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With the adverse impact of note ban continuing to hamper two-wheeler sales, Bajaj Auto Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj on Thursday said the idea of demonetisation was itself "wrong" and it is incorrect to blame only the execution side of it.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said normalcy has been restored within few weeks of the unprecedented decision to recall 86 per cent of the currency in circulation and there is no shortage of notes in market.

Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary of IT Department, quoting Murthy, said the Bengaluru-based IT bellwether had recruited about 6,000 people so far in the current fiscal as against 20,000 to 25,000 every year.

The benchmark BSE Sensex extended gains for the third straight day by surging about 125 points, and the NSE Nifty again reclaimed the 8,800-level in early trade on Monday despite disappointing macroeconomic data.

Amid the ongoing conflict between Infosys's Board and its founders, its CEO Vishal Sikka is scheduled to meet institutional investors on Monday at an event in Mumbai.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday hoped that the Universal Basic Income (UBI) scheme mooted by the Economic Survey will be implemented over the next one year in some parts of the country at least on experimental basis.

Government is hopeful of getting the supporting legislations of Goods and Services Tax (GST) passed by Parliament in the second phase of the Budget session for rolling out the new indirect tax regime by July.

The Opposition's allegations aside, the rate of unemployment is actually rising in the country, especially among the backward classes, the government admitted in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.

Smoking consumes almost six per cent of the world's total spend on healthcare and nearly two per cent of global GDP, a new research has found.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday the Union Budget for 2017-18 will push growth, promote digital economy and bring transparency in political funding.

The Union budget presented on Wednesday made a lot of things the demand to get noticed. Here are a few infographics created by News18 creative detailing them.

The rupee extended its gains against the American currency for the second straight day, firming up by another 8 paise to close at 68.07 on selling of dollars by banks and exporters amid lower greenback overseas.

Demonetisation has stymied India's GDP growth and the October-December quarter show is likely to be around 6 per cent, while for January-March it could climb down to 5.7 per cent, forecasts a Nomura report.

As digital payments take off, Ramki Gaddipati, CTO & Co-founder of Zetalike says this year's budget should focus on financial inclusion and hopes the Government of India reduces indirect taxes and charges levied on digital transactions.

The government won't offer any special concessions to Apple, the maker of the iPhone, but is reviewing its entire policy on mobile phone manufacturing as part of an effort to promote 'Make in India', Economic Times reported quoting officials. This could m...

The rupee advanced 5 paise to 67.90 against the US dollar in early session on increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks.