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In a relief to guest teachers, the Delhi government has directed its schools to engage services of all guest teachers who had been hired in the last academic session

The media and entertainment sector, which was badly hit due to the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, is expected to rebound to touch a revenue of Rs 1,86,600 crore in 2021-22, due to acceleration of digital adoption among users across geographies, according to a report. The sector should recover and post a 33 per cent growth in 2021-22, following a contraction of 20 per cent in 2020-21, which still implies a loss of around two years of growth, said KPMG in India Partner and Head (Media and Entertainment) Girish Menon. He was quoting the KPMG Media and Entertainment (M&E) report, 'A year off script: Time for resilience', which examines the performance of the M&E sector during a particularly challenging period. The two areas that offer encouragement are the continued economic growth of India and the universal acceleration of digital adoption among users across geographies, he said. "As per our revised estimates, India could be home to a billion digital users by 2028 ..

The deficit is predicted to exceed 8% of GDP in the 2020/21 fiscal year that began in April, economists said.

Markets regulator Sebi has barred four individuals in connection with manipulation in the issuance of global depository receipts by Birla Cotsyn (India) Ltd back in 2010

Time taken in reconciliation of compensation receipts can’t be termed as diversion of GST cess fund when the dues to states were fully released by the Central government, sources said.

Pawan Goenka Calls for plug-and-play infrastructure of the kind that Vietnam has for large-scale manufacturing

Barring coal and fertiliser, all sectors -- crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, steel, cement and electricity -- recorded negative growth in August

Oil prices might be under pressure as bleak economic outlook reflecting the resurgence of COVID-19 virus undermined the outlook for Crude. On the MCX, oil prices are expected to trade lower today, said Gupta.

The new airport will be designed, developed and operated under a 40-year concession period

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi dubbed the "forcible cremation" of the Hathras gang-rape victim by police as a "shameful" move of the Uttar Pradesh government

The CPI(M) on Wednesday hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government stating that the burial of the gang-rape victim in Hathras without her family's consent was a "blatant denial of justice"

Union Minister Smriti Irani said various measures are being looked atto address the logistics challenges and reduce the turnaround time for seamless movement of cargo between India and Bangladesh

The government has emphasised on providing tax-related services to the taxpayers without any hassles during COVID-19 pandemic and to that end has been clearing up pending tax refunds.

The government has extended the last date for filing income tax returns for assessment year 2019-20 by another two months till November 30, 2020, citi

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam President MK Stalin said the CBI failure to prove the destruction of Babri Masjid as a planned act is a shame for the country's rule of law

At least 381 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura on Wednesday, pushing the tally in the northeastern state to 25,734, a health department official said

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BSE Sensex settled 95 points, or 0.25 per cent higher at 38,068 levels, while the Nifty50 index ended at 11,226.5 levels, up 4 points

Drug makers say it would help them plan better to create capacities. Three potential vaccines candidates from India -- Covishield of Serum Institute with license from AstraZeneca, Covaxin of Bharat Biotech, and ZyCov-D of Zydus Cadila -- have progressed into human trials phase.

43 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Ladakh, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,195, while 43 more patients recovered from the disease, officials said