The pool of employable women jobseekers is expected to be 7.6 crore this year, up from 5.7 crore in 2016, shows data from Avtar’s 2022 Status of Women’s Workforce Participation in India report. Avtar is a diversity consulting firm. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/lJ5gIG47q via IFTTT
The government and the MPs will get a total of only 79.5 hours, around 60% of the scheduled sitting hours, for pursuing their legislative agenda and raising issues of immediate public concern in the Rajya Sabha during the first half of the Budget session that commences on Monday. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/5fVe084dj via IFTTT
Niti Aayog has suggested that railways should designate at least 20% of the parking capacity at railway stations or office complex for setting up electric vehicle charging bays or battery charging and swapping stations, and also install at least one EV charging point at each targeted manned level crossing and railway colony. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/lpfBbZ3nU via IFTTT
It will be an action-packed week for the equity market as a host of crucial events are lined up with the Union Budget hogging the limelight along with macroeconomic data announcements, quarterly earnings and global trends, analysts said. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/A7Ny6JBpb via IFTTT
The coming decade will see an upsurge in capital expenditure across many sectors, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said in a post on his reflections of the last two years. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3ILt9J1 via IFTTT
The RBI has said that India is on course to rank among the world’s fastest growing economies, but there is some distance to go. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/34k4uw7 via IFTTT
Sunil Mittal’s Airtel secured a $1 billion ‘strategic funding’ from Google as the American tech giant widened its investment spread in India beyond the $4.5 billion (Rs 33,737 crore) deal it had signed up with Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio in July 2020. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3g6H8gd via IFTTT
Air India flights started operating under the Tata banner from Friday after nearly seven decades. Getting the most suitable buyer means the debt-laden airline has avoided a shutdown like Kingfisher or Jet Airways. But what does it mean for passengers? from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3ADigGs via IFTTT
All three major US stock indexes ended lower, having been whipsawed by uncertainty in recent days, marked by wide fluctuations and heightened volatility. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3g1n7aU via IFTTT
A new Air India (AI) board led by Tata Group chairman N Chandrasekaran will be formed soon even as several group executives from TCS, AirAsia India and Tata Steel are expected to move to the ailing carrier to revive operations. Chandrasekaran, who is awaiting security clearance from the Centre to lead the Air India board, will bring in an expat CEO to pilot the carrier. This will be his second expat CEO hire after German citizen Puneet Chhatwal for Taj hotels. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3rZGwyq via IFTTT
A statement by Jerome Powell, chairman of the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, roiled markets around the world after he clearly indicated on Wednesday evening that the Fed would hike rates in March, ending a nearly two-year old market support programme through near-zero interest rate and buying of bonds from markets. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/33XG2B4 via IFTTT
Air India’s Maharaja opened his eyes to a whole new world on Thursday, with the Tata Group reacquiring its old airline along with AI Express and a 50% stake in ground handler AI-SATS. Pilots on all AI flights of Friday will greet guests with the line, “This is your Captain speaking... Welcome to the future of Air India”. And Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran promised employees of the airline that “the golden age lies ahead”. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3KPp7RB via IFTTT
The electric carmaker, which scored an 87 percent jump in auto deliveries last year in spite of the global semiconductor shortage, reported a 71 percent rise in revenues to $53.8 billion. Tesla has been ramping up production at factories in California and Shanghai, while also building new facilities in Germany and Texas. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3IXaHgT via IFTTT
With the coronavirus pandemic stressing the need for innovation more than ever before, there is renewed hope within the pharma sector of a R&D policy being finally announced in the budget this year. Over the last few months, there have been discussions between the department of pharma and industry bodies over R&D incentives, with the government readying a draft on the issue. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3GWQebm via IFTTT
Sixty-nine years after it was nationalised, Air India is all set to return to founder Tata Group on Thursday. The legal documentation for this big-ticket transfer is complete, except for a mandatory no objection from Ireland-based lessors of some aircraft that is expected by late Wednesday night. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3IDI7AO via IFTTT
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel is looking to onboard a strategic investor through allocation of preferential equity shares, which is scheduled to be discussed at its board meeting on January 28, according to sources. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3AudBXj via IFTTT
Preparing for a makeover as it heads back to founder Tata Group, Air India will now check the body mass index (BMI, basically a ratio of a peron’s weight and height), and overall grooming of its cabin crew members when they report for flights. The airline on January 20, 2022, informed cabin crew of its entire fleet that “grooming associates have been assigned the task of recording observations on BMI management/grooming/uniform turnout”. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/33I07LJ via IFTTT
Hailing the important role of youth in nation building, PM Modi on Monday underlined the growing prowess of India in innovation and the start-up sphere as he conveyed the nation’s pride in the fact that some major global companies are being led by young Indian CEOs. “Today we feel proud when we see the youth of India excelling in the world of start-ups. We feel proud when we see that the youth of India are innovating, taking the country forward,” the PM said. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3rJbMBH via IFTTT
In a significant sign of improving market sentiments, the gem and jewellery industry bounced back to pre-Covid levels registering 5.76% growth in exports between April and December 2021 to $29,084 million (Rs 2,16,072.56 crore) compared to $27,500.85 million (Rs 1,93,587. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3GTiGL9 via IFTTT