This is an effort by the government to make the Budget tabulation process more 'participatory and democratic by taking it closer to the people of India'

The announcement by the Philippines-headquartered lender came a week after Pakistan secured USD 800 million worth of debt freeze deals from 14 members of the G20

Current tariff 'unsustainable'; need telcos, TRAI to support hike: Sunil Mittal Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has stressed on the need for a hike in telecom tariff as the current rates are \"unsustainable\". However, he said that the telecom market and regulator would have to be on the same page before Airtel can go ahead with a tariff hike. Mittal added that Airtel has taken a clear stance on the issue of tariffs and is of the view that a hike is necessary. World Bank cautions G20 ...

Gross domestic product (GDP) fell 5.8% year-on-year in the third quarter, the ministry of trade and industry said on Monday, smaller than the 7% drop seen in the government's advance estimate

At the event titled \"Safeguarding the Planet,\" PM Modi mentioned India's achievement of meeting the goal of 175 gigawatts of renewable energy before the target of 2022, and promised \"a big step ahead by seeking to achieve 450 gigawatts by 2030\"

Pakistan along with 76 other poor African countries had qualified for the G-20 debt relief initiative, announced in April this year for May-December 2020 period, to combat the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

World Bank President David Malpass warned that debt challenges were becoming more frequent, and failure to provide more permanent debt relief left a bleak outlook for reducing poverty

Addressing the virtual G20 Summit hosted by Saudi Arabia's King Salman, Xi said China will always be a builder of global peace, a contributor to global development and a defender of international order

The twin crises of the pandemic and an uneven, uncertain global recovery dominated the first day of a two-day summit under the chairmanship of Saudi Arabia, which hands off the rotating presidency of the G20 to Italy next month

Speaking at a news conference after a meeting of the IMF's steering committee, Georgieva also called on the United States and China to keep up strong economic stimulus that could help boost a global recovery

A debt relief initiative offered by the Group of 20 major economies, which includes China, and the Paris Club of official creditors could provide about $12 billion in extra liquidity through the end of the year

In the post-industrial democratic era, they have benefited immensely from the public provisioning of health and education that produces quality labour, infrastructure, natural resources, tax incentives, loan write offs (NPAs), bailouts, stimulus packages, and much more. Yet increasingly they use tax havens, shell companies and other tools to evade and avoid paying back

Pakistan COVID-19 update: New cases came as Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday that the nationwide lockdown will be lifted gradually, asserting that Pakistan cannot afford an indefinite closure

The UN Secretary General asserted that the economic recovery from the COVID-19 should go hand-in-hand with climate action.

Coronavirus update: Fiscal measures so far have amounted to about USD 8 trillion and liquidity injections by central banks amounting to over USD 6 trillion, said IMF

New coronavirus, which originated in China in December, has infected over 438,000 people around the globe and killed more than 19,000, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally

India Coronavirus Lockdown News Updates: Respective governments of Delhi and Maharashtra have allowed establishments that sell essential items to function 24X7, but within the boundaries of social distancing

Countries around the world have allocated $12.3 trillion so far to fight the COVID-19 epidemic

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting her second consecutive Union Budget in Parliament today

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