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New Delhi: The central government's fiscal deficit stood at 18.2 per cent of the full-year target at the end of June, according to data released by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA) Friday. The deficit was at 17.9 per cent of Budget Estimates (BE) of...

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India Friday directed banks to ensure that their branches in the districts with international borders are equipped with note authentication/sorting machines, as it found that efforts of some of the lenders were not adequate for the detection of counterfeit currency. The...

New Delhi: Union Cabinet Friday approved extension of the PM-KISAN scheme for the next five years till the 2030-31 fiscal with an outlay of Rs 3,15,614 crore. Launched on February 24, 2019, Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is a centrally sponsored scheme aimed at...

Mumbai: Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed with gains for the third consecutive day Friday, tracking a sharp rally in Bajaj Finance and foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 166.49 points, or 0.21 per cent, to settle at a more than three-week...

New Delhi: US-based AI giant Anthropic has disclosed that its Claude models gained unauthorised access to the production infrastructure of three organisations during internal cybersecurity evaluations after a misconfigured testing environment inadvertently allowed internet connectivity. In a blog post, the company said it identified the...

New Delhi: Petrol prices in Delhi would have risen to around Rs 125 per litre during the recent West Asian crisis without ethanol blending, the government said Friday, claiming the programme helped consumers save nearly Rs 30 per litre by cushioning the impact of the...

New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a recall order for a batch of ‘Wonderland Raisins’ manufactured by Sun Organic Industries Private Limited after regulatory testing found pesticide residues exceeding the prescribed safety limits. In a post on social...

New Delhi: Indian travellers can now use the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to make online bookings for At the Top, Burj Khalifa, with the iconic attraction becoming the first in the UAE to accept the payment system for e-commerce transactions, NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL)...

Mumbai: Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply and ended over 1 per cent higher Wednesday, led by IT stocks, HDFC Bank and fresh foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 888.68 points, or 1.16 per cent, to settle at 77,654.60. During the day,...

Hong Kong: The US Federal Communications Commission is banning imports of new foreign-made humanoid robots and power inverters, citing national security risks, in a move that targets China. The measures are likely to test relations with Beijing ahead of a planned US visit by Chinese...