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Equity indices in the green led by gains in IT, auto stocks
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 25 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices moved up during early hours on Friday as Asian markets rose on hopes of a US stimulus package.
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Equity indices in narrow range, IT stocks gain
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 21 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices traded flat during early hours on Monday following Asian peers as investors awaited developments on the US fiscal stimulus and coronavirus vaccines.
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Congress MP Ripun Bora gives zero hour notice in RS
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Congress MP Ripun Bora has given a zero hour notice in the Rajya Sabha over "demand for modification of modalities of the Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package announced to combat the economic loss due to COVID-19 pandemic."
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India needs coordinated policy response, more stimulus to battle COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], September 11 (ANI): The impact of COVID-19 pandemic is significant on India's development and the immediate priority is a coordinated policy response, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
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Assistance given by Centre to poor insufficient, says Chidambaram
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday took a dig at the government over the quantum of relief given to the poor during COVID-19 crisis and also said that money given under PMGKP (Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package) could not have acted as a 'stimu
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Weak demand foremost challenge confronting India Inc: FICCI-Dhruva Advisor
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Weak demand continues to be the key bottleneck for companies as nearly 68 per cent of the companies surveyed recently by industry body FICCI and Dhruva Advisors reported this to be their biggest challenge.
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Q1 GDP growth contracts by 23.9 pc as COVID-19 cripples economic activitie
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 31 (ANI): The Indian economy contracted by 23.9 per cent in the April to June quarter (Q1 FY21) as COVID-19 pandemic compressed consumer demand and private investments, government data showed on Monday.
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Put gender equality at the heart of post-Covid-19 economic recovery: ILO
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Aug 22 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately affecting women workers and governments should prioritise policies that offset the effects the crisis is having on their jobs, International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said.
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Equity indices gain 1 pc on global cues, metal stocks shine
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices were on upswing during early hours on Wednesday amid positive global cues with metal and banking stocks leading the rally.
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Stimulus package has made big difference to companies coping with lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that green shoots were visible in the economy and the stimulus package provided by the government has made a big difference to companies coping up with effects of lockdown enforced to contain the spread
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PM Modi taking inputs from top 50 officials to revive economy: Sources
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting top officials of the finance and commerce ministries later on Thursday to assess the impact of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the national economy, official sources said.
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COVID-19 impact: Finance Commission discusses new tools for education
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): The Finance Commission on Monday discussed the impact of the new tools of education including online classes and use of other technology amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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