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NEW DELHI:  With government committed to bringing the electric vehicle (EV) revolution to India in the next few years, the industry expectations from the Union Budget 2019-20 run high.

NEW YORK: Facing an anti-trust probe from the US government, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has cautioned against those who may want to regulate the tech giants "for the sake of regulating."

BENGALURU:   Ride-hailing giant Uber on Thursday announced partnering with Bajaj Auto to introduce its Bajaj Qute passenger quadricycle in its fleet of UberXS services.

NEW DELHI: State-run IDBI Bank on Thursday said it expected to come out of the RBI's prompt corrective action framework (PCA) this year by lowering its net non-performing assets (NPAs or bad loans) level, which is the key benchmark for moving out of the PCA restrictions.

NEW DELHI:  Credit rating agencies played major villain in the IL&FS crisis as they adjudged positive and impressive ratings on a regular basis to commercial papers and non-convertible debentures (NCDs) of IL&FS Financial Services (IFIN) despite unhealthy financial condition of the company, revealed an investigation report submitted by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.

UNITED NATIONS:  Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India grew by 6 per cent to $42 billion last year, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

JAIPUR:  Timely co-ordination by pilots and the air traffic control (ATC) helped avert a major tragedy at the Jaipur airport on Wednesday, when a SpiceJet aircraft made a safe landing after one of its tyres burst while taking off from Dubai.

NEW DELHI:  The Bimal Jalan-led committee tasked to make recommendations on the RBI's Economic Capital Framework regarding the central bank's reserves, will meet once again this month and hopes submit its report by end of June, panel Chairman Bimal Jalan said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI:  With 550 crore transactions in the financial year 2018-19 and a gross transaction value (GTV) of over $50 billion (around Rs 34,706 crore), homegrown digital payments company Paytm continues to dominate its global counterparts -- Google Pay, Whatsapp Pay and Walmart-Phonepe.

NEW DELHI:  Domestic passenger cars' sales continued to decline in May, the segment's off-take fell 26.03 per cent.

SHIMLA : To escape the scorching heat in the plains, tens of thousands of people are heading to the cool environs of Himachal Pradesh.

NEW DELHI:  Withdrawing a cumulative Rs 10 lakh a year can attract 3-5 per cent tax if a proposal going around in the Finance Ministry takes shape in the Budget to track high value cash deals and make digital payments mandatory.

NEW DELHI: Former ICICI Bank CEO and managing director Chanda Kochhar on Monday skipped questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a Rs 1,875-crore Videocon loan case citing poor health.

TOKYO: The Finance Ministers of the G20 member nations on Saturday called for the creation of a digital tax for multinational technology companies, the details of which will be finalized next year.

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NEW DELHI:The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has hinted at the indifference of RBI on the IL&FS's financial services arm (IFIN) for not meeting the basic criteria on CRAR (Capital-to-risky Asset ratio) and NOF (Net owned Funds) and the company's auditors' taking refuge in such lack of response from the apex bank in taking action on time against the company.

NEW DELHI: ILAMED, an Aesthetic Medicine Training network in India and Abroad exclusive to physicians, today introduced ILAMED Mobile App, an application that allows physicians to access the country's greatest concentration of Aesthetic medicine knowledge in real-time. ILAMED Mobile App, an online resource where physicians from across the globe can collaborate, discuss and consult with each other to provide the highest quality care to their patients.

WASHINGTON:  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised economic growth forecasts for the US to 2.6 per cent this year and 2 per cent in 2020, compared to 2.3 per cent and 1.9 per cent in April respectively, despite the trade war with China and threats to Mexico.

GHAZIABAD: Union Minister of State for Surface Transport Gen (retired) V.K. Singh opened the Vasundhara flyover for public here on Thursday.

MUMBAI:  In a bid to boost digital fund transfer systems, the Reserve Bank on Thursday said that it will remove charges levied on transactions conducted through Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT).