India, which has the fourth-highest tally of deaths globally, recorded 400,000 deaths by July last year, but a new study suggests three million died of Covid-19 by that time

Officials said that even investments in equity and debt instruments on stock exchanges which create value for the economy involve a levy

Life Insurance Corp of India's embedded value has been put at more than 5 trillion rupees ($66.8bn), an official overseeing what is expected to be the country's largest IPO said on Thursday

Vijay Naik was abducted in the city of Pune on January 14 and told to hand over his digital fortune, along with 800,000 rupees in cash

The launch “would give great comfort and trust in the use of digital currency", a former executive director at the Reserve Bank of India said

Google, Twitter and Facebook executives faced heated demands in a meeting with Indian officials, who said their inaction on fake news forced Delhi to order content takedowns, sources said

But Nifty 50 components Tech Mahindra and Adani Ports slumped 4.2% and 2.3% respectively after posting disappointing quarterly numbers

The company's shares fell 2.5% on Tuesday after closing 4% higher at the end of Monday's trade in Mumbai ahead of the earnings announcement

India's government bailed out its cash-strapped telecom sector late last year, helping telcos free up cash for growth, potentially making a 5G airwaves auction this year a hot bidding contest

Surging transactions of virtual digital assets make it imperative that the income from its transfers be taxed, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a budget speech.

Delhi replaced Bengaluru as India's start-up capital as 5,000 recognised start-ups were added in the capital between April 2019 and December 2021 against 4,514 in Bengaluru

Finance minister tips 8-8.5% growth for the 2022/23 fiscal year, while the IMF has cut its growth estimate to 9% after a surge of Omicron infections recently