Pompeo will hold two-way talks in Colombo on Oct. 28, a spokesman for Sri Lanka's foreign ministry said

Sitharaman clarified that it is not certain whether it will be done in public or in the Parliament. She also ruled out giving any tentative deadline for giving an official GDP estimate for the current year

Local manufacturers to crank up alloy wheel capacity to tap a thriving market; of the annual requirement of 26 million alloy wheels in India, almost 46 per cent was imported mostly from China in FY20 due to lack of domestic supply

Power consumption in the country was recorded at 49.67 BU during October 1-15 last year, according to the power ministry data

The government had imposed nationwide lockdown on March 25 to contain the spread of COVID-19. Power consumption started declining from March onwards due to fewer economic activities in the country

In May, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 90,000 crore liquidity infusion into cash-strapped discoms, facing demand slump due to the lockdown to contain COVID-19

It estimated that the economy is likely to contract by 13.5 per cent in the second quarter (July-September), and the contraction in FY21 (April 2020 to March 2021) is likely to be around 9.5 per cent

To boost the consumption and offer an alternative to the employees, the government has come up with special cash package in lieu of the LTC

WPI inflation had remained negative for four months -- April (-) 1.57 per cent, May (-) 3.37 per cent, June (-) 1.81 per cent and July -0.25 per cent -- as coronavirus induced lockdown hurt economic activity

Delhi air pollution news: Delhi's air pollution levels are going to be impacted by an increase in farm fires in Punjab, Haryana and neighbouring regions of Pakistan, according to the Ministry of Earth Sciences' Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi

As per the IIP data released by the government, manufacturing sector output fell by 8.6 per cent, while the output of mining and power segments slipped by 9.8 per cent and 1.8 per cent, respectively

Local trains and metro services were disrupted as the financial capital of India, Mumbai, suffered a two hour blackout in the morning. CCTVs and traffic signals were also down throwing life out of gear. Some of the places affected in Mumbai were Colaba, Mahim, Bandra and several other areas from Mumbai to Thane in Maharashtra. Power in Mumbai city was restored after about two hours. Union power ministry sources have said that the primary cause of the power outage in Mumbai seems to be a local failure. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Mumbai power cut: Massive outage in financial capital; trains halted, BSE, NSE working normally

In Anand Vihar, the AQI stood at 275, in Rohini at 263, in ITO at 275, and in Nehru Nagar 229, according to DPCC data at 8 am on Monday

The economic crisis following the pandemic and untimely national lockdown have been used by both the central and state governments to push through unilateral measures that undermine workers' interest by dismantling critical protections

By amending the general financial rules to impose restrictions on public procurement, the Centre, through DPIIT is empowered to reject or cancel the registration of a bidding entity without according any reasons for the same

In the hearing conducted through video conferencing, the top court took note of the grievances that various sectors such as real estate have been left out under the new proposal by the Centre

Supreme Court's 3-judge bench, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan, says government affidavit doesn't deal or mention several issues arising in case. SC also asks Indian Banks' Association to file its opinion on Centre's proposal

Finance Ministry said that the government is open to all possibilities to minimise COVID-19's impact and the Finance Minister is not averse to taking any further measures to ease people's suffering

Andhra Pradesh has became the first state in the country to successfully undertake ease of doing business reforms and has thus become eligible to raise an additional amount of Rs 2,525 crore through open market borrowings

This is third straight reduction in rate in one year. Price was cut by a steep 26 per cent to $2.39 in April. Rate paid to producers of new gas from difficult fields such as deepsea has also been cut to $4.06 per mmBtu from $5.61