Trade deficit in October narrowed to USD 8.78 billion as against USD 11.76 billion, as imports also fell 11.56 per cent to USD 33.6 billion during the month under review

India was a net importer in October, with a trade deficit of $8.78 billion. It may be seen as an improvement as trade deficit was higher at $11.76 billion during the same time last year, but that's hardly a solace

Inspire Brands, which owns Arby's, Buffalo Wild Wings and Sonic Drive-In, said its all-cash deal to take the owner of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins chains private would value it at $106.50 a share

\"We are deliberating on that and will share at an appropriate time,\" the minister said at a virtual conference responding to a question in this regard

The CIC sent show cause notices to Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MietY), National Informatics Centre (NIC) and National E-Governance Division (NEGD) for giving evasive responses on the creators of the COVID-19 tracking app

The decline in output of eight core infrastructure sectors during the month under review was lowest since March

The Commerce and Industry Minister also said that the government is looking at addressing problems of quality so that domestic products can be recognised for high quality

While refunds for 'risky' exporters have been a contentious issue, tax consultants with sizeable client base said that technical glitches are also being cited for pending GST refunds

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Local manufacturers to crank up alloy wheel capacity to tap a thriving market; of the annual requirement of 26 million alloy wheels in India, almost 46 per cent was imported mostly from China in FY20 due to lack of domestic supply

The decline in gold and silver imports has helped in narrowing the country's trade deficit, difference between imports and exports, at USD 23.44 billion during April-September

According to the notices sent to Flipkart and Amazon, they are e-commerce entities and therefore, have to ensure that all mandatory declarations should be displayed on the digital and electronic network used for ecommerce transactions

Split system and others ACs with refrigerants have been moved from \"free\" to \"prohibited\" category; the move will provide a boost to domestic AC manufacturing industry

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Lockdown has brought a new crisis for B-Schools in smaller towns. Only those following hybrid models and focusing on quality will survive

WPI inflation had remained negative for four months -- April (-) 1.57 per cent, May (-) 3.37 per cent, June (-) 1.81 per cent and July -0.25 per cent -- as coronavirus induced lockdown hurt economic activity

The customer asked Flipkart the reason for not delivering in the state and asked them to treat every state equally. Netizens tagged the Home Ministry and Prime Minister's Office and asked them to take action against the e-commerce site

Goyal currently holds the charge of Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry; Lok Jan Shakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan passed away at a Delhi hospital on Thursday evening. Paswan, 74, had undergone a heart surgery recently

Value of non-petroleum and non-gems and jewellery exports in September 2020 was $ 21.11 billion, as compared to $ 19 billion in September 2019

Unlock 5: The central government has permitted opening of Cinemas/ theatres/ multiplexes with upto 50 per cent of their seating capacity, for which, SOP will be issued later