New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The government has reviewed the earlier methodology and simplified the mechanism for approval of exploration programmes and Geological Reports (GRs) for coal and lignite blocks, it was announced on Monday.This marks a major procedural reform...
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) Bangladesh is facing serious problems in maintaining its trade relations with the world’s major economies due to the policy mistakes of the Muhammad Yunus-headed interim government. Business disruptions and domestic economic crises have intensified these...
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 (OSHWC Code) and the Social Security Code, 2020 under the recently introduced labour codes will boost the safety and welfare of workers in the petroleum industry,...
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a directive requiring messaging platforms, including WhatsApp, to log users out every six hours.The directive last week mandated that the user's subscriber identity module (SIM) used at registration...
Seoul, Dec 1 (IANS) South Korean online platforms were seen carrying out emergency reviews of their data protection status, with Coupang Inc. widely expected to face major fines following a data breach, sources said on Monday.On Saturday, the U.S.-listed e-commerce...
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) India’s manufacturing industry registered another round of impressive growth, with total new orders and output again expanding at above-trend rates, according to the HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released on Monday.Registering 56.6 in...
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The United States has “benefited immensely” from talented Indians who moved there and helped build its technology and business sectors, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said.Speaking on Zerodha co‑founder Nikhil Kamath’s “WTF is” podcast, he...
Mumbai, Dec 1 (IANS) Indian benchmark indices opened the new month at new all-time high on Monday, amid investor optimism around strong Q2 GDP growth at 8.2 per cent.As of 9.30 am, the Sensex advanced 291 points, or 0.34 per...
Seoul, Dec 1 (IANS) The government will introduce a new 0.05 per cent transaction tax on KOSPI stock trades next year, the finance ministry here said on Monday, marking the first time the benchmark market will impose such a levy.Under...
Seoul, Dec 1 (IANS) South Korea's exports increased 8.4 per cent from a year earlier in November to over $61 billion, marking the sixth consecutive month of increase on the back of strong demand for semiconductors, government data showed on...
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu-based tax authority has dropped the demand of tax and penalties totalling Rs 266.3 crore from Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dalmia Bharat, and there will be no financial impact...
Seoul, Nov 30 (IANS) Dollar deposits by companies at local banks rose at the fastest pace of the year in November as firms accelerated efforts to increase their dollar holdings amid a strengthening U.S. dollar, industry data showed on Sunday.Companies'...