News I read on 1st July

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News I read on 1st July 1) Despite COVID-19 severely hampering economic activity in the last three months, the April-June period saw the Indian stock markets clock their best quarterly gains since the September quarter of 2009. Ref: Livemint 2) India’s eight infrastructure sectors contracted sharply...

News I read on 30th June

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News I read on 30th June 1) Quarter 4 - A Loss-making quarter for most of the Indian Companies, despite just seven days of lockdown. Ref: Business Standard 2) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be conducting a buy and sell open market operations (OMO) in bonds worth Rs 10,000 crore on Thursday. Re...

News I read on 29th June

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News I read on 29th June 1) Power producers' total outstanding dues owed by distribution firms rose nearly 63 percent to Rs 1.23 trillion in April 2020 over the same month previous year, reflecting stress in the sector. Ref: Business Standard 2) Construction of a large number of real estate projects...

News I read on 26th June

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News I read on 26th June 1) Funds parked by Indian individuals and enterprises in Swiss banks, including through India-based branches, fell nearly 6 percent in 2019 to 899 million Swiss francs (Rs 6,625 crore), annual data from Switzerland's central bank showed on Thursday. Ref: Business Standard 2)...

News I read on 25th June

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News I read on 25th June 1) In a relief for taxpayers, the Centre on June 24 extended the deadline for filing income tax returns (original as well as revised) for FY2018-19 to July 31, 2020. The last date for filing income tax returns for FY2019-20 has also been extended to November 30, 2020. Conseq...