Call on bringing fuels under GST to be taken closer to GST Council meet: Sitharaman Amidst the rise in fuel prices, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said she might take a call closer to the GST Council meeting about proposing to the Council to bring petrol and diesel under the goods and services tax (GST). Sitharaman admitted that taxes on fuels should be brought down to reduce the burden on consumers, and called pricing a worrying issue. Dual airbags mandatory for new cars f...

Equipped with electronics and mechanical machines, the company claims it to be a one-of-a-kind manufacturing hub that will employ 450-strong workforce

The layoffs are part of JLR's global strategy to shed about 2,000 non-manufacturing jobs by next fiscal. It had also reduced its global headcount by 1,000 in 2018 and another 4,500 in 2019

Action COVID -19 Team was launched in March last year with a Rs 100 crore grant with a vision to support innovators working on solutions to control the coronavirus pandemic

Jay Chaudhry's company Zscaler helps companies secure their IT and cloud infrastructure. Its revenue for second quarter of FY21 surged 55 per cent YoY to $157 million

Focus on operating profit and building a low-cost franchise have helped the country's second-largest private bank claim the top position

The methodology behind the BT-KPMG Best Banks Survey 2020

Banks' ability to transform themselves with speed and agility to survive the next revolution will determine the winners and losers

The report said that while many women in India have the flexibility of working from home, they face other barriers including lack of time and discrimination for family care. Lack of time is the topmost barrier for working women

Buffett used his annual letter to investors to assure he and his successors would be careful stewards of their money at Berkshire, where \"the passage of time\" and \"an inner calm\" would help serve them well

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 company also plans large expansions in the workforce this year in anticipation of winning large contracts from clients as business gradually rebounds to pre-COVID levels

The largest US oil producer is reeling from the sharp decline in oil demand and a series of bad bets on projects when prices were much higher

While professionals are confident of career progress, there's a decrease in India's overall confidence, as the composite score dropped from +58 in December 2020 to +54 in January 2021

Separate data from the Office for National Statistics showed that the number of employees on company payrolls in January rose by 83,000 from December, the second monthly increase and its biggest since January 2015

Premji said the IT industry and the government have appreciated the value of a permanent hybrid model where people would work partly from office and home even after the end of the pandemic

Addressing an interactive session hosted by the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Premji said the IT industry and the government have appreciated the value of a permanent hybrid model

In his pre-recorded address for the sixth Governing Council virtual meeting of Niti Aayog, the senior Congress leader also proposed that states are consulted before deciding the priority list for COVID-19 vaccination

Persistent negative growth in rural wages and soaring corporate profits accompanied by job and wage cuts demonstrate a clear disconnect between growth/profits and wellbeing of ordinary Indians

New Zealand expects its nationwide rollout covering the country's population of 5 million will take a full year, while Australia aims to inoculate its 25 million citizens by October