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Reuters Shares of Wockhardt jumped 10% after the news in a downcast Mumbai market.

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Over 50% of the Jan Dhan account holders are women and the government, as part of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, remitted ₹1,500 per account in three equal monthly installments to support the poor during the COVID-19 crisis.

Bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana crosses 40-crore mark

PTI As per the latest figure, there are 40.05 crore beneficiaries of this scheme and deposits in Jan Dhan bank accounts are in excess of ₹1.30 lakh crore.

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P.C. Mody, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes. File

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses FICCI members on July 31, 2020. Photo: Twitter/@ficci_india

Credit guarantee extended to larger firms, self-employed

Special Correspondent Scheme with ₹41,600 crore corpus was to help MSMEs.

File photo of underground cables meant for power distribution.

Discoms’ outstanding dues to power gencos rise 47% to ₹ 1.33 lakh crore in June

PTI In June 2020, the total overdue amount, which was not cleared even after 60 days of grace period.

The gross GST revenue collected in the month of July, 2020 is ₹87,422 crore of which CGST is ₹16,147crore, SGST is ₹21,418 crore, IGST is ₹ 42,592 crore.

July GST revenue slides 14%

Special Correspondent AG’s view on borrowing to meet cess shortfall to be discussed by GST Council

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Parley: Does the Budget do enough in providing a stimulus to growth?

Suresh Seshadri By not cutting spending despite constraints, the Budget ensures momentum doesn’t backslide

A government that is clueless on the economy

Pulapre Balakrishnan Listening to the Budget speech, one would hardly get any indication of either the economic slowdown or the unemployment rate, which is the highest in decades

A Budget exercise that is designed for stressed times

T.T. Ram Mohan The FM deserves credit for keeping the capital expenditure steady amid receipts shortfall; but her plan does not meet market expectations of sweeping reforms

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Gold price rises by ₹185, silver by ₹1,672

PTI The rupee plunged 20 paise and settled below 75 per U.S. dollar level on Monday, tracking negative domestic equities and strengthening American currency.

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Forex traders said foreign fund outflow, strong dollar, muted domestic equities and rising COVID-19 cases dragged the local unit down.

Rupee slips below 75 per U.S. dollar mark, settles 20 paise down against it

PTI During the session, the local unit witnessed an intra-day high of 74.88 and a low of 75.03 against U.S. dollar.

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Over 50% of the Jan Dhan account holders are women and the government, as part of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, remitted ₹1,500 per account in three equal monthly installments to support the poor during the COVID-19 crisis.

Bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana crosses 40-crore mark

PTI As per the latest figure, there are 40.05 crore beneficiaries of this scheme and deposits in Jan Dhan bank accounts are in excess of ₹1.30 lakh crore.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses FICCI members on July 31, 2020. Photo: Twitter/@ficci_india

Credit guarantee extended to larger firms, self-employed

Special Correspondent Scheme with ₹41,600 crore corpus was to help MSMEs.

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HSBC says net profit plunged 96% in 2Q as pandemic took hold

Gold price rises by ₹185, silver by ₹1,672

Wockhardt strikes deal to supply COVID-19 vaccines to U.K.

Rupee slips below 75 per U.S. dollar mark, settles 20 paise down against it

Bank of India Q1 net profit rises over three-fold to ₹844 cr

Bank accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana crosses 40-crore mark

Rupee slips 12 paise to 74.93 against U.S. dollar in early trade

The rupee had settled at 74.81 against the U.S. dollar on July 31.

Sensex tumbles over 300 points in early trade, Nifty slips below 11,000

Kotak Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, falling around 3%.

Iran’s stock market hits record high amid battered economy

The Tehran Stock Exchange closed at a record high on Sunday, crossing 2 million points for the first time, even as U.S. sanctions, unemployment,

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Discoms’ outstanding dues to power gencos rise 47% to ₹ 1.33 lakh crore in June

In June 2020, the total overdue amount, which was not cleared even after 60 days of grace period.

Compute tax demand for all assessees by Aug 31, dispose of pending appeals: CBDT chief to taxmen

CBDT chief also set a monthly target of disposing of pending appeals.

