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SpiceJet gets nod to conduct drone trial | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN) Airline major SpiceJet plans to use drones for cost -effective delivery of medical, essential supplies and e-commerce. The airline company, the only one till now, has received approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to conduct drone trials. | 30-May-2020 |
India oil import bill falls 10% to $101 | New Delhi, May 30 (TIWN) At least in the oil sector, the global health emergency posed by the spread of the novel coronavirus has come to the country's advantage. | 30-May-2020 |
Tobacco farmers ask govt to shun policie | New Delhi, May 29 (TIWN) The Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA), a non-profit. | 29-May-2020 |
Google explores 5% stake in struggling V | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN) In what could alter the Indian telecom scenario, Google is reportedly exploring to buy a 5 per cent stake in financially-stressed Vodafone Idea, a move that would not only pit Sundar Pichai-led tech giant against Facebook which has poured in Rs 43,574 crore for 9.99 per cent stake in Reliance-led Jio Platforms but also help struggling Vodafone stand up in the world's fastest growing mobile market. | 28-May-2020 |
Sensex up 400 points, Nifty above 9,400 | Mumbai, May 28 (TIWN) The key Indian equity indices surged on Thursday with the BSE Sensex rising over 400 points and the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange trading above the 9,400 mark. | 28-May-2020 |
NHAI issues guidelines to get national h | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN) To make national highways ready for the upcoming monsoon season, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has issued new policy guidelines to expedite the process of highway maintenance. | 28-May-2020 |
India's stringent lockdown has lasted lo | New Delhi, May 28 (TIWN) India's stringent lockdown norms have lasted longer than expected, said Fitch Ratings as it further reduced India's GDP forecast to (-) 5 per cent from an earlier projected growth of 0.8 per cent for the current fiscal. | 28-May-2020 |
Private bus services to resume in Odisha | New Delhi/Mumbai, May 28 (TIWN) The global economy has suffered a devastating blow courtesy the Covid-19 pandemic. Although statistics show that some countries are worse hit by the virus, all nations have been affected economically. | 28-May-2020 |
Sensex up 995 points as banking, finance | Mumbai, May 27 (TIWN) The Indian equity markets surged on Wednesday after a choppy initial trade with the BSE Sensex closing 995 points higher at 31,605.22 on the back of healthy buying in banking and finance stocks. | 27-May-2020 |
US dollar slips as risk appetite improve | New York, May 27 (TIWN) The US dollar dipped in late trading on Tuesday as risk sentiment returned to the market amid a reopening world economy, subduing demand for the safe-haven currency. | 27-May-2020 |
Equity indices reverse all gains to end | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) The domestic stock market gave up all its gains on Tuesday to end in negative territory. | 26-May-2020 |
Covid Recession: India's GDP likely to c | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) India is likely to suffer from its fourth recession in the last 69 years, as the country's GDP is likely to contract by 5 per cent in FY21, credit rating agency Crisil said in a report on Tuesday. | 26-May-2020 |
Airtel group ties up with Mastercard for | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) Airtel Payments Bank (APBL) has partnered with Mastercard to develop customized products catering to customers across the underbanked spectrum including farmers, small and medium enterprises and retail customers. | 26-May-2020 |
CREDAI seeks urgent support for realty s | New Delhi, May 26 (TIWN) Real estate body CREDAI has written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking immediate measures from the government to help the real estate sector 'survive'. | 26-May-2020 |
India resumes flight services, but passe | New Delhi/Mumbai, May 26 (TIWN) After some initial hiccups, India on Monday resumed domestic passenger flight services, exactly two months after these operations were suspended due to the Covid-19 outbreak. | 26-May-2020 |
After 3K Shramik trains, Goyal urges sta | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN): Union Railway Minister on Monday said that the national transporter has operated more than 3,000 Shramik Special trains to transport the stranded migrant workers and also appealed the state governments to give permission to railways to operate the trains. | 25-May-2020 |
All states except Andhra, Bengal to resu | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN) States across the country will resume domestic flight services on Monday except Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, said Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri. | 25-May-2020 |
