Nupur Anand, Manoj Kumar MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Thousands of Indian exporters have been hit hard by new tax regulations, forcing some to close as doing business becomes more difficult. New Delhi said in June it had identified thousands of exporters that had claimed tax rebates based on bogus invoices and would require them to submit […]
Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower on Friday, pressured by tensions between the United States and China, but some supportive economic data in Europe tempered losses. Brent crude futures fell 13 cents to $43.18 a barrel by 11:19 a.m. EDT (1519 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 5 […]
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is working on offering production linked incentives for up to five sectors to boost domestic manufacturing, a top finance ministry official said on Thursday, bolstering efforts to attract new investments in the coronavirus-stricken economy. A commuter walks past the building of India’s Ministry of Finance during dusk in New Delhi, […]
Rajendra Jadhav MUMBAI (Reuters) – Gold prices in India rose above the psychologically important 50,000 rupees level for the first time on Wednesday, as expectations of more stimulus to resuscitate pandemic-hit economies lifted the metal’s appeal as an inflation-hedge. Local gold futures reached an all-time high of 50,085 Indian rupees ($671.61) per 10 grams on […]
Raphael Satter, Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department indicted two Chinese nationals for hacking defense contractors, COVID researchers and hundreds of other victims worldwide, according to a court filing published on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: The flags of China, U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flag stall at the Yiwu […]
Aftab Ahmed, Nupur Anand NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India is looking to privatise more than half of its state-owned banks to reduce the number of government-owned lenders to just five as part of an overhaul of the banking industry, government and banking sources said. FILE PHOTO: Commuters walk past a bank sign along a road in […]
CERT-In has also asked Twitter for information on number of users from India who have visited the malicious tweets and links. Press Trust of India SOPA IMAGES VIA GETTY IMAGES POLAND – 2020/07/15: In this photo illustration a Twitter logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) […]
Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Kanye West, Michael Bloomberg, Apple and Uber appear to also be targets in the massive cryptocurrency scheme. By Dominique Mosbergen The Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, former President Barack Obama and at least three tech bigwigs — Tesla’s Elon Musk, Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Amazon’s […]
Counsel appearing for Jharkhand has informed the top court that the state has also filed a suit on the issue and both the matters should be heard together. By: PTI | New Delhi Counsel appearing for Jharkhand has informed the top court that the state has also filed a suit on the issue and both the […]
BENGALURU (Reuters) – Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said on Monday it would lower the price of its generic version of favipiravir, FabiFlu, to 75 rupees ($0.9983) per tablet for restricted emergency use in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms in India. FILE PHOTO: Tablets of Avigan (generic name : Favipiravir), a drug approved as an anti-influenza drug […]