According to Maharashtra's health department, the Pune division's COVID-19 tally has increased to 5,24,760 with 1,765 new cases, while six fatalities took the death toll to 11,742

Maharashtra government had imposed a total lockdown of seven days in Amravati city and Achalpur town on February 21 owing to a large number of COVID-19 cases being reported from the two zones

India steps out of recession - GDP grows 0.4% in Dec quarter Indian economy reported growth in the December quarter after two quarters of contraction. The nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) saw revival, albeit marginally, as economic activities resumed after a long and arduous lockdown and overall sentiment improved with the rollout of vaccination drive. As per government data, India's GDP increased 0.4 per cent during the third quarter ended December 31, 2020. Amazon Pay, Uber expand ...

Sectorally, all the other indices ended with major losses. PSU Bank, private and financial indices declined around 4-5% today

Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, except for IT and pharma index, all the other indices ended with decent gains. Private, PSU Bank and financial indices closed 3% higher today.

The basis of share allotment is expected to be finalised on March 2 and shares are likely to be credited to Demat accounts of investors on March 4. Equity shares are proposed to be listed on BSE and National Stock Exchange

Persistent negative growth in rural wages and soaring corporate profits accompanied by job and wage cuts demonstrate a clear disconnect between growth/profits and wellbeing of ordinary Indians

The government is constructing highways at a pace of 30 km per day in the current fiscal against an average daily construction of 21.71 km in the previous financial year, despite the disruptions caused due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Little attention to direct income support, health and education deprivations, and revival of small businesses will keep the demand and production of goods and services depressed in FY22

Das says retail inflation has \"returned within the tolerance band\" of 4 per cent. RBI has the mandate to keep retail inflation at 4 per cent with a bias of plus/minus 2 per cent on either side

Equity markets have hurtled past their January 2020 peak but offer limited upside from hereon

India Stock Market News Updates Today: Sensex scaled record high of 51,073.27 while the Nifty hit record high of 15,014.65 level in early trade. SBI, Kotak Bank, IndusInd Bank, HDFC, ONGC and Axis Bank were top gainers in the Sensex pack

Nearly 8.2 lakh new investors jumped on the bandwagon when the benchmark index Sensex clawed back all the lost ground and reclaimed the 50,000-mark after six sessions

The government has estimated a total gross tax collection of Rs  22.17 lakh crore in 2021-22, which is lower than last year's Budget estimates of Rs 24.23 lakh crore

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

CMIE data added that India's biggest challenge on the employment front is getting its womenfolk into the labour force. CMIE data showed, in contrast with men, only nine per cent of all women of working age were employed until November

India has no data on jobs lost and businesses shut; no estimate of how many would have slipped into poverty or how income, health and education inequalities would have risen due to the pandemic. How will the Budget 2021 allocate resources appropriately to revive growth and bring development?

For people to benefit, the budget needs overhauling to create jobs; revive small businesses; address poverty and health and education deprivations. Pursuing the existing paradigm of growth may push GDP and stock markets up without improving the living standards of the vast majority

PM Modi said that the Economic Survey, tabled in Parliament today, captures India's fight against COVID-19 and the nation's strong economy fundamentals

Budget Session 2021: Chief Economic Advisor KV Subramanian launches Economic Survey; says India took \"short term pain for long term gain\" and recognised that GDP growth will recover, lost human lives cannot be brought back, adds the CEA