Dairy infra fund to add 5 cr litre more | New Delhi, May 25 (TIWN) India's iconic brand, Amul has been instrumental in ensuring uninterrupted supply of milk and milk products across the country during the Covid-19 lockdown in difficult times. | 25-May-2020 |
Covid-19 hits global OLED TV market, QLE | New Delhi, May 24 (TIWN) Led by South Korea's LG Electronics, the global OLED TV market is expected to post relatively small growth this year, compared with the QLED TV sector, following a disruption in panel supply caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic. | 24-May-2020 |
Tomatoes selling below Re 1 per kg in De | New Delhi, May 24 (TIWN) In the wholesale markets of national capital, the prices of all vegetables, including tomatoes, onions have come down drastically this month. In Asia's largest wholesale market for fruits and vegetables -- Azadpur Mandi, tomatoes have started selling at less than Re 1 per kg. | 24-May-2020 |
Repos Energy plans producing over 3,000 | New Delhi, May 24 (TIWN) Pune-based energy distribution startup, Repos Energy plans to manufacture and sell around 3,200 mobile petrol pumps in the current financial year. | 24-May-2020 |
Delhi earns over Rs 110 crore in 15 days | New Delhi, May 23 (TIWN) In just 15 days of imposing the 'special corona fee' on liquor, the Delhi government has earned over Rs 110 crore from the cess and is expecting even more in the coming days with the opening up of more shops. | 23-May-2020 |
PM Modi announces Rs 500 cr assistance f | Bhubaneswar, May 22 (TIWN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a Rs 500 crore relief package for Odisha, which has been affected by cyclone Amphan. | 22-May-2020 |
Airtel buys 10% stake in conversational | New Delhi, May 21 (TIWN) Bharti Airtel on Thursday said that it has acquired a 10 per cent stake in Voicezen, an early stage startup focused on conversational AI technologies. | 21-May-2020 |
Domestic flight ops to start from May 25 | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN) After nearly two months of suspension, Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced on Wednesday that domestic civil aviation operations will resume from May 25. | 20-May-2020 |
Bike taxi booking app Rapido resumes ope | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN) Bike-taxi service provider Rapido on Wednesday said it has resumed normal operations in over 35 cities across 11 states, following the new guidelines announced by the government for lockdown 4.0. | 20-May-2020 |
Mother Dairy helps maintain supply chain | New Delhi, May 20 (TIWN) Mother Dairy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), has contributed in stabilising the dairy supply chain in Vidarbha and Marathwada region amid the nationwide lockdown to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, a statement issued by the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said on Tuesday. | 20-May-2020 |
Why some companies will fail on work-fro | Sydney, May 19 (TIWN) Organisations which are more control-oriented and check the productivity of their employees based on inputs will find it more difficult to trust their people when working from home, according to a new study. | 19-May-2020 |
Indian Railways get state-of-the-art Als | New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN) The world's most powerful locomotive manufactured by French giant Alstom along with the Madhepura Electric Locomotives Pvt Ltd, capable of running at maximum 12,000 HP, joined operations of the Indian Railways on Monday, officials said. | 19-May-2020 |
Indian CEOs using Microsoft Teams to reb | New Delhi, May 19 (TIWN) The nationwide lockdown has made CEOs and CXOs, who were earlier against video calling, comfortable with Microsoft Teams in not just conferencing with customers but also doing actual collaborations and integrating business processes within the solution, a top Microsoft India executive has stressed. | 19-May-2020 |
Covid-19 to accelerate deterioration in | Mumbai, May 19 (TIWN) Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday said the Covid-19 outbreak will accelerate the deterioration in asset quality of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs). | 19-May-2020 |
Ola resumes service in over 160 cities i | New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN) Ride hailing service Ola on Monday said it has resumed normal ride operations in more than 160 cities with enhanced safety protocols applicable with every trip as per the state governments guidelines. | 18-May-2020 |
Auto LPG industry seeks policy support, | New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN) Faced with serious challenges amid the coronavirus crisis, the automobile gas industry is seeking urgent policy help from the government to be able to support itself post the lockdown. | 18-May-2020 |
