Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/coronavirus-india-live-updates-vaccine-7116153/ Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Live News Updates: There are 2.89 lakh active cases in the country, while as many as 96.63 lakh people have
Day: December 24, 2020
Science should guide responses to the new strain of coronavirus in UK–INDIAN EXPRESS
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/coronavirus-mutation-in-sars-cov-2-7115788/ Covid variant must be taken seriously but a year into pandemic, science should guide policy, not alarm bells. The identification of a new
Rajmohan Gandhi: US polls have shown ‘ordinary’ citizen has the ability and duty to call out a wrong–INDIAN EXPRESS
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/us-polls-have-shown-ordinary-citizen-has-the-ability-and-duty-to-call-out-a-wrong-7115772/ For any of us to wait for some great leader to keep silent until a unified opposition emerges, is to acquiesce in daily
Rajiv Mehrishi writes: It is astonishing that farmers are speaking up to protect traders’ interests–INDIAN EXPRESS
Clipped from: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/it-is-astonishing-that-farmers-are-speaking-up-to-protect-traders-interests-7115755/ To think that the farmers have been “misled” as part of a “political conspiracy” is perhaps naïve. Perhaps, the key lies in the
Large companies don’t need debt recast: KV Kamath – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/large-companies-dont-need-debt-recast-kv-kamath/articleshow/79913322.cmsSynopsis In an interview to TOI, he speaks on why a fresh pile of corporate bad loans is not expected to build up due
Higher delinquencies in credit card, loans against property segments in retail lending: Report – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/higher-delinquencies-in-credit-card-loans-against-property-segments-in-retail-lending-report/articleshow/79917765.cmsSynopsis As of August-end, the loans overdue for over 90 days in the credit card segment were 0.51 per cent up from the year-ago
NBFC collection efficiencies at their highest this fiscal says Crisil – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/nbfc-collection-efficiencies-at-their-highest-this-fiscal-says-crisil/articleshow/79925957.cmsSynopsis The recovery in collection efficiencies is good news for the beleaguered NBFCs which were hit hard due to the stringent lockdown announced in
Juggling to survive the year, small businesses fret over lack of profitability – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/sme-sector/juggling-to-survive-the-year-small-businesses-fret-over-lack-of-profitability/articleshow/79913171.cmsSynopsis The year 2020 brought distress and damage aplenty for the MSME sector. Can the next year herald a new beginning for them? The
Loan apps pushing people into debt traps, suicides – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/loan-apps-pushing-people-into-debt-traps-suicides/articleshow/79917537.cms?utm_source=ETTopNews&utm_medium=HPTN&utm_campaign=AL1&utm_content=23Synopsis The tap-and-get-a-loan “solution” is pushing a large number of people into a trap far deeper than the financial condition they are in. (This
IBC extension set to increase complications in the financial statements of companies – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/ibc-extension-set-to-increase-complications-in-the-financial-statements-of-companies/articleshow/79925646.cms Synopsis–For the lenders, the financial statements will have to reflect and even take a judgment on the financial health of companies they have
Businesses with monthly turnover of over Rs 50 lakh to pay at least 1% GST liability in cash – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/businesses-with-monthly-turnover-of-over-rs-50-lakh-to-pay-at-least-1-gst-liability-in-cash/articleshow/79918001.cmsSynopsis “… The registered person shall not use the amount available in electronic credit ledger to discharge his liability towards output tax in excess
Indian economy stabilizes in November as retail demand improves – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/india-economy-stabilizes-in-november-as-retail-demand-improves/articleshow/79912637.cmsSynopsis All eight high-frequency indicators tracked by Bloomberg News were steady last month, keeping the needle on a dial measuring the so-called ‘Animal Spirits’
Aadhar payment systems gathers steam, trumps ATM withdrawals – The Economic Times
Clipped from: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/finance/aadhar-payment-systems-gathers-steam-trumps-atm-withdrawals/articleshow/79927262.cmsSynopsis With less than a quarter of the 2.3 lakh ATMs deployed in rural areas in the country, account holders are growing increasingly comfortable