Farmers’ protest LIVE updates Day 54: The Supreme Court will today hear a plea of the central government, filed though the Delhi Police, seeking an injunction against the proposed tractor march or any other kind of protest by farmers “which seeks to disrupt the gathering and celebrations” of Republic Day on January 26. A …
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Among individual stocks, investors would first react to HDFC Bank’s Q3FY21 results, released over the weekend. India’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank has recorded an 18 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 8,758.3 crore in the December quarter of the current fiscal year (Q3FY21), driven by robust growth in net interest income and …
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What can the Budget do that the stimulus packages have not done? Uddalok Bhattacharya sums up Mihir Sharma lays out the things the government must have in mind in its Budget presentation. Read it here Debashis Basu says easy money does not always lead to stocks rising. Read it here Tamal …
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India vs Australia. Photo: @BCCI In the second innings, Australian cricket team was off to a solid start on Day 4 of fourth and final Test against India as the lead is now over 90 runs at The Gabab, Brisbane today. David Warner and Marcus harris were the overnight batsmen. Check India-Australia series latest news …
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India vaccinated over 17,000 health care workers in 553 sessions on the second day of the Covid vaccination drive across six states, taking the total number of vaccinations to 224,301. There were more than 400 adverse events following the jab, such as fever, headache and nausea, the health ministry said on Sunday. …
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Farmer income support nears target, but gap remains Cash transfers became prominent in India only after the introduction of the PM Kisan scheme. The government, which has a target of reaching 145 million farmers, has so far reached 105 million. For the current instalment, which ends in March, close to 100 …
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Less than 100 hours ahead of his historic inauguration, US President-elect Joe Biden has either nominated or named at least 20 Indian Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his administration, a new record in itself for this small ethnic community that constitutes one per cent of the country’s population. As many …
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Bank credit grew 3.2 per cent to Rs 107.05 lakh crore in the first nine months of the current financial year, against a growth of 2.7 per cent registered in the corresponding period of 2019-20. In the fortnight ended March 27, 2020, bank advances stood at Rs 103.72 lakh crore. …
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India now accounts for 0.83% of all active cases globally (one in every 120 active cases), and 7.49% of all deaths (one in every 13 deaths) TopicsCoronavirus | ICMR | Coronavirus Tests India on Sunday reported a net reduction of 2,207 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 208,826, the lowest since June 28 and 79.48 …
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While the pandemic pummelled tax collection across the board, excise duty mop-up jumped 48 per cent in the current fiscal on the back of a record increase in taxes on petrol and diesel, that more than made up for the below normal fuel sales. Excise duty collection during April-November 2020, was …
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