Centre is planning to invite financial bids for the privatisation of Air India by end of this month. Plan is to wrap up disinvestment process in second half of current calendar year

The generals made their move hours before parliament had been due to sit for the first time since the National League for Democracy's (NLD) landslide win in a Nov. 8 election viewed as a referendum on Suu Kyi's fledgling democratic rule

Several experts are of the view that the sector may take 3-4 years to fully recover and are expecting the Centre to grant long pending demand for industry status to the sector as well as lower GST rates, thereby giving direct relief, particularly to hotels

The locally produced MINI Countryman has a share of over 40% in sales. The iconic MINI Hatch contributed 33% while the very popular MINI Convertible contributed over 23%

Concerned that few unscrupulous agents are exploiting our citizens and putting them at risk abroad. Recruiting agents must act responsibly or will be held accountable, Sanjay Bhattacharyya, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Secretary, tweeted

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which had earlier concluded its submissions on the issue of 'leave to appeal', had to start arguing afresh due to change of judge

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Farmers, who had earlier announced to oppose the 'kisan mahapanchayat', were carrying black flags and shouting slogans against the BJP-led Central government as they tried to march towards Kaimla village

The image of the bill was shared by Masala Mantra Indian Bistro on Facebook, which has now gone viral

The last date for submitting initial bids for Air India has been extended to October 30, fourth since the request for qualification (RFQ) was issued in January

The prospective bidders raised various issues during the meeting and sought clarity on them. Besides senior Railway Ministry officials, NITI Aayog officials were also present in the pre-bid meeting

Why the sharp recovery and sustained run in stock markets is built on weak fundamentals. Despite the fall, they are trading at double the valuation of the 2008 Lehman crash

Coronavirus impact: The Massachusetts-based company is slashing around 600 positions in the US. Another 300 positions globally will also be eliminated, said Chief Executive Officer Steve Kaufer in a statement

Why even sectors permitted to function find it tough to operate given their linkages with the closed segments of the economy

In India, the situation with domestic carriers is pretty grim with just three months of losses being pegged at $3.6 billion; but did airlines actually have a chance to be better-prepared

Travel and aviation will have to wait longer for a respite as coronavirus lockdown extension restricts public movement till May 3; and although granted some leeway, it's still not business as usual for manufacturing and agriculture

Most executives said that stretching the lockdown beyond 21 days was not an option given the loss for businesses and earning opportunity for people

As an industry, the weekly loss today is to the tune of around Rs 200 crore from fall in egg prices and Rs 900 crore on account of lower prices of birds and reduced sales

Synergy Group Corp had earlier sought more time to complete the due diligence before submitting the final bid

Columbia's Synergy Group founder, who built the sprawling Latin American conglomerate with his brother Jose, had lost his shipyard and airline businesses because of loan defaults.