China's exports, imports shrink in Oct as COVID curbs, global slowdown jolt demandOutbound shipments in October shrank 0.3% from a year earlier, a sharp turnaround from a 5.7% gain in September, official data showed, and ...
07 Nov, 2022, 09.16 AM IST
AstraZeneca profits fall, Covid vaccine sales slideNet profit slumped 64 percent to $746 million compared with the first six months of last year, AstraZeneca said in a statement. Operating e...
29 Jul, 2022, 01.10 PM IST
European shares tumble on Covid surge, rate hike fearsThe pan-European STOXX 600 dropped 1 per cent by 0815 GMT, after Asian markets followed Wall Street lower on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome P...
23 Nov, 2021, 03.19 PM IST
Kesoram Industries puts rayon factory under suspension of workB K Birla group company Kesoram Industries Ltd has put its rayon factory under suspension of work in West Bengal's Hooghly district. The co...
22 Jun, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
487 Covid cases in Delhi, lowest in over 2.5 months; death count below 50 after Apr 11This is the first time the daily death count has gone below the 50-mark since April 11 when the tally was 48.
03 Jun, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
Heathrow passenger numbers plunged 73% in 2020For December, Heathrow said that passenger numbers plunged 83% as the new strain of COVID-19 led to countries restricting travellers from B...
11 Jan, 2021, 02.12 PM IST
COVID-19 active caseload in country slumps below 3 lakhLess than 20,000 daily new cases (19,556) were added to the national tally in a day after 173 days.
22 Dec, 2020, 02.38 PM IST
COVID-19: Active infections slump to 3.13 lakh"The recoveries have surpassed the active cases by more than 92 lakh (92,06,996).The national COVID-19 recovery rate has also increased to ...
18 Dec, 2020, 01.40 PM IST
European shares rise as strong China data boosts recovery hopesChina's factory output rose faster than expected in October and retail sales surged as the recovery in the world's second-largest economy f...
16 Nov, 2020, 02.10 PM IST
China's inflation fails to perk up, defies broader recoveryConsumer inflation was also soft, easing to an 11-year low as pork prices snapped a year-and-a-half of steep increases that were fuelled by...
10 Nov, 2020, 12.50 PM IST
Bengaluru airport becomes first metro airport in India to record positive growth in cargo volumesThe cargo processed last month was 32,449 MT, a growth of0.3 per cent, against the same period last year, according an airport statement on...
21 Oct, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
View: How to pull the Indian economy out of the rutRecreating growth in the medium term is likely to come from sectoral strategies across 10 key sectors constituting most of India’s GDP. Dor...
01 Sep, 2020, 11.32 PM IST
View: The answers to India's post-Covid revival go beyond public spending and macro remediesWithout denying the need for governments to spend more to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe, we have failed to ask ourselves a more basic ...
03 Aug, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
European shares rise on upbeat global mood, cyclicals jumpThe pan-European STOXX 600 rose 0.9% by 0716 GMT, in its fourth consecutive day of gains.
02 Jul, 2020, 01.32 PM IST
Finance Ministry puts a leash on expenses in times of CovidThe finance ministry has barred all ministries and departments from proposing new schemes in FY21, barring those announced under the Pradha...
05 Jun, 2020, 10.33 AM IST
Dharmendra Pradhan speaks to US Energy Secretary on slump in fuel demand due to Covid-19Since the outbreak of coronavirus, countries across the globe have placed restrictions and announced lockdowns, which have shut businesses ...
05 Apr, 2020, 03.16 PM IST
View: Prepare for mammoth coronavirus-induced recessionThe coronavirus does not care a hang about the interest rate or fiscal deficit.
12 Mar, 2020, 03.17 PM IST