New Delhi: The wholesale inflation rose to a 13-month high of 1.26 per cent in April fuelled by rising prices of food articles, especially vegetables, amid expectations of RBI holding interest rates in the policy review next month. The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation...
Nagpur: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has quashed an order issued by the Food Safety Appellate Tribunal in Maharashtra's Buldhana in 2016, imposing penalty on Tata Chemicals Limited and other companies for "manufacturing and selling substandard iodized salt". In his order, Justice...
New York: Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the non-profit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the world's largest philanthropic organisations over the past 20 years. “This is not a...
New Delhi: Retail inflation eased to 4.83 per cent in April as prices of some kitchen items declined, according to government data released Monday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation was 4.85 per cent in March. It was 4.7 per cent in April...
New Delhi: India and Iran Monday signed a long-term contract for the operation of the Shahid Beheshti Port terminal at Chabahar in Iran. The contract was signed by India Ports Global Ltd and Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran in the presence Ports, Shipping and...
New Delhi: Online food delivery firm Zomato Ltd Monday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 175 crore in the March quarter on the back of higher revenue. The company had posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 188 crore in the same quarter last...
Beijing: Pakistan's newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar Monday reached here for a four-day official visit during which he will meet top Chinese leaders and co-chair a bilateral strategic dialogue between the two all-weather friends. Dar, who is also the foreign minister, was received by...
New Delhi: One97 Communications Limited (OCL), which owns leading payments and financial services company Paytm, Monday, said that it is now focusing on UPI Lite wallet to move the users who prefer wallet for low-value everyday payments. Paytm UPI Lite will act as an on-device...
New Delhi: Stock markets will be driven by domestic inflation data, ongoing quarterly earnings from corporates and global trends this week, analysts said. News flows around the general election would also be tracked by investors, market experts said. Besides, investors would also take cues from...
New Delhi: China has emerged as the largest trading partner of India with $118.4 billion two-way commerce in 2023-24, slightly edging past the US, according to the data of economic think tank GTRI. The bilateral trade between India and the US stood at $118.3 billion...
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