Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex on Monday rebounded by nearly 555 points on value buying in IT, auto and banking shares after three straight days of losses and strong macro data. The 30-share Sensex jumped 554.84 points or 0.70 per cent to settle at 80,364.49 with...
New Delhi: Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has dismissed White House trade adviser Peter Navarro's 'laundromat' remark, asserting that India has not violated any rules in purchasing Russian oil and its energy trade since the Ukraine war has helped stabilise global markets and keep prices...
Bhubaneswar: Tata Steel Foundation (TSF) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Odisha government's Housing & Urban Development Department (H&UDD) to develop urban habitats for low-income groups and make welfare schemes accessible to them. The collaboration aims to reduce urban inequality by making...
New Delhi: Indian manufacturing sector witnessed the fastest improvement in operating conditions in over 17 years in August, driven by an increased production efficiency and healthy demand conditions, a monthly report said Monday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) rose from...
New Delhi: Equity markets this week would keenly track the upcoming GST Council meeting, macroeconomic data announcements and trading activity of foreign investors for further movement, analysts said. Moreover, developments related to tariff negotiations, global market trends and auto sales data would also drive investors'...
Bhubaneswar: Amid farmers' protest over alleged scarcity of urea in some parts of Odisha, the state government Sunday closed 30 fertiliser shops and suspended licences of 62 dealers during enforcement drives, an official statement said. To check the black marketing and stolen or fake fertilisers,...
New Delhi: Online gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) is going to significantly downsize its team in India, after the money games were banned under the new online gaming legislation. According to an internal email sent by MPL CEO Sai Srinivas to employees, “with a...
Tianjin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in China's Tianjin on Sunday and discussed perspectives on various issues. "Exchanged perspectives on diverse issues with Mr. Serdar Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan during our...
New Delhi: Motor vehicle tax is compensatory in nature and if a vehicle is not used or not kept for use in a 'public place', then its owner should not be burdened with motor vehicle tax for such period, the Supreme Court has said. A...
New Delhi: India is pushing rice exports to the world's largest importer of the commodity -- the Philippines -- and to tap the opportunity, a large delegation of leading exporters will visit the Southeast Asian nation next month, an official said. The Philippines is an...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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