The Centre will release Rs 95,082 crore as tax devolution to the states this month after including one advance instalment to help them push their capital expenditure, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday. After a meeting with all chief ministers and state finance ministers, Sitharaman said states had said…
Fuel prices have maintained stability across the country as there has been no change in prices of petrol and diesel on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. Meanwhile, there has been a fall in the prices of crude oil at the international level. Global crude oil has once again reached below $ 83 per barrel, indicating weakness in…
The state-run oil marketing companies(OMCs) have not revised the prices of petrol and diesel on Saturday. According to the latest price notification by OMCs, the fuel rates remained unaltered on November 13, 2021, across the country. According to the Indian Oil Corporation, petrol in Delhi is retailing at Rs 103.97 per…
Former US president Donald Trump’s longtime advisor Steve Bannon was indicted Friday for refusing to testify to the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot, the Justice Department announced. Bannon, who investigators suspect could have information on links between the White House and the Trump…
US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit on Monday to discuss ways to “responsibly manage” the competition between the two countries, as well as ways to work together where their interests align, the White House announced on Friday. US officials said last…
Americans quit their jobs at a record pace for the second straight month in September, in many cases for more money elsewhere as companies bump up pay to fill job openings that are close to an all-time high. The Labor Department said Friday that 4.4 million people quit their jobs in September, or about 3 per cent of…
Cryptocurrency prices fell further over the past 24 hours, highlighting the volatility prevailing in the overall market. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, was trading at $64,352 or 1.59 per cent lower than its price 24 hours ago at 1:20 pm. Bitcoin’s market capitalisation fell further to $1.21 trillion…
Cryptocurrencies are gaining rapid adoption among Indian investors and the government is now taking note of it. For the first time ever, government officials have decided to hold an official meeting with the top stakeholders in the industry, including the crypto exchanges, which we now see more often than ever in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched two consumer-centric initiatives of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday via videoconferencing. The two initiatives are the RBI Retail Direct Scheme and the Reserve Bank Integrated Ombudsman Scheme. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das were also…
The prices of gold and silver are trading on the lower side of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) on Friday, November 12, 2021. Witnessing a downfall of Rs 51 or 0.10 per cent, prices of gold futures maturing on December 3 stand at Rs 49,104 per 10 grams on the MCX. Similarly, the market rates of silver stand at Rs.…