Cyclone Amphan: Bhubaneswar-New Delhi tr | New Delhi, May 18 (TIWN) In the wake of the threat posted by cyclone Amphan, the Indian Railways on Monday said that the New Delhi-Bhubaneswar special train will run on a diverted route for the next four days. | 18-May-2020 |
Sensex slumps 1,000 points, Nifty ends b | Mumbai, May 18 (TIWN) The Indian stock market tumbled on Monday with the BSE Sensex settling over 1,000 points lower, as the economic package announced by the government failed to cheer the investors. | 18-May-2020 |
28 Omani nationals airlifted from Hydera | Hyderabad, May 18 (TIWN) Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Monday handled a departure repatriation flight for Omani nationals stranded in the city. | 18-May-2020 |
Ranir Bazar Open Rover crew and Rangers' | Agartala, May 17 (TIWN): Ranir Bazar Open Rover crew and Rangers has served their duties at the Jirania Railway station by helping SDM Jirania. | 17-May-2020 |
Centre's guidelines are in right directi | New Delhi, May 17 (TIWN) As the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) extended the lockdown till May 31, the Delhi government on Sunday said the guidelines are in the right direction of opening up the economy as more decision-making power has been given to states. | 17-May-2020 |
Easing Covid woes: More MGNREGS days, so | New Delhi, May 17 (TIWN) Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced eased corporate regulations, greater private participation in the economy and increased social spending budget to mitigate the economic fallout of Covid-19 outbreak. | 17-May-2020 |
A buyer should pay Rs 202-245 for RIL ri | New Delhi, May 17 (TIWN) In cases of rights entitlement renunciation in the upcoming issue of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), a buyer should pay the seller a theoretical fair value range between Rs 202 to Rs 245 for a fully paid rights entitlement, according to an analysis by Kotak Investment Bank. | 17-May-2020 |
Coal monopoly gone; defence, space secto | New Delhi, May 17 (TIWN) In a mega push to boost mining, defence, civil aviation and power distribution sectors, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, here on Saturday, announced deep structural reforms under the Rs 20 lakh crore economic package for the 'self-reliant India' programme, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently. | 17-May-2020 |
China threatens retaliation at 'unreason | Washington/Beijing, May 16 (TIWN) China on Saturday hit back at the Donald Trump government for announcing new export controls aimed at limiting Chinese technology giant Huaweis access to semiconductor technology, calling it Americas "unreasonable suppression" of Huawei. | 16-May-2020 |
Auto-rickshaws, shopping malls, domestic | New Delhi, May 16 (TIWN) As the nationwide Lockdown4.0 is set to begin from Monday with different specifications, it is expected that movement of auto-rickshaws, openning of shopping malls and starting of domestic flights could be on the cards allowing some amount of normalcy to return after nearly two months as the COVID-19 crisis brought the country to an unprecedented stadstill. | 16-May-2020 |
Sitharaman announces Rs 1 lakh cr fund f | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that the Centre will set up a Rs 1 lakh crore agri infrastructure fund for farm-gate infrastructure for farmers. | 15-May-2020 |
'TN may plan online delivery': SC stays | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Madras High Court order for the closure of state-owned liquor vends during the lockdown, as people, while purchasing liquor, blatantly violated social distancing norms. | 15-May-2020 |
School fees shall not be waived off duri | Jaipur, May 15 (TIWN) The Rajasthan High Court has said that the school fees during the lockdown period will not be waived off. | 15-May-2020 |
India's April WPI food inflation slows t | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN) India's annual WPI Food Index eased to 3.60 per cent in April from a rise of 5.49 per cent in March, official data showed on Thursday. | 15-May-2020 |
Migrant workers, street vendors, small f | New Delhi, May 15 (TIWN) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the second tranche of the economic stimulus package will benefit migrant workers, street vendors, and small farmers. | 15-May-2020 |
Rail Bhawan sealed for 2 days as RPF man | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN) The Railway Ministry will remain sealed for two days (Thursday and Friday) as one of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel, who had visited the office a week ago, tested coronavirus positive on Wednesday. | 14-May-2020 |
Rs 3 lakh cr collateral free automatic l | New Delhi, May 14 (TIWN) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced collateral free automatic loans for businesses including MSMEs up to Rs 3 lakh crore. | 14-May-2020 |