
| US dollar dips amid spread of coronaviru | New York, March 26 (TIWN) The US dollar declined on Wednesday amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus across the country. | 26-Mar-2020 |
| Lockdown: Stock market services declared | Mumbai, March 26 (TIWN) The Centre has declared services provided by stock markets as essential. According to Sebi, the Home Ministry has issued guidelines to this effect. | 26-Mar-2020 |
| WB-IMF ask creditors to suspend debt of | Washington, March 26 (TIWN) Washington-based World Bank Group together with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on all its official bilateral creditors to suspend debt repayments of poor countries that receive loans from its concessionary window and help them tackle challenges posed by the coronavirus outbreak. | 26-Mar-2020 |
| Sensex up1,100 points, Nifty above 8,500 | Mumbai, March 26 (TIWN) Indian equity indices surged on Thursday morning with the BSE Sensex gaining over 1,100 points. | 26-Mar-2020 |
| Delhi to give Rs 5k compensation to 37,0 | New Delhi, March 25 (TIWN) The Delhi government has expedited the process of providing Rs 5,000 to daily wage labourers associated with construction work during the lockdown due to coronavirus, with 37,127 registered workers getting the assistance immediately. | 25-Mar-2020 |
| US dollar weakens after Fed's unlimited | New York, March 25 (TIWN) The US dollar declined in late trading on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve offered unlimited quantitative easing (QE) policy and other measures. | 25-Mar-2020 |
| Dow surges over 11% in best day since 19 | New York, March 25 (TIWN) US stocks closed sharply higher on Tuesday with the Dow up more than 11 per cent, notching its biggest one-day percentage gain since 1933 amid stimulus hopes. | 25-Mar-2020 |
| Railways appeals for smooth delivery of | New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) After the shutdown orders in several parts of the country and the police not allowing the railway staff to go to their work, the railways on Tuesday appealed to the administration to allow its employees involved in transportation of essential supplies. | 24-Mar-2020 |
| Sensex up 1,200 points after Monday carn | Mumbai, March 24 (TIWN) A day after the Indian stock market logged the biggest ever single day fall, the indices opened on a positive note on Tuesday with the Sensex rising over 1,200 points. | 24-Mar-2020 |
| Govt payment systems essential services, | New Delhi, March 24 (TIWN) The Finance Ministry has issued an office memorandum to ensure smooth functioning of government expenditure system during the operation of preventive measures to contain the spread of Covid-19. | 24-Mar-2020 |
| Excise on fuels to go up by upto Rs 8/lt | New Delhi, March 23 (TIWN) The government has decided to raise excise duty on petrol and diesel significantly, by upto Rs 8 per litre, to mobilise additional resources that would be required to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 to permanently hit global econo | New Delhi, March 23 (TIWN) The rapid spread of coronavirus in the last two weeks causing widespread business closures and unprecedented restrictions on social interactions will result in a permanent hit to global economic activity this year, Moody's Investors Service has said in latest global macroeconomic report. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| Railways looks after hundreds stranded d | New Delhi, March 23 (TIWN) Railway authorities came to the aid of hundreds of rail passengers stuck midway due to suspension of train services across the country during the 'Janata Curfew' on Sunday, arranging for their board and lodging and even further travel, officials said on Monday. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| FM rolls back NRI tax, restricts levy on | New Delhi, March 23 (TIWN) In a big relief to the Non-Resident Indian community, the government has decided to restrict taxation only to the income generated by them from businesses in India, leaving their global income out of any levy. Moreover, taxes would need to be paid only on income of above Rs 15 lakhs. | 23-Mar-2020 |
| India's stock markets will remain functi | Mumbai, March 22 (TIWN) India's key stock markets - NSE and the BSE - will remain functional despite massive lockdown measures being implemented by the authorities across the country to contain the spread of Covid-19. | 22-Mar-2020 |
| Vedanta sets up Rs 100 cr fund for vulne | New Delhi, March 22 (TIWN) Mining major Vedanta Ltd on Sunday announced the setting up of a Rs 100 crore fund to support daily wage workers, and employees along with healthcare measures for the communities staying in and around its plant locations. | 22-Mar-2020 |
| Pending funds to certain state govts for | New Delhi, March 22 (TIWN) Centre has released the pending instalment of the grants to state governments under the 14th Finance Commission that was withheld as local elections had not been taken place in these territories, Finance Minister's office said on Saturday. | 22-Mar-2020 |
| Relief rally in markets, Sensex up 1,600 | Mumbai, March 22 (TIWN) After a continuous bear run in the past few days, Indian stock markets witnessed a surge on Friday with the the BSE Sensex closing over 1,600 points higher. | 22-Mar-2020 |
| Adani, Jindal steel among 25 firms booke | New Delhi, March 22 (TIWN) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against four officials of Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd) and 25 companies including Adani Power Ltd, JK Paper Ltd, JSL Ltd, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, IFFCO, Emami Biotech Ltd, ACC Ltd, Vedanta Limited among others. The case relates to the supply of coal through rail rake under Fuel Supply Arrangements (FSAs), which caused a loss of Rs 97 crore to MCL. | 22-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 Impact: Air India to reduce emp | New Delhi, March 20 (TIWN) National carrier Air India has decided to reduce 10 per cent of allowances paid to all employees, except cabin crew, for a period of three months to tide over the economic fallout of Covid-19. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| Railways cancels 90 pairs of trains betw | New Delhi, March 21 (TIWN) The Indian Railways on Friday decided to cancel 90 pairs of more trains, taking the total number of trains cancelled to 245 pairs. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| Covid-19: Stores run dry in NCR after pa | New Delhi, March 21 (TIWN) In spite of the government's repeated requests, the general public is indulging in panic buying sprees across shops in the National Capital Region (NCR). | 21-Mar-2020 |
