British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition, which had crossed the 1,00,000-signature threshold required for such a debate

The 'Master Direction' lays down guidelines for internet banking, mobile payments, card payments, customer protection, and grievance redressal mechanism

Private wealth creators are solely responsible for India's banking stress; increasingly fleeing India with their wealth and bank loans, and those making huge profits are doing so by cutting jobs and wages

As debt-laden distressed companies fall by the wayside, some cash-rich large companies are practically monopolising their sectors

The 'desi' version of Twitter co-founded by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidwatka has been in the spotlight, with several politicians and ministers nudging the microblogging site

The strategic sectors have been classified in four broad baskets -- national security, critical infrastructure, energy and minerals and financial services, said DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey

Resisting the temptation to hike taxes, the finance minister banked on disinvestment and asset monetisation to increase government's revenue.

While the government has maintained for long it does not wish to be in business in sectors that are not of strategic importance, its track record of disinvestment is patchy at best

Union Budget 2021 highights: A new centrally sponsored scheme, PM Atma Nirbhar Swasth Bharat Yojana, will be launched with an outlay of about Rs 64,180 crore over six years

Besides IDBI Bank, the government would privatise two public sector banks and one general insurance company in the year, Sitharaman said.

Sensex, Nifty Highlights on Budget day, February 1: Almost all the sectors closed in green territory today, rising in the range of 3-6%, except for pharma index

Union Budget 2021 Highlights: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said that the government had only marginally raised health funding, which when adjusted to inflation becomes nil

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says preparation of this Budget was taken under circumstances like never before

The inclusion of a statement on policy announcements on GST in the budget, of an intent to resolve these tax issues, will not only have a positive impact on the broader economy but also reaffirm confidence in the cooperative federalism model for tax policy

For people to benefit, the budget needs overhauling to create jobs; revive small businesses; address poverty and health and education deprivations. Pursuing the existing paradigm of growth may push GDP and stock markets up without improving the living standards of the vast majority

Stating that 415 people die on roads in India every day, Road Transport and Highways Minister Gadkari said there is a need to expedite the task of saving the lives of people

A team from Precisa Medicamentos visited the Bharat Biotech's Hyderabad facility last week to discuss potential export possibilities of Covaxin with Chairman Dr Krishna Ella on the January 7-8

The central bank said the statutory inspection of Deutsche Bank's financial position as on March 31, 2019 and the Risk Assessment Report revealed non-compliance with the 'Reserve Bank of India (Interest Rate on Deposits) Directions, 2016'

The Covishield vaccine is being produced in India by the Serum Institute of India at their facility in Pune. For the vaccination drive on January 16, 476 boxes of Covishield vaccine are being supplied out of the Pune Aiport to 13 cities today

NITI Aayog VC Rajiv Kumar was commenting on the first advance estimates (AE) of national income released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Thursday, which projected 7.7 per cent contraction in GDP for the current fiscal year