Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that its foreign exchange reserves had decreased by $239 million due to external debt repayments. During the week ending June 21, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank fell to around 8.9 billion dollars, the SBP...
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Friday announced a 10-21 per cent hike in prepaid and postpaid mobile tariffs, a day after larger rival Reliance Jio announced an increase in rates. The move assumes significance, as it marks the first major increase in tariffs by the telecom...
Mumbai: Indian equity indices opened in green Friday following buying in largecap stocks. Sensex and Nifty made a new all-time high of 79,671 and 24,174 respectively. At 10 a.m., Sensex was at 79,558, up 314 points or 0.40 per cent and Nifty was up 93...
Mumbai: Capital markets watchdog Sebi Thursday decided to regulate financial influencers or finfluencers amid growing concerns about potential risk associated with such persons. In order to address the concerns related to certain persons including unregulated entities inducing investors to deal in securities based on inappropriate...
Bhubaneswar: The Single Window Committee (SWC)chaired by Odisha energy secretary Vishal Kumar Dev Thursday approved an investment proposal of Rs.903.41 crore to generate 102 MW of renewable energy in Odisha. The investment in green energy projects to reduce pollution includes a 48 MW wind power...
Mumbai: Indian frontline indices again touched an all-time high Thursday as strong buying was seen in IT stocks. Sensex and Nifty made an all-time high of 79,240 and 24,036 respectively. This is the first time that nifty crossed the 24,000 mark and Sensex exceeded the...
New Delhi: Many historic steps and major economic decisions will be taken in the upcoming budget, President Droupadi Murmu said Thursday as she addressed a joint sitting of Parliament. The budget that will be presented by the government in the next Parliament session will be...
New Delhi: The Indian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector employs about 1.2 crore people, and by 2025, the industry is expected to generate over two lakhs new jobs, a report showed Thursday. The new job opportunities will span across the services sectors and...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Labour and Employment Wednesday said it has sought a detailed report from the Tamil Nadu labour department amid reports that married women are not being allowed to work at the Foxconn India Apple iPhone Plant. Section 5 of the Equal...
New Delhi: India's spectrum auctions sold 141.4 MHz radiowaves worth Rs 11,340.78 crore, with Bharti Airtel emerging as the top buyer with airwaves worth Rs 6,856.76 crore. Reliance Jio bagged spectrum worth Rs 973.62 crore, while VIL (Vodafone Idea Ltd) bid for spectrum valued at...
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