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New Delhi: The combined market valuation of five of the top-10 most valued firms increased by Rs 60,675.94 crore last week, with State Bank of India and HDFC Bank emerging as the lead gainers in line with a positive trend in equities. In a holiday-shortened...

New Delhi: Foreign investors offloaded Indian equities worth nearly Rs 21,000 crore in the first half of August, pressured by US-India trade tensions, lacklustre first-quarter corporate earnings, and a weakening rupee. With this, the total outflow by Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) in equities reached the...

Bhubaneswar: Farmers in Odisha can now register themselves to sell their paddy to the government during the Kharif Marketing Season 2025-26, Food Supply and Consumer Welfare Minister Krushna Chandra Patra said in Bhubaneswar Sunday. Briefing reporters here, Patra said, "We have further simplified the registration...

New Delhi: Korean electronics major Samsung has started production of laptops in India at its Greater Noida factory, sources aware of the development said. Samsung has been making feature phones, smartphones, wearables, and tablets at its Greater Noida factory. "Samsung has expanded its manufacturing portfolio....

New Delhi: Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn's Bengaluru factory, its second-largest manufacturing unit, has commenced operation with production of iPhone 17 recently at a small scale, sources aware of the development said. Foxconn is the largest manufacturer of iPhones, and the second-biggest facility outside China in...

New Delhi: The proposed ‘Next Gen GST' with sweeping reforms, lower tax rates, and just two slabs, aims to boost the economy amid tariff threats and set the stage for a single tax rate regime by the time India becomes a developed nation, government sources...

New Delhi: A US team, which was scheduled to visit India from August 25, for the next round of negotiations for the proposed bilateral trade agreement is likely to defer the meeting to a later date, an official said. So far, five rounds of talks...

New Delhi: State-owned NHAI has implemented the FASTag annual pass across the country from Friday to encourage the use of technology to enhance 'ease of living' for the citizens, according to an official statement. The statement said the annual pass has received an overwhelming response...

New Delhi: The central government has proposed just two tax rates of 5 per cent and 18 per cent in the revamped Goods and Services Tax (GST), slated to replace the current indirect tax regime by Diwali this year, highly placed sources said. While the...

New Delhi: India's purchase of Russian oil has risen to 2 million barrels per day in August, as refiners continue to prioritise economic considerations in their sourcing decisions. As much as 38 per cent out of an estimated 5.2 million barrels per day of crude...