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Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended on a flat note in a lacklustre trade Tuesday as investors preferred to remain on the sidelines awaiting further triggers ahead of macroeconomic data release. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 12.85 points or 0.02 per cent to...

Bengaluru: India is rapidly emerging as a global leader in the Web3 space and is expected to become the world’s largest Web3 developer hub by 2028, according to a report Tuesday. The latest ‘India Web3 Landscape’ report by Hashed Emergent showed that the country recorded...

New Delhi: A new study has found that shifting away from cultivating rice to alternative cereals such as millet, maize and sorghum could help tackle production losses related to climate by 11 per cent, thereby potentially boosting farmer incomes. Farmers in India are known to...

New Delhi: India and the US are planning to negotiate a trade agreement and both countries will focus on increasing market access, reducing import duty and non-tariff barriers, and enhancing supply chain integration, Parliament was informed Tuesday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha,...

Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty slumped in early trade on Tuesday amid weak trends in the US markets and heavy selling in blue-chip stock Infosys. The 30-share BSE Sensex plunged 346.23 points or 0.47 per cent to 73,768.94 in the morning trade. The...

Toronto: Ontario's premier, the leader of Canada's most populous province, announced that effective Monday his province is charging 25% more for electricity to 1.5 million Americans in response to US President Donald Trump's trade war. Ontario provides electricity to Minnesota, New York and Michigan. “President...

New Delhi: The government Monday sought Parliament nod to spend a net additional Rs 51,462.86 crore in the current financial year ending March, with a large chunk going towards pension and subsidy fertiliser. The gross additional spending sought by the government is over Rs 6.78...

New Delhi: The new Income Tax Bill prescribes the existing process for tax authorities to gain access to the digital space or a computer device only during search and survey operations, and it is not aimed to breach the online privacy of common taxpayers even...

Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed lower in a volatile session Monday dragged by selling in industrials and oil & gas shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 217.41 points or 0.29 per cent to settle at 74,115.17 with 22 of its constituents ending...

Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 38 paise, its steepest fall in over a month, to close at 87.33 (provisional) against the US dollar Monday due to volatile crude oil prices amid tariff uncertainties worldwide and unabated outflow of foreign funds. A weaker American currency failed...