New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave a nod for Atmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana (ABRY) to boost employment in the formal sector and incentivise creation of new employment opportunities during the COVID-19 recovery phase under Atmanirbhar Bharat Package
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 9 (ANI): Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was admitted to hospital in Kolkata after his breathing-related problems aggravated.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 9 (ANI): India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) expects interest rates to stabilise at the current level and Indian currency to undergo structural changes in the coming months.
Hong Kong, December 9 (ANI): Stabilising or improving cash flows amid power demand recovery, the gradual pace of regulatory change and manageable transition to a low carbon economy underpin Moody's Investors Service's stable outlook for the Asia Pacific power sector in 2021.
Geneva [Switzerland], December 9 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said the recovery of passenger demand continued to be disappointingly slow in October with total demand measured in revenue passenger kilometres down 70.6 per cent compared to October 2019.
London [UK], December 8 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has revised India's GDP forecast to minus 9.4 per cent in the current fiscal year from a previously projected contraction of 10.5 per cent after the economy staged a sharper rebound in the second quarter.
Singapore, December 8 (ANI): Fitch Solutions has maintained that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will lower its policy repurchase (repo) rate by another 50 basis points by the end of FY22 (April 2021 to March 2022) with forecasts specifically looking at 25 basis points at the last FY21 polic
New Delhi [India], December 7 (ANI): India's total active Covid-19 caseload has fallen below the four lakh mark on Monday to 3,96,729, which is the lowest after 140 days, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW). The total active cases were 3,90,459 on July 20, 2020.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), December 7 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir reported 280 new positive cases of Covid-19 on Monday taking the tally in the Union Territory to 1,13,568.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 7 (ANI): Bangladesh on Monday recorded 36 Covid-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours taking the total number of fatalities due to the deadly virus to 6,874 here.
Geneva [Switzerland], December 7 (ANI): Global air cargo demand continued to improve but at a slower pace than the previous month and remains below previous year levels, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Monday while releasing October data for freight markets.
Melbourne [Australia], December 7 (ANI): As borrowers rebuild businesses and finances in 2021, the operating backdrop should improve with economies rebounding and COVID-19 vaccines coming online, S&P Global Ratings said on Monday.