Leander Paes is ready to unleash his 'new version' when the sport resumes but the veteran tennis star fears that the organisers may not be able to pull off Tokyo Games and the legacy he wants to create by playing his eighth successive Olympics could remain an unrealised dream. Paes, who turned 47 on Wednesday, had announced that 2020 would be his last season and Tokyo Games was expected to be his swansong event but the COVID-19 pandemic upset his plans.
At a time when investors are taking a "wait and watch" approach on fresh investment, Tamil Nadu in the past 10 months has signed 63 MoUs, enabling investment worth Rs 19,083 crore. After Palaniswami took over as chief minister in February 2017, cumulative FDI rose by Rs 46,427 crore from Rs 133 trillion (April 2000 to March 2017) to Rs 180 trillion by June this year. Thanks to the Tamil Nadu Business Facilitation Act, 2018, and the single window for applying and getting clearance for doing business, the ease of business issue has been addressed.
Relax fiscal consolidation, boost public capex and reduce cost of finance, industry tells Centre
The reign of terror unleashed by gang lords and lawlessness has led industry to fear the revival of the dreaded decade of the 1990s when 29 murders were reported in a span of 31 days.
Companies would have to furnish digital signatures with the Registrar of Companies for e-filing under the MCA-21 programme of the government.
Describing India as a "rising world power", US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on Friday emphasised the need to fight the global menace of terrorism "jointly".
'Because there's a very effective Coast Guard,' says maritime piracy expert Jayant Abhyankar.
Reversal in the declining economic growth trajectory is clearly the need of the hour and all steps should be taken to bring about this change.
Ten Indian companies are trying to set up base in the UK over the next one year, a British diplomat said in Kolkata on Monday.
Industrialists affirm their belief that the adverse effects of demonetisation and the goods and services tax are finally over.
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Saturday strongly supported the view that petroleum prices in the country should "align with the global price."
Information Technology major Infosys on Tuesday signed an agreement with Australian company Smart Internet Technology CRC to partner in research and development projects.
All industry bodies including Confederation of Indian Industry and Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry should work together in their efforts to contribute the country's economic growth, Anand Mahindra, managing director, Mahindra &
Reversing a six month declining trend, WPI inflation moved up marginally to 0.11 per cent in December mainly because of increase in prices of food items.
India may be the largest consumer of gold in the world; but not only that the quantity of gold that the country produces is dismal, but it plays no influencing role in determining the pricing of the yellow metal.
On Tuesday, Karachi Chamber of Commerce cancelled an event of Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Gautam Bambawale at the last minute, apparently over his remarks on Pakistan's interference in Kashmir.
The Global Offshore Outsourcing Summit 2006, organised by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce kicked off on Friday at the ITC Grand Central, Mumbai.
According to the Assocham Eco Pulse study, the 14 per cent growth in exports to countries like the US, UAE, Singapore, China and Germany responded to the growth in their real GDP.
China said on Monday the bilateral trade between the communist nation and India would touch $20 billion in the current year. \n\n
However, the number of renewals has grown by only 0.4 per cent, which means only high value and ticket size renewals are coming.
Federation of India Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Friday warned that the new taxes on the corporate sector like Fringe Benefit Tax would severely hit the tottering savings and investments.
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Although the RBI's open market operations have ensured sufficient system-level liquidity, some sectors are finding liquidity to be a challenge owing to their credit profile.
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India has predicted that the foreign institutional investment inflow into India will touch the $50 billion mark as compared to $40 billion in 2005.
Cornyn said he was hopeful that the full Senate will pass the agreement by the year end.
The government would not withdraw fringe benefit tax, which was introduced in the 2005-06 Budget, but the process would be made less painful, Central Board of Direct Taxes chairman M S Darda said on Friday.
