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Centre slashes windfall tax on domestic crude oil, increases on ATF export

At its seventh fortnightly review, the government hiked the tax on the export of ATF to Rs 5 per litre from Rs 3.50

Jamshed Irani: Architect of post-lib Indian industry and 'New Tata Steel'

Irani transformed Tata Steel totally to make it the world's lowest-cost steel producer by 2001, completely revamped technology and used his phrase "Customer Har Haal Me" to augment user delight

India, Australia discuss early closure of trade deal signed 7 months ago

Both nations to hold annual joint ministerial commission meeting early next year

China's property debt crisis enters new phase as bond havens crumble

China's property debt crisis is entering a new phase as even developers that had long been considered safer rapidly tumble into distress

Nokia, Samsung, Tejas Networks among 42 firms approved for PLI scheme

The scheme is crucial to strengthen the value chain of multiple verticals of 5G equipment. For these, India mainly depends on imports

Sowing hope: Nearly 54% jump in early wheat planting, shows data

However, this year, traders and market sources are hopeful that there could be a 10-15 per cent rise in wheat acreage

Trade unions urge Centre to scrap four labour codes, convene conference

Write to labour minister Bhupender Yadav stating that the codes curtail the rights and protective provisions contained in existing statutes, impose more derogatory working conditions on workers

ECB raises interest rates by 75 basis points to fight record inflation

With this, it has increased policy rate by 1.5 per cent, the highest in a decade

FATF called for enhanced due diligence on Myanmar following blacklist: RBI

Earlier in February 2020, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran was put on blacklist by the anti-terror financing and anti-money laundering watchdog

Survey to explore minerals at 25 potential sites in Chhattisgarh

One site each of potential gold, copper, graphite, bauxite, and moissanite would be taken up for the initial study, the official said.

Special Swachhta Campaign 2.0: Centre removes 900 obsolete rules

The assessment of the Campaign 2.0 will be done from November 15 to November 30

Landlines in the time of 5G: Private sector getting serious about business

The latest data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) showed Reliance Jio at 28.31% market share in wireline subscribers, ahead of BSNL at 27.46% and Bharti Airtel at 23.86%

Rupee trade with few nations may start, internationalisation will take time

Rupee trade with few nations may start, internationalisation will take time

Vodafone Idea gets board of directors' nod to raise Rs 1,600 cr from ATC

Board approves issue of debentures

JSW Steel logs Rs 848 crore loss in Sept quarter as steel prices fall

Led by an increase in volumes, the firm saw net sales increase by 28.9 per cent at Rs 41,122 crore

Rabi sowing starts better than last year; but wheat sowing yet to begin

Harvesting of paddy has been delayed in the main states of Punjab, Haryana, UP and even Madhya Pradesh because of late withdrawal of southwest monsoon which has left the fields wet

PSU general insurer employees irked with move to link pay with performance

Experts say the government's decision to link wage revision with performance could have been pivoted on the financial health of the four public-sector insurers

Chhattisgarh govt transfers Rs 1,866 crore to farmers, women SHGs

Chhattisgarh is the only state that has been procuring paddy from farmers at Rs 2,500 per quintal, which is higher than what the Centre has set

Govt not empowered to issue orders to block accounts: Twitter to HC

Council for microblogging site emphasises that Section 69A (power to intercept electronic communication) of IT Act does not spell out mass blocking of accounts

Railway Recruitment Board: Group D answer key released; check details here

Candidates can check the answer key on the official website at rrbcdg.gov.in