Day: December 7, 2020

Former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez died on Saturday in Montevideo at the age of 80 after suffering from lung cancer, his son said in a tweet on Sunday.

Indonesia received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine from China on Sunday, President Joko Widodo said, as the government prepares a mass inoculation programme.

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 67 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.53 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

VE Commercial Vehicles Ltd has commenced the commercial operations at its new truck manufacturing unit at Bagroda, Bhopal.

Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC) initial public offering of about Rs 4,600 crore is likely to hit the markets later this month. This will be the first IPO by a railway NBFC (Non-Banking Financial Company).

India Inc’s borrowing from foreign markets fell by nearly 41 per cent to around $2.03 billion in October this year compared to the year-ago period, according to the RBI data.

Continuing their selling spree for the sixth straight month, mutual funds pulled out Rs 30,760 crore from equities in November on profit booking and experts believe the outflow trend will continue unless there is correction in markets.

It was on this day 38 years ago ‘News Today’ started its journey. Today, as ‘NT’ successfully completes 38 years and enters the 39th, it is time for us to celebrate, rethink and restrategise.

The banking industry needs to upgrade its IT infrastructure and appoint experienced chief risk officers to effectively deal with incidence of cybercrimes, a report by Deloitte India said.

With 32,981 fresh infections, India’s Coronavirus cases rose to 97.77 lakh today.