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Beijing: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met China's Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying here Monday and discussed the entire gamut of the bilateral relations. Misri, who is currently on an official visit to Beijing, also met Sun Haiyan, Vice Minister of the International Department of the...

New Delhi: Finance Ministry informed Parliament Monday that the government has approved the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) proposal to conduct field trials of polymer currency notes in the Rs 10 and Rs 20 denominations. The approval was confirmed by Minister of State for Finance...

Mumbai: Stock markets snapped the five-day losing streak Monday, with the benchmark Sensex jumping by 776 points following a sharp decline in crude oil prices amid easing tensions in West Asia. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 776.01 points, or 1.02 per cent, to settle at...

Mumbai: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has approached the Bombay High Court with a defamation suit against alleged AI-generated deepfake videos and misleading social media posts linking him and his family to the Centre's E20 ethanol blending policy. The High Court...

New Delhi: The combined market valuation of nine of the top-10 most valued firms eroded by Rs 2.74 lakh crore last week, in tandem with a bearish trend in equities, with HDFC Bank taking the biggest hit. Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex tanked 2,091.68...

New Delhi: Developments around the West Asia conflict, crude oil prices and the US Fed interest rate decision would be the key drivers for market movement this week, analysts said. Besides, quarterly earnings would drive sentiments in the market, they added. "Developments surrounding the US-Iran...

Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday urged the Income Tax department to work for the benefit of common people without making them run from pillar to post. She also went public with her disappointment at the "laidback" nature of government departments, which leads to...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday asserted that India is continuously scaling new heights in defence production, military exports, and also in the field of political cooperation with friendly nations. Addressing his monthly ration broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat', he also paid tributes to those...

New Delhi: India Sunday urged its citizens to carefully assess the security situation before taking up jobs in maritime zones witnessing conflicts, especially in the Black Sea region. In an advisory, New Delhi flagged concerns over the security situation in and around the Black Sea...

New Delhi: US-based AI giant OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT faced a global technical disruption Saturday, with more than 1,500 users reporting issues on the platform. As of around 3 pm, Downdetector recorded 1,535 user reports, indicating widespread problems with ChatGPT services. According to the outage tracker,...