In a move aimed at enhancing the safety of drivers and passengers, Uber has partnered with Amazon Pay for installing plastic screens in 40,000 Uber Autos across seven cities in India; National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Friday said its daily toll collection through FASTag has reached about Rs 104 crore; Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stressed on increasing credit flow to businesses to meet the needs of a fast reflating economy. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Indian employees work longest, paid least globally with no leisure hours, claims ILO report

Speaking at an event organised by the Automotive Components Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA), the Minister of Road Transport and Highways said the present levels of localisation of parts in the Indian auto sector is around 70%

Inaugurating the first India Toy Fair 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India needs to become Aatmanirbhar in the toy sector and cater to the global market as well

Fuel prices have been rising steadily since February 9. In the 14 increases since then, petrol and diesel rates have gone up by Rs 4.88 per litre and diesel by Rs 4.81 per litre in Delhi

India steps out of recession - GDP grows 0.4% in Dec quarter Indian economy reported growth in the December quarter after two quarters of contraction. The nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) saw revival, albeit marginally, as economic activities resumed after a long and arduous lockdown and overall sentiment improved with the rollout of vaccination drive. As per government data, India's GDP increased 0.4 per cent during the third quarter ended December 31, 2020. Amazon Pay, Uber expand ...

The ILO report states that the working hours in India can extend up to 48 hours a week adding that only Qatar, Mongolia, Gambia, and Maldives have average working hours longer than in India

The minister observed that a large amount (average Rs 8 and higher per unit) is being paid by the MSMEs for power consumption, which contributes to up to one-fifth of the overall production costs

Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the third quarter GDP data proves yet again that fault lines in the Indian economy are more visible than ever before

The Bombay Plan, authored by the doyens of industry in 1944 first envisioned state planning, state ownership and control of industries to make India \"self-sufficient\" long before Nehru's ideas took root

Normally in January, ports don't witness spike because of Chinese New Year, which is a week-long holiday. However, the traffic increased dramatically this time.

Indian economy fared marginally better than earlier estimated in the September quarter, though, as per the revised GDP estimates

Without the base revision, GDP growth would have declined 0.6 per cent in December quarter, noted Motilal Oswal

\"The forum is an Army to Army engagement that meets every year alternately in India and USA to discuss Army to Army cooperation\", says an official

On Thursday, the US 10-year yield climbed to 1.614 per cent -the highest in a year. Expectations of strong economic expansion and concerns over inflation led to a rise in bond yields

Sectorally, all the other indices ended with major losses. PSU Bank, private and financial indices declined around 4-5% today

GDP at Constant (2011-12) Prices in Q3 of 2020-21 is estimated at Rs 36.22 lakh crore, as against Rs 36.08 lakh crore in Q3 of 2019-20, showing a growth of 0.4 per cent, government data showed

Requests have been received from various stakeholders including Indian Banks' Association for extending the timeline, keeping in view the COVID-19 related disruptions and inconveniences, RBI said.

GVA equivalent of manufacturing companies arrived at after adding up wages, depreciation, interest and profit before tax (PBT) grew a robust 17 per cent, on a yearly basis in Q3 FY21

Investor wealth fell by over Rs 6 lakh crore after BSE market cap plunged to Rs 200.12 lakh crore  intra day

A total of 300 MoUs involving an investment of Rs 10,000 crore and job opportunities for about 55,000 aspirants have been envisaged to be approved in the summit