coronavirus
Economy
Moody's expects India GDP to shrink by 8.9% in 2020
Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday it expects India's economy to shrink by 8.9% in the 2020 calendar year due...
General
Why Pfizer vaccine brings little cheer to coronavirus-hit India
Despite hopes raised by Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, it will take huge efforts for India to defeat the coronavirus, with its...
Markets
Sensex, Nifty end higher for eighth session; metal, pharma stocks gain
Indian shares ended higher for an eighth straight session on Wednesday, hitting record highs driven by drugmaker and metal stocks,...
Markets
Sensex, Nifty close higher as vaccine fuels recovery hopes
India's main stock indexes closed higher on Tuesday after scaling new peaks during the session as progress in the development...
Finance
India Inc's ‘donations' spiked in election year; PM Cares Fund gets big chunk
Indian companies bumped up their voluntary donations and spending on corporate social responsibility initiatives during the year...
General
Global coronavirus cases exceed 50 mn after 30-day spike
Global coronavirus infections exceeded 50 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, with a second wave of the virus ......
Markets
Sensex, Nifty close at over nine-month high; up 5% this week
Indian shares closed at their highest level since mid-January on Friday, boosted by gains in Reliance Industries after the country's...
Finance
Dark clouds hanging over India Inc start to drift away, finally
First, the sliding economy clobbered India Inc, and then the pandemic that took off in April-June made things worse. But...
Finance
Indian banks expect loan growth to revive but concerns linger
Indian banks are loosening their purse strings and lending more as pent-up demand surfaces in the Indian festive season, though...
Manufacturing
BASF puts $4 bn chemical complex with Adani, others on hold due to COVID-19
German chemicals maker BASF said on Thursday it had put a project to build a petrochemicals complex in India worth ......