Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced a costly extension of his emergency aid programmes to see Britain's economy through its current coronavirus lockdown, but announced a tax hike for many businesses as he began to focus on fixing the public finances

In 2020, the US national debt was $23.4 trillion, that was $72,309 in debt per person

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry also called on all nations to raise their ambition to fight against climate change

FDI surge from Cayman Islands makes it the new Mauritius; chorus grows China might be routing investments into India through it

India looks much better positioned cyclically and relative to the pandemic, while the most exciting period of China's recovery seems to be over, noted Credit Suisse

The world's third-largest economy grew an annualised 12.7% in October-December, government data showed on Monday, exceeding a median market forecast for a 9.5% gain

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If emerging markets can get their policy and rule of law act together, they will become a long playing bull market

India Stock Market News Updates Today: Sensex scaled record high of 51,073.27 while the Nifty hit record high of 15,014.65 level in early trade. SBI, Kotak Bank, IndusInd Bank, HDFC, ONGC and Axis Bank were top gainers in the Sensex pack

India Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex rose above the psychological key level of 50,000 and Nifty neared 14,700

Considering the current inadequate infrastructure in healthcare segments, there is a larger expectation that budget allocation to healthcare would be around 2% to 2.25% of the GDP

The government recently announced a WTO compliant Remission on Duties and Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP) scheme that replaced the earlier Merchandise Export Incentive Scheme. Effective since the beginning of the year, the government is yet to notify the rates of the new scheme

The currency unit opened at 73.11 per US dollar at the interbank forex market and inched 7 paise higher to 73.10 over its previous close

The Union Budget 2021 should reflect concrete and enthused government efforts to boost both consumption and demand for an overall push to the economy

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

It is an unending saga of gross negligence despite the services sector being the main driver of India's growth story; contributes the most to GDP and is arguably the largest employer too

The total value of these 11 companies grew 14 per cent and has been pegged at $805 billion or nearly a third of the Indian GDP

Despite continuous and comprehensive attention to industry, its contribution to income (GDP) and employment didn't touch 25% and 14%, respectively. It is time to give equal, if not more, attention to services and agriculture that consistently contribute the most to income and employment, respectively