BUSINESS

Men have 30 pc higher risk of dying from COVID-19 than women: Study

College students’ mental health worst-hit by COVID lockdown: Study

7:14 pm August 29, 2020

New Delhi: A mental health study done on over 8,000 individuals found that college students were the most affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic and the lockdown. Conducted by YourDost, an online mental health platform, the study found that the second worst-affected segment of people was working professionals. They were not affected at the beginning […]

Tesla targeted in failed ransomware extortion scheme

3:12 pm August 29, 2020

Boston: In a tweet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk solved a mystery involving a 27-year-old Russian, an insider at an unnamed corporation and an alleged million-dollar payment offered to help trigger a ransomware extortion attack on the firm. Prosecutors declined to name the target, but Musk was happy to oblige. According to the billionaire, the scheme […]

Economic growth will only move upwards: Shaktikanta Das

COVID-19: Govt’s fiscal measures responsible, prudent and calibrated, says RBI Guv

7:07 pm August 27, 2020

Mumbai: RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday appreciated the government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis as being fiscally “very prudent and very calibrated”. “I cannot speak for the government. But I just want to say that in the central bank, as observers of what is happening in the country in the fiscal policy, I think […]

GST Council leaves tax rate on vaccines unchanged

GST Council meeting debates revenue shortfall of states

6:58 pm August 27, 2020

New Delhi: A crucial meeting of the GST Council on compensating states for revenue shortfall began on Thursday with the states ruled by non-NDA parties opposing the Centre”s move to ask states to borrow to meet the deficit. The 41st meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Accenture plans to reduce workforce

8:56 pm August 26, 2020

New Delhi: Thousands of roles at Accenture could be impacted as the global IT and professional services company is looking to reduce at least 5 per cent of its global workforce. Accenture has a global workforce of around 5.13 lakh people and out of them, about 2 lakh are in India. The workforce reduction might have an impact on India operations. […]