Seven Indian firms are among those hunting for a vaccine to tame Covid-19. Here is how the projects are progressing

The economies of all the Arab Gulf oil exporters are expected to contract this year, as much as 5% in Iraq, according to the International Monetary Fund

HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh advised developers to reduce their leverage in current uncertain situation and focus on completing projects rather than starting new ones now

According to Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the realty sector is witnessing  65 per cent payment defaults from customers for under-construction projects

CII urges government to clear all outstanding dues to MSMEs, including payments for supply for goods and services to PSUs by MSMEs, GST refunds, various state and central government incentives for MSMEs

In wake of 21-day nation-wide lockdown, all kinds of construction activities have stopped since March 25; this has resulted in a shutdown of works at construction sites, forcing migrant labourers to return back to villages

NAREDCO has called for suspension of all NCLT activities for next 6 months to provide a breathing space to companies who have faced losses due to falling stock prices

As per CMIE, of the Rs 76,923 crore worth project completions in Q4, 65 per cent was completed in January 2020, 20 per cent in February and 15 per cent in March 2020

RIL and its joint venture partner BP Plc are investing Rs 35,000 crore to develop three fields - R Series, Satellite & MJ. The JV is slated to commence commercial production from R-Series in June this year

This development will provide a huge relief to over 20,000 homebuyers across various housing projects launched by Jaypee Infratech (JIL) in Noida and Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh)

Total original cost of implementation of the 1,698 projects was Rs 20.41 lakh crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 24.41 lakh crore

Bajaj Electricals Q3 results: Bajaj Electricals Ltd reported a decline of 84.51 per cent in consolidated net profits in Q3. The company's sales were down by 40.91 per cent during this quarter. Here's for more

The investment proposed in 2020-21 is almost 4% higher than Rs 94,974 crore spending by the state-owned oil firms in the current fiscal year

Budget 2020 expectations: For real estate, it is not just the new paradigm of Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), but also the development of new segments of real estate which have the potential to change the narrative

In the last year, the government has taken steps like 'housing for all' by 2022, tax sops, a sharp cut in GST rates for under-construction flats and a Rs 25,000 crore fund to salvage stalled residential projects.

Capital expenditure on roads, railways, renewable energy and urban housing projects, is expected to be up from 3.38 lakh crore by 20 per cent in FY21 budget.

Budget 2020 latest: Real estate industry has huge expectations from the upcoming Budget 2020-21. Here's a lowdown on what the sector expects

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells said they have been pleased to see progress by Pakistan towards fulfilling FATF obligations

Stocks to watch today on January 27: Indian Bank, JSW Steel, UltraTech Cement, Sonata Software, Adani Gas, HDFC, Infosys, HDFC Bank, Wockhardt, Dr Reddy, Torrent Pharma, TTK Prestige among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Monday's trading session

Share Market Update: Sectorally, except pharma, IT and media scrips, all the other sector based indices closed in the red.