Gita Gopinath to replace Okamoto as IMF's First Deputy Managing Director

03 Dec, 2021

Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that Gita Gopinath, currently chief economist of the IMF, is set to succeed Geoffrey Okamoto as the institution's First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD) early next year.

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Mumbai, Dec 2 (IANS) Foreign funds' continuous flight from Indian equities has led domestic institutions along with retail investors to go in for a buying spree across sectors.

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New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has said that once again the clout of foreign funded e-commerce companies particularly Amazon on the Government became visible on Wednesday when the Madhya Pradesh Government transferred Bhind SP Manoj Kumar Singh within 18 days of busting of sale of marijuana (Ganja) racket which was conducted through Amazon e-commerce portal and the Bhind SP dared to made Amazon officials as accused.

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New Delhi, Nov 30 (IANS) Healthy monsoon season along with pent-up demand accelerated India's Q2FY22 GDP growth rate to 8.4 per cent on a year-on-year basis.

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Bengaluru, Nov 30 (IANS) PhonePe, Indias leading digital payments platform, on Tuesday announced that its SafeCard tokenisation solution for online businesses enables their end customers to experience the convenience of saved card transactions with added security.

SC allows criminal proceedings against mining firm MD for illegal export (29 Nov, 2021)

New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday junked a petition by the Managing Director of Canara Overseas Ltd challenging criminal proceedings initiated against him and others for alleged illegal export of iron ore from Karnataka's Belekere port in 2009-10, and causing a loss of Rs 3.27 crore to the state exchequer.

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New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Centre has no proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency in the country, the Parliament was informed on Monday.

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New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) The Paytm listing debacle has sparked concern from investors and entrepreneurs, fearful that it could derail a string of expected Indian flotations that were supposed to cement the country's status as a leading destination for tech start-ups after the US and China, Financial Times reported.