Ofcom issues penalty for failure to meet postal target and second-class stamp errorRoyal Mail has been fined £1.6m by the communications regulator Ofcom for delivering letters late and overcharging for stamps.Ofcom requires the postal service to deliver 93% of first-class post within one working day of collecting it but Royal Mail undershot the target, with […]
Weekly jobless claims were lower than expected last week as workers slowly returned to their jobs in the wake of rising coronavirus cases.
Last week’s decision to resume border trade via West Bengal despite opposition from the Mamata Banerjee government will help increase Bangladeshi exports to India after a hiatus, said sources.
Courier imports have been on the radar of authorities after it was found that the route was being misused by some ecommerce platforms to bring goods declaring them as gifts, which are duty-free. Some such Chinese platforms operating via mobile apps selling goods including Shein have been banned as part of a larger clampdown.
“The GSP by law requires that there be some market opening measures in recipience of that preferential system, and that’s what we have been trying to reach an agreement on with the government of India,” U.S. ambassador to India Kenneth Juster said at India Global Week 2020, an online business summit.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold extensive talks with President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on a range of issues in the summit.
The rise comes as the chancellor announces another £30bn of measures to try to help the economy.
Restrictions in England are further eased – with beauty businesses also able to reopen on Monday.
Beauty salons and gyms in England get a date to reopen but some treatments remain blacklisted.
On one hand India is fighting a strong battle against the global pandemic and the government is equally focused on the health of the economy, noted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his inaugural address at India Global Week 2020. During the last six years, India has made great gains in areas such as Total financial inclusion, Record housing and infra construc […]
The president is pushing tax incentives for sports leagues that have not been able to reopen because of the pandemic.
After a lull in the lockdown month of April, when the person days of work created stood at 14.12 crore, the lowest in any month since 2016-17, a sudden surge occurred in MG-NREGS jobs since the first week of May.
Whether you want small or big, 2- row or 3-row, hybrid or conventional, a $40,000 budget can go a long way.
The government’s paycheck protection program was intended to help small businesses during the pandemic keep workers on staff. But a lot of the recipients weren’t exactly small businesses.
India needs to design its health budget execution and resource allocation based on population needs rather than historical norms.
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