| Covid-19: IndiGo to go for pay cuts for | New Delhi, March 21 (TIWN) Battered by the global outbreak of coronavirus infections, airline major IndiGo has decided to institute pay cuts for a majority of its employees. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| Azadpur Mandi will not be closed: Chairm | New Delhi, March 21 (TIWN) In order to prevent the infection of Coronavirus, precaution and safety measures are being adopted in Azadpur Mandi, the market will not be closed due to the fear of infection, the Chairman of Azadpur Mandi Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC), Adil Ahmed Khan, said on Thursday. | 21-Mar-2020 |
| NYSE to move to electronic trading amid | New York, March 20 (TIWN) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has said it will temporarily close its trading floors and move to fully electronic trading due to the COVID-19 outbreak. | 20-Mar-2020 |
| COVID-19 impact: Stock exchanges measure | Mumbai, March 19 (TIWN) There is no threat from COVID-19 to the equity trade in the country, as the country's benchmark stock exchanges have initiated a number of measures for trade continuity and to safeguard their employees. | 19-Mar-2020 |
| Will not sell any share in Yes Bank for | Mumbai, March 17 (TIWN): State Bank of India Chairman Rajnish Kumar on Tuesday said that the state-run bank will not sell any of its shares in the crisis-hit Yes Bank in the next three years. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| Paytm leads good profit in Tripura, othe | New Delhi, March 18 (TIWN) Fintech major Paytm on Tuesday said it has witnessed a massive surge in digital payments as more people work from home, avoid venturing out and touching cash to stop the spread of coronavirus. | 18-Mar-2020 |
| Retail investors big losers in Yes Bank | New Delhi, March 17 (TIWN) Arnab (name changed) put his lifetime savings into additional tier 1 or AT1 bonds of Yes Bank in 2018 after he was assured that such investment was as safe as a bank fixed deposit but offered much better returns. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| All In Red: Sensex tanks 2,700 points, N | Mumbai, March 17 (TIWN) Coronavirus fears continued to cause mayhem in the stock markets as the BSE Sensex ended over 2,700 points lower and the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) settled below the 9,200 mark. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| Will add liquidity if needed, RBI assure | Mumbai, March 17 (TIWN) Describing the reconstruction scheme for Yes Bank as credible and sustainable, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Monday sought to assure the private bank's depositors that their hard-earned money is safe. | 17-Mar-2020 |
| Yes Bank posts staggering Q3 standalone | Mumbai, March 16 (TIWN) Financially troubled Yes Bank on Saturday reported a standalone net loss of Rs 18,560.31 crore for the third quarter of the financial year 2019-20. This is amongst the biggest losses reported by the India Inc. | 16-Mar-2020 |
| 'You let me down, you let GoI down, you | New Delhi, March 16 (TIWN) An audio clip of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman humiliating State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Rajnish Kumar has gone viral where she is heard calling SBI "a heartless bank". | 16-Mar-2020 |
| Six pvt banks join SBI to rescue Yes Ban | Mumbai, March 15 (TIWN) As the government on Saturday notified the reconstruction scheme for Yes Bank, major private banks have come out with investment commitments for the crisis-hit bank. | 15-Mar-2020 |
| Yes Bank Rescue: Lock-in for existing sh | New Delhi, March 15 (TIWN) The government decision to lock-in investments of all investors, including existing ones, holding more than 100 shares in Yes Bank may create room for a legal tussle, with analysts suggesting that minority shareholders of the private sector bank could approach the courts against this differential treatment. | 15-Mar-2020 |
| Domestic air traffic may drop by 15-20%: | Hyderabad, March 15 (TIWN) Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said coronavirus scare may lead to 15-20 per cent drop in domestic air traffic but India would overcome the challenge and see robust growth in the civil aviation sector. | 15-Mar-2020 |
| Govt notifies Yes Bank reconstruction sc | New Delhi, March 14 (TIWN) The government on Saturday notified the scheme of reconstruction for cash-strapped Yes Bank Ltd, paving the way for the lender to resume full operations. | 14-Mar-2020 |
| Airport authority to raise $300 million | Hyderabad, March 13 (IANS) Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to mobilise $300 million through External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) during the next fiscal for capital expenditure funding, a top official of the government-run airport operator said on Friday. | 13-Mar-2020 |
| US indices recover after Thursday carnag | Mumbai, March 13 (TIWN) Stock markets in the US traded in the green on Friday, after registering massive decline in their previous trading session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising around 700 points. Currently, Dow is trading at 21,898.69, higher by 698.07 points or 3.29 per cent from its previous close. | 13-Mar-2020 |
| Airport authority to raise $300 million | Hyderabad, March 13 (TIWN) Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to mobilise $300 million through External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) during the next fiscal for capital expenditure funding, a top official of the government-run airport operator said on Friday. | 13-Mar-2020 |