The court asked the government how COVID-19 behaviour was being checked, to which the government responded that it was holding meetings with resident welfare associations in this regard

Complete lockdown in India: Online grocery platforms are, however, working with local authorities to restart delivery in the next 24 hours

Australia bushfire: Victoria had 17 fires rated at emergency or evacuate warning levels and New South Wales had 12 rated emergency, with more than 100 others burning across the states

Union Budget 2019: The move will usher the single regime for foreign investors and regulate investments and funds brought in by the non-resident Indians and person of Indian Origin.

Within a day of the one-off excise duty cut and PSUs subsidising fuel, petrol and diesel prices are on the rise again and have hit a three week high.

Amid hopes of a likely interest rate hike in US by Federal Reserve and sharper-than-expected drawdown in US crude stocks, Brent oil futures climbed above $50 a barrel early this week for the first time in nearly seven months.

Promoters have faced difficulties in selling the new concept to banks and, as a result, have failed to secure loans to build the parks.

\" The company has agreed to divest its entire equity stake comprising 45,425,328 shares ( 11 per cent) in Vodafone India Ltd to Prime Metals, an indirect subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc, for a total consideration of  Rs 8,900 crore,\" Piramal Enterprises said in a statement on Thursday.

The finance ministry is veering round to the view that use of 'moral suasion' by the RBI to get seven leading commercial banks in the country to hike interest rates for NRI deposits would be a quicker and neater way to get more foreign capital than the issue of bonds.

The finance ministry will announce a major package next week as part of an all-out effort to curtail the widening current account deficit (CAD), which has sent the rupee into a free fall and further weakened the economy.

All eyes will be on Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor D. Subbarao on Monday as India Inc and commercial banks look forward to an easing of the monetary policy so that more money becomes available in the system at lower rates of interest to rev up the economy.

Hidden-camera videos of India's three leading private banks' officials allegedly advising customers on money-laundering recently kicked up a storm. Heads have started to roll at the junior levels in these banks - ICICI, HDFC and Axis. But punishing wrongdoers is unlikely to stem the irregularities as the system is flawed.