New Delhi: Wholesale inflation in the country rose marginally to three-month high of 0.53 per cent in March compared to 0.20 per cent in the preceding month due to increase in prices of vegetables, potato, onion and crude oil. The Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation...
Mumbai: Stock markets took a beating Monday with benchmark Sensex and Nifty tumbling over 1 per cent as escalating conflict in the Middle East and weak trends from global markets unnerved investors. Extending losses to the second session, the 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 845.12 points...
New Delhi: Founder of the edtech company Think and Learn, which owns the Byju's brand, Byju Raveendran will handle the firm's day-to-day operations following the resignation of CEO Arjun Mohan, the company said Monday. Following the move, the company has announced a major rejig of...
New Delhi: As many as 21 Indian startups secured nearly $105 million in funding this week, informed Entrackr Saturday. This included six growth-stage deals and 12 early-stage deals, it added. "One growth-stage startup and two early-stage startups did not disclose the amount raised," the report...
New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, which was the second-biggest buyer of electoral bonds worth Rs 966 crore, in an alleged bribery case. Eight officials of the NISP and NMDC and two officials of MECON were...
London: Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have made spectacularly terrible guesses about the direction of innovation. Even Einstein was not immune, claiming, “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable,” just ten years before Enrico Fermi completed...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued an advisory to the e-commerce companies, directing them to remove all drinks and beverages including Bournvita from the category of ‘health drinks’, on their portal and platforms. “National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR),...
Washington: Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra has met several US senior officials, including Deputy Secretary of Defence Kathleen Hicks, to undertake a detailed review of the progress on further consolidating the bilateral strategic ties and discussed their shared efforts to promote stability and security in the...
New Delhi: India's industrial production grew 5.7 per cent in February 2024, according to official data released Friday. The factory output measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) witnessed a growth of 6 per cent in February 2023. India's Index of Industrial...
New Delhi: Retail inflation declined to a five-month low of 4.85 per cent in March mainly due to cooling food prices, according to official data released Friday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation was 5.09 per cent in February and 5.66 per cent...
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