The Covid-19 pandemic meant a muted celebration of International Tea day. The United Nations (UN) had declared May 21 as International Tea Day. India took the initiative for this and started this on its own on December 15, 2005. A year later, Sri Lanka celebrated it and it spread to the rest of the ...
2019 was not a bad year for the Indian tourism industry. The central government was quite attentive towards the tourism and hospitality sector having launched positive schemes like Swadesh Darshan - Integrated Development of Theme-Based Tourist Circuits and the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spir...
The aviation industry is one of the worst affected sectors because of the lockdown. Industry insiders claim that the pandemic has reversed its growth trend, which was about 11% per annum. It will take at least six to eight quarters to reach the pre-pandemic level. An executive from an international ...
The College Street book market, popularly known as the Boi Para, is an iconic landmark of Kolkata. Surrounded by prominent educational institutions like Presidency University, University of Calcutta, and the Medical College, this book market carries the legacy of Bengali literature a...
L&T Finance Holdings announces financial resultsL&T Finance Holdings (LTFH), a leading Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) announced the financial results for the quarter and financial year ended March 31, 2020. LTFH became the second largest financier of Farm Equipment Finance in the count...
The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has announced additional credit facilities under the ‘PNB COVID-19 Emergency Credit Facility’ to aid the enterprises in India. CH. SS Mallikarjuna Rao, Managing Director and CEO, PNB spoke to BE’s Kuntala Sarkar.Q. PNB has opened an emergency credit line for the ...
A recent National Statistical Office (NSO) data pointed that the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in India has contracted by 16.7% annually in March, 2020 as compared to a 2.7% expansion in March, 2019. This is the highest fall of the IIP in 39 years. NSO is yet to publish the IIP data for April...
Rohit Majumdar, an aspirant of UPSC, admitted that he is now devoting at least 3-4 hours to watch movies and web series on various over-the-top (OTT) platforms. He has recently subscribed to Zee5 as it has come up with various interesting contents. Ahiri Chakraborty, a young professional, told...
