FM Nirmala Sitharaman Press Conference Live: FM Sitharaman's announced several stimulus measures to revive the ecomony on Thursday, November 12. Among several of them, she announced new subsidies for employers and employees under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana Subsidy

India Stock Market Highlights Today: SBI, followed by HCL Tech, Tech Mahindra, Asian Paints, Infosys, Tata Steel, TCS and Reliance Industries were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the other hand, ONGC and Titan were the laggards.

The US- India strategic alliance whether military, trade, or otherwise, shall continue to be built on limitless potential of the people of these two economic powers, irrespective of the outcome of November 3

The minister also mentioned that domestic sugar prices are ruling stable at Rs 40 per kg, a level that covers the cost of production for sugar mills

The World Bank is encouraging countries to spend in the first instance on health programmes, on social programmes, and on education, Malpass said, adding that a critical step for countries is to reopen schools

Some mills faced difficulty in exporting during the current COVID-19 pandemic as they could not move their stock due to movement restrictions in some places

Quarter-on-quarter, the economy contracted 7.9%, according to the revised figures, down from 7.8 per cent in the preliminary data. The annual rate shows what the number would have been if continued for a year

Irani also said that the carpet industry will be aided as India is emerging as a key player in the international market

The Federation of All India Vyapar Mandal (FAIVM) said, though they support stopping the import of Chinese goods for creating a roadmap to reduce dependence on Chinese products but any action should not endanger\" the ongoing domestic business

As a result of price intervention, on the one hand granaries overflow creating storage problems and on the other edible oil worth about Rs 90,000 crore is being imported

Patel believes a different market will open up for India thanks to nations unwilling to purchase from China. There will also be an export advantage for India post-COVID-19

Some experts expressed apprehensions that including more firms in the MSME category could crowd out the real small-scale manufacturers and dim their chances of availing various benefits

India needs to move towards real market pricing to build a future-ready electricity ecosystem

Trade body advises members to only export to countries which have announced stimulus

Apex bank had earlier extended scheme providing interest subsidy for post and pre-shipment export credit by a year till March 31, 2021; RBI announced a cut in repo rate by 40 bps to 4 per cent

The proposed central law will help farmers and farmer producer organisations (FPOs) bypass the existing mandi system and enter into contracts with procurers across India

The Ministry of Textiles has issued a notification extending the Scheme of Rebate of State and Central Taxes and Levies on Export of Garments and Made-ups (RoSCTL) which was in force up to March 31

P. Chidambaram, Meghnad Desai, Bimal Jalan, D. Subbarao, and Junaid Ahmad on how to get the GDP going

Coronavirus in India live updates: The IAF personnel is posted in Delhi and was traced by the Delhi Police through the cellphone towers of the Nizamuddin area

The Federation of Indian Export Organisations said all manufacturing companies involved in the export business should be allowed to operate with 50 per cent of the workforce with full sanitation and social distancing norms.