Venkataramani leaves ‘a void’

India Pistons’ CMD had a humane head for business

Apollo Tyres adapting to new normal

Firm focuses on better product mix, cost and process efficiencies

‘Dues collection improved amid COVID-19’

Hexaware’s cash pile doubles in a quarter, firm declares interim dividend twice

July sales hint at auto sector revival

Largest car maker Maruti Suzuki posted 1% growth in wholesale deals

India to see good coffee output this year: planters

Rainfall to be the deciding factor

‘Companies need incentive to share data on cyberattacks’

Now, reputation risk is the main concern, says Infosys’s Salvi

Tractor makers report higher sales in July

Farm income, monsoons boost demand

‘Don’t extend loan moratorium’

Credit rating agencies flag risks of a likely surge in NPAs

Samsung, Foxconn, 20 others apply under incentive scheme

Global phonemakers propose output worth ₹9 lakh crore

July GST revenue slides 14%

AG’s view on borrowing to meet cess shortfall to be discussed by GST Council

Credit guarantee extended to larger firms, self-employed

Scheme with ₹41,600 crore corpus was to help MSMEs.

Chinese bonds draw record global inflows

Foreign investors made record net purchases of Chinese bonds traded through the country’s Bond Connect programme in July, boosted by record yield

ATF price hiked 3%; no change in LPG, petrol, diesel rates

Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) rates went up by ₹1,304.25 per kilolitre or 3% in the national capital to ₹43,932.53 per kl, according to a price notification of state-owned oil companies

GST collections drop to ₹87,422 crore in July

The revenues for the month are 86% of the GST revenues in the same month last year

Govt. to come out with strategic sectors list soon: Finance Minister

She said there could be various models to achieve minimum four PSUs in case of those falling under the strategic sector.

Jaypee Infra CFO Pramod Aggarwal resigns

Jaypee Infratech’s chief financial officer (CFO) Pramod Kumar Aggarwal has resigned from the company with effect from Friday. In April-end, the

Fiscal deficit touches 83% of full-year target

FY21 fiscal deficit may go as high as 8% of GDP

Sale of banned BS-IV vehicles ‘abnormally high’ during lockdown: SC

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IOC Q1 profit almost halves, revenue slides

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) reported a decline of almost 47% in standalone net profit to ₹1,911 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2020.

Cotton season may end with high inventory

The 2019-2020 cotton season is expected to end in September with huge stocks, both with traders and the industry. Ashwin Chandran, chairman of

Tata Motors’ Q1 loss more than doubles to ₹8,438 cr.

CV, PV sales plunge; JLR no exception

Mukesh Ambani seeks urgent steps to scrap 2G

Bharti’s Mittal pitches for lower levies

Forced decoupling will hurt India and China: Chinese envoy

Economies interwoven, interdependent, says Sun Weidong

Taro drags Sun Pharma to ₹1,656 cr. loss

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on Friday reported a consolidated Q1 net loss of ₹1,656 crore due to one-time exceptional item of ₹3,633 crore

Pharma exports grow 7% in Q1

India’s pharma exports rose more than 7% year-on-year to $5,412.12 million in the quarter ended June 30, a growth that came in the backdrop of the

SBI net jumps 81%, NPAs shrink

Net interest income rises 16% to ₹26,642 cr. while non-interest income climbs 18%

Tata Capital to invests ₹225 cr. in Biocon Biologics stake

Biocon Ltd., a biopharmaceuticals company, on Friday announced that the board of its subsidiary Biocon Biologics India Limited has approved a primary

Anuja Mittal to helm IMC Ladies’ Wing

Anuja Mittal has been elected president of the IMC Ladies’ Wing for 2020-2021. An active member of the wing for more than two decades, Ms Mittal had

JSW Energy terminates GMR deal

JSW Energy Ltd. has terminated the ₹5,321 crore deal to acquire 100% stake of GMR Energy in GMR Kamalanga Energy having its plant in Odisha citing

Eurozone economy contracts a record 12%

Lockdowns devastate 19-country bloc

Minister supports 100% FDI in affordable rental housing

Portal, app for homebuyers to connect with real estate developers launched.

Core sector output shrinks 15% in June, fertilizers buck trend

Barring fertilizer, all seven sectors - coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, steel, cement, and electricity - had recorded negative growth in May

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The trio said the contempt law in question was unconstitutional, rooted in colonialism and produced a chilling effect on free speech and expression.

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Former Union Minister Manish Tewari

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A pilot with IndiGo airlines was killed and the driver seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed a container truck on the Nehru Outer Ring Road at Himayat Sagar.

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A passenger shows her ticket and identity card to a security person at the airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. File (representational image)

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Police personnel fine motorists who came out without reason on the complete lock down day, at Goripalayam in Madurai on August 2, 2020

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Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. File

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