The meeting comes amid a time when China's assertiveness is peaking in both countries

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were bearish today as coronavirus infections increased in parts of North Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and weighed on investor sentiment. European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government began emergency lockdown on Sunday, over fear of new virus strain.

The CII in its pre-budget memorandum recommended that the government consider enabling Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) to purchase NPAs

It is estimated that during the prolonged lockdown, the auto industry suffered losses of more than Rs 2,300 crore in turnover for every single day of closure

The COVID-19 vaccine in India will be first offered to healthcare workers, frontline workers and persons above 50 years of age. Depending on the disease epidemiology and vaccine's availability, the remaining population will be vaccinated later on

A combination of cost-push factors including supply side disruptions, sharp increase in international commodity prices, high retail margins and elevated taxes on petroleum products have kept inflation above the upper tolerance band, says Shaktikanta Das

The report added that 100 per cent of customers will favour contactless and digital payment options, whereas takeaway and delivery will grow exponentially by 15 per cent and 30.5 per cent respectively

Factories, warehouses which had already suffered massive losses due to COVID-19, have been hammered once again. The ongoing protests at Delhi-Haryana border have taken a toll on business as shipments remain stranded on factory floors and in manufacturing units. With the transport movement disrupted, the impact on the local economy is tangible with the daily losses pegged between Rs2-3 lakh. Watch the video for more details.

Factories, warehouses which had already suffered massive losses due to COVID-19, have been hammered once again. The ongoing protests at Delhi-Haryana border have taken a toll on business as shipments remain stranded on factory floors and in manufacturing units. With the transport movement disrupted, the impact on the local economy is tangible with the daily losses pegged between Rs2-3 lakh. Watch the video for more details.

Factories, warehouses which had already suffered massive losses due to COVID-19, have been hammered once again. The ongoing protests at Delhi-Haryana border have taken a toll on business as shipments remain stranded on factory floors and in manufacturing units. With the transport movement disrupted, the impact on the local economy is tangible with the daily losses pegged between Rs2-3 lakh. Watch the video for more details.

Factories, warehouses which had already suffered massive losses due to COVID-19, have been hammered once again. The ongoing protests at Delhi-Haryana border have taken a toll on business as shipments remain stranded on factory floors and in manufacturing units. With the transport movement disrupted, the impact on the local economy is tangible with the daily losses pegged between Rs2-3 lakh. Watch the video for more details.

The group has already skilled five lakh youth besides creating one lakh jobs as part of these initiatives, which include Mahindra Pride Schools and Classrooms, in the past 15 years, according to a release

Making efforts to deregulate the economy to attract global investments, says  Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal; India drops one spot to 131 in UN's 2020 Human Development Index; Infosys to prefer flexible 'hybrid' work model for employees. Watch this and more news on News Blast.

The pleas pertained to charging of interest on interest by banks on EMIs which have not been paid by borrowers after availing the loan moratorium scheme of RBI during March 1 to August 31

Wistron violence: Govt probes wage delay charges; iPhone shipments least impacted Following the violence at Wistron's manufacturing facility in Narasapura four days ago, Karnataka's labour department had initiated a probe to verify the allegation of non-payments of wages to the workers. Sources told Business Today that while notices have been sent to several third-party contractors including Quess Corp, Adecco, Innov among others, a report to the state government is also expected to be subm...

India Stock Market Highlights Today: In today's session, Sensex hit an all-time high of 46,992 and Nifty logged a lifetime high of 13,773

Currently, Infosys -- with over 2 lakh employees in India -- has around 2 per cent people working from office while rest are working from home

Innovations such as mixed-model mobility solutions where the same assets are used for multiple services over the week can help fleet operators drive up asset utilisation, drive down unit prices for consumers and deliver better economics

Out of this global cost, $9.8 trillion (83%) has been spent by 36 rich nations against just $42 billion (0.4%) by 59 low-income countries to cope with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, Oxfam said

As per ILO preliminary estimate, unemployment rate could increase from 4.4 per cent in 2019 to somewhere between 5.2 per cent and 5.7 per cent in 2020