Coronavirus in India: Active COVID-19 caseload continues to stay below 4 lakh for the seventh consecutive day

As per Barclay's estimates, a $10/barrel change (increase) in global crude oil prices will imply a Rs 5.8/litre rise in retail fuel prices which would add 34 basis point to headline inflation over three-six months, assuming no change to petroleum taxes

As per McKinsey's global banking annual review report, the coronavirus pandemic will present a two-stage problem for banks - credit loss and operations challenge - in the months and years to come

India's national agriculture policy is 20 years old and its response to farm crisis continues to be ad hoc, primarily focused on letting private players provide infrastructure and better remuneration to farmers who have consistently failed to deliver

Nearly 1.3 million new accounts were added in September. There was a surge in retail participation in the stock market after people were forced to stay home since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic

Exports in November rose 21.1% from a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday, soundly beating analysts' expectations for a 12.0% increase and quickening from an 11.4% increase in October

Sensex, Nifty updates on December 7:   During the session, Sensex gained 339 points to 45,418 and Nifty rose 96 points to 13,354.

Petrol in Delhi is just 60 paise short of breaching all-time high price of Rs 84 per litre, which was recorded in October 2018. Analysts say if current trend of rising crude oil prices continue, Delhi could breach this mark next week

Total number of people who have recuperated from disease has crossed 91 lakh, pushing national recovery rate to 94.37 per cent, according to Union Health Ministry data

The central bank, however, cautioned that the positive assessment depends a great deal on the spread of coronavirus in coming days and progress on vaccine development front

COVID-19 cases in India: The total number of coronavirus cases reached 96, 08,211, with over 36,000 cases reported in the last 24 hours

Top-down reforms since the demonetisation of 2016 have already derailed the economy and brought misery to millions, yet the great zeal to do more of the same amidst protests from several segments of population demonstrate that the intent is far from public welfare

RBI Governor says he hopes second half of the fiscal year will show positive growth; inflation is likely to remain elevated with some relief in winter months from prices of perishables and bumper Kharif arrivals, adds Das

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das says MPC voted unanimously to keep policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent; changes its FY21 real GDP target to 7.5 per cent as compared to 9.5% contraction projected earlier

India Stock Market Highlights Today: During the session, Sensex touched a lifetime high of 45,148 and Nifty hit an all-time high of 13,280

I would think 2021-22 will be very big, good traction year for achieving a really good rate of growth that itself is going to be a launching pad for 4-5 years of growing at a good speed, provided we do enough on the budget and spend on infrastructure, said the Finance Minister

India Services Business Activity Index expanded at 53.7 in November, indicated that economy remained on the right path to recovery, with a further upturn in new work supporting business activity growth and the first rise in employment for nine months

Looking ahead, services firms were confident of a rise in business activity in the coming 12 months. The overall degree of optimism improved to a nine-month high

The total coronavirus cases mounted to 95,34,964 with 35,551 new infections being reported in a day, while the death toll climbed to 1,38,648 with 526 new fatalities

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Maruti Suzuki, Hindalco, Tata Steel and GAIL India were the top gainers on Nifty rising up to 3.62%. SBI Life Insurance, Infosys, Bharti Airtel and Axis Bank were the top losers falling up to 1.79% on Nifty