While the reading will be heavily skewed by the plunge in activity a year earlier, the expected jump would be the strongest since at least 1992, when official quarterly records started, according to the median forecasts of 47 economists polled by Reuters

The International Monetary Fund Deputy Chief Economist, Petya Koeva Brooks, in an interview to PTI on Friday also made a strong case for an additional economic stimulus to address the impact of the pandemic on the country's economy

The April 5-8 poll of more than 50 economists showed retail inflation rose to 5.40 per cent in March from a year earlier as opposed to 5.03 per cent in February. Forecasts ranged from 4.60% to 6.11 per cent

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Despite the surge in cases, it said, the recovery in economy is resilient with sustained improvement in majority of high frequency indicators.

The Gateway House report titled 'Digital Manufacturing in India' points out that for digital manufacturing to be truly successful in India, it must be adopted by essentially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which comprise over 90 percent of India's industry

The latest report from NASSCOM and Ernst & Young (EY) points out that artificial intelligence could provide relief from sectorial stress and shift towards data driven farming

AI has the potential to play a key role in relieving the sector from most of its stressful input conditions, catalysing a shift towards data-driven farming, Nasscom said

India is estimated to contract by 6.9 per cent in 2020 and then forecast to record a 5 per cent GDP growth in 2021, the report said

In February this year, the sales stood at 5.45 LT as compared to 4.80 LT in the year-ago period, a rise of 14 per cent

The measure provides $400 billion for $1,400 direct payments to most Americans, $350 billion in aid to state and local governments, an expansion of the child tax credit and increased funding for vaccine distribution

State unit president K Surendran highlighted E Sreedharan's achievements, including the completion of the reconstruction of Palarivattom flyover here in five months

The NSE's India VIX, a gauge of the market's expectation of volatility over the near term, fell 8.9% to 25.62

Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, all the indices were rising, with 1.8% rise in media, financial services, PSU Bank and private banking indices.

Stock Market News Updates Today: Sectorally, all the other indices were trading with major losses. PSU Bank, private and financial indices declined around 4-5% today

Stock Market News Updates Today: Sectorally, all the other indices were trading with decent gains. Metal index was up 2.5%, while private, PSU Bank and financial indices rose 1.5% to 2% today

Stock Market News Updates Today: Global equities were buoyed today as positive macroeconomic data flow and hopes of a COVID-19 vaccine boosted investor sentiment

Stock Market News Updates Today: Airtel, HDFC twins, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Infosys, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank were trading among the top gainers. Today, Sensex hit a record high of 52,235 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,340

The country's industrial output had contracted 2.09 per cent in November, while it grew 4.19 per cent in October, the data showed.

Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex hit a record high of 51,804 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,243