Coronavirus-hit China postpones annual Parliament session for 1st time in decades
Beijing: In an unprecedented move, China on Monday postponed the annual session of Parliament from March 5 due to the coronavirus outbreak, state media reported as the country grapples with the deadly virus that More...
China’s coronavirus death toll crosses 2,300, WHO team to visit Wuhan
Beijing: The death toll in China’s novel coronavirus climbed to 2,345 with 109 more deaths reported, while the confirmed cases rose to 76,288 as a team of WHO experts, currently in the country to investigate More...
Niti Aayog holds meeting with pharma sector on impact of coronavirus
New Delhi: The Niti Aayog on Wednesday held a meeting with the captains of industry in the pharmaceutical sector to discuss the impact of disruption in supplies of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) following More...
GST “biggest madness of the 21st century”: Subramanian Swamy
Hyderabad: Describing India’s latest tax reform GST as “the biggest madness of the 21st century,” BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said that the country needs to grow More...
Govt to soon announce measures to deal with coronavirus impact on industry: FM
New Delhi: The government will soon announce measures to deal with the impact of coronavirus outbreak on the domestic industry and exports, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. These measures will More...
No timeline to remove I-T exemptions: FM
Hyderabad: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said the idea behind introducing second alternative tax slabs sans exemptions is to take the country towards “a simplified, exemption-free and reduced More...
Obtaining PAN card will be made simpler, says Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the process of obtaining a Permanent Account Number (PAN) card will be made simpler. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that the process More...
Narayan Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak appointed British Finance Minister
London: Indian-origin politician Rishi Sunak was appointed as the new British finance minister on Thursday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a Cabinet reshuffle. Rishi Sunak arrives at Downing Street in London, More...
FM Sitharaman to reply on budget 2020 in RS tomorrow
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will reply in the upper house of Parliament- Rajya Sabha on budget 2020 on Tuesday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will reply in the upper house of Parliament- More...
IPO will make LIC disinvestment more transparent: Nirmala Sitharaman
Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the Centre is planning to bring an Initial public offering (IPO) for the disinvestment of the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India. Finance Minister More...
