New Delhi,  The India-China rivalry has now pushed into the Russian Far East, where Modi administration is planning significant investments in the energy and other sectors.

China is a top investor in the region, but the Russians wary of putting all their eggs in the Chinese basket are welcoming India'

Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Tuesday with the BSE Sensex gaining 400 points to trade well above the 50,000-mark.

Around 10.25 p.m., Sensex was trading at 50,146.82, higher by 402.50 points or 0.81 per cent from its previous close of 49,744.32.

New Delhi, The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has extended the time limit for sanction of pending IGST refunds in such cases where records have not been transmitted to ICEGATE, due to GSTR1 and GSTR3B mismatch error.

This overcomes the problem of refund blockage by allowin

New Delhi, Dubai-based Emirates airline on Monday operated a flight with fully vaccinated frontline teams servicing passengers at every touchpoint of the travel journey.

Accordingly, flight EK215 from Dubai-Los Angeles was supported by fully vaccinated check-in, security, Business and First Class lounge and boardi

New Delhi, India's NBFCs need to plan for an effective IBOR (Interbank Offered Rate ) transition, as majority of LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) rates are likely to be phased out by the end of 2021, EY India report said.

In financial parlance, LIBOR refers to one of the most common series of benchmark ra

New Delhi, The National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) on Monday signed a contract agreement for procurement and fabrication of 28 steel bridges with the L&T-IHI consortium for the 508 km Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) corridor, popularly known as the Bullet train project.

An NHSRCL spo

Washington,  Despite additional funding needs, two-thirds of low- and lower-middle-income countries have cut their public education budgets since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report.

The Education Finance Watch 2021, jointly released by the World Bank and the United Nations Educ

New Delhi, Demonstrating the government's commitment towards the country's health sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the allocation for health in this year's Union Budget has been "unprecedented".

Addressing a webinar on effective implementation of the Budget provisions

New Delhi, Indian government, Government of Nagaland and the World Bank on Tuesday signed a $68 million project to enhance the governance of schools across Nagaland as well as to improve teaching practices and learning environments in select schools.

The "Nagaland: Enhancing Classroom Teaching and Resources P

New Delhi, Global PayEx plans to raise Series A funding from strategic investors in the year ahead.

Narayan Ramamoorthy, the Chief Revenue Officer of Global PayEX, the cloud-based accounts receivables and account payable management solution provider, said that the company also plans to grow its business both in th