Travel and tourism sector, which saw its employment fall by 5.5 million during the severe lockdown of June quarter, employed 20.7 million people in December 2020 quarter

Ghebreyesus added over 39 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in a minimum of 49 high-income nations and that merely 25 doses have been administered in one lowest-income country

Due to winter surge in US, coronavirus deaths are rising, overall toll toward 400,000 , warning of a new variant in states

While many couples have still stuck to physical cash and gifts, some have switched to digital wallets like Google Pay and PhonePe to avoid any physical contact

The pandemic-led crisis has accelerated an overdue transition to digitalisation in business processes and enhanced efforts to address slow-burning issues such as liquidity management, cash, diversification, and capital

Global economic outlook remains highly uncertain: IMF chief The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday the global economic outlook remained highly uncertain given the coronavirus pandemic, and a growing divergence between rich and poor countries required the IMF to find more resources. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said a new allocation of the IMF's own currency, Special Drawing Rights, would help give countries more fiscal space to tackle the health crisis and ...

Since January 6, petrol and diesel prices have increased Rs 1.49 and Rs 1.51, respectively, in Delhi

Local Self Government Department Minister Shanti Dhariwal gave the suggestion in a pre-budget consultation meeting with Nirmala Sitharaman, who discussed the budget for the next financial year with the finance ministers of various states

In an executive order, Trump said he is removing the restrictions applicable to the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, and Brazil, while leaving in place the restrictions applicable to China and Iran

Maruti Suzuki said that prices of certain models have been increased to accomodate increasing input costs

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said a new allocation of the IMF's own currency, Special Drawing Rights, would help give countries more fiscal space to tackle the health crisis and shift to a digital and green economy

Fitch has downgraded Delhi Airport because of the sharp drop in footfall on the back of pandemic-induced travel restrictions, weaker earnings, and net debt-EBITDAR ratio increasing to 10

Post December quarter results, most brokerages have maintained bullish stance on this multiplex stock, citing that the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines bodes well for the company

Extending fall for the second straight session, Sensex ended 470 points lower at 48,564 and Nifty fell by 152 points to 14,281. In the last two sessions, Sensex has lost 1,019 points and Nifty is down  313 points

The Centre is expected to reinstate the 4 per cent Dearness Allowance (DA) hike, which was been on hold since April 2020 due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd said they will continue to support the government in the nationwide drive and will wait till vaccines are available for corporates

California's death toll since the start of the pandemic rose to 33,392, while total cases reached 2.94 million

First advance estimates of national income highlight three key imperatives to revive growth: generate demand and investment cycles by directly spending more and reverse import substitution

Growth in the three months ending in December rose to 6.5% over a year earlier, up from the previous quarter's 4.9%, according to official data released Monday

The gross domestic product (GDP) growth was faster than the 6.1% forecast by economists in a Reuters poll, and followed 4.9% growth in the third quarter