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Patanjali Ayurved raises ₹ 175 crore by thru’ NCDs
This is the second debenture issuance by Patanjali Ayurved.
China bans monetary, funds corporations from cryptocurrency enterprise
Beijing: China has banned monetary establishments and funds corporations from offering companies associated to cryptocurrency transactions, and warned buyers towards speculative crypto buying and selling. Under the China crypto ban,…
Finance Ministry releases Rs 8,923.8 crore to 25 states for providing grant to rural local bodies
New Delhi , May 19 The Union Finance Ministry, on the recommendation of the Panchayati Raj Ministry, released Rs 8,923.8 crore to 25 states for providing grant to rural local bodies.
The spread of COVID-19 pandemic in different parts…
Govt has asked ONGC to procure 1 lakh oxygen concentrators to address shortage
New Delhi: To help the country tide over oxygen shortage during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, ONGC has been given the responsibility to procure 1 lakh oxygen concentrators based on its understanding of global supply chain and…
Centre asks States/UTs to monitor prices of pulses on weekly basis, direct all stockholders to…
New Delhi , May 17 The Central government on Monday asked the States/UTs to direct all the stockholders, millers, traders and importers to declare the stocks of pulses while requesting to monitor the prices of pulses on a weekly…
Covid resurgence subdues equities, metal stocks fall
Mumbai: Economic impact of Covid resurgence dented investors' sentiments during Friday's trade session.
Both the key indices closed on a flat note. They opened slightly higher but kept seeing repeated bouts of sell-offs, followed by…
India’s online higher education market to grow 10x in next 5 years
New Delhi: Buoyed by the continuous remote learning amid the pandemic, the online higher education market in India will grow 10 times over the next five years to reach $5 billion by the financial year 2025, a new report said on Monday.…
Transporters left in the lurch as second wave lockdowns sap demand
The steady, inexorable spread of the Covid-19 second wave and the inevitable lockdowns that follow have begun to sap the strength of India’s 5.5 million-strong truck fleet. According to industry bodies and research institutes, the road…
Power demand dips during first fortnight of May
Pan-India power consumption data for the first fortnight of May (May 1-15) indicates that the expansion of Covid-19 lockdowns across the country has begun having an impact on electricity demand.
While the month of April 2021 had recorded…
Petrol, diesel prices reach record highs
Oil marketing companies hiked petrol and diesel prices yet again on Friday, this time by a steep 29 paise per litre for petrol and 34 paise per litre for diesel. This latest hike, the fourth such increase this week, brings the total…
GST Council meet on May 28; likely to discuss States’ Covid-related demands
New Delhi, May 15 (UNI) The Goods and Services Tax Council will meet on May 28 after a gap of seven months amid calls from States for policy measures related to COVID-19 pandemic.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the…
GST Council to meet on May 28; compensation shortfall, rates on Covid-19 essentials on agenda
NEW DELHI: The GST Council will meet on May 28 and is likely to discuss tax rates on COVID-related drugs, oxygen equipment and vaccines.
The meeting among other things is also likely to discuss the compensation mechanism for states' GST…
SAIL-RSP sets new record by supplying 499.16 tonnes liquid medical Oxygen
New Delhi: SAIL-Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) set a new single day liquid medical Oxygen (LMO) dispatch on May 14 by sending 28 number of tankers containing 499.16 tonnes of the life-saving gas. The highly motivated team of the Oxygen Plants…
Govt appoints ex-NCL CMD Tapas Nag as head of high-level committee on coal mines safety
New Delhi: The Centre has appointed former Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) CMD Tapas Kumar Nag as the head of a high-level committee on safety in coal mines formed earlier this year in January. Nag was earlier serving as one of the five…
IDBI appoints P Sitaram as Chief Financial Officer of the bank
New Delhi: P Sitaram has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Key Managerial Personnel of IDBI Bank. In a regulatory filing to the stock exchange of Saturday, IDBI Bank has informed that the Board of Directors of the Bank at…
SpaceX successfully completes new launch of Starlink satellites
Washington, May 16 (Sputnik) SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket with yet another batch of Starlink satellites, as well as Tyvak-0130 and Capella Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites, the company informs.
The Falcon 9…
Boeing Company will set up 200 beds ICU Covid hospital in Gorakhpur
Gorakhpur, May 15 (UNI) Renowned USA based aircraft manufacturing company Boeing would be setting up a 200 bedded ICU Covid hospital here, the native place of chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Uttar Pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath who…
Exports may reach USD 400 B Target: Goyal
New Delhi, May 15 (UNI) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said that the country could hit the target of USD 400 billion in merchandise exports due to the performance of the sector in April this year and in fiscal…
Monsoon likely to arrive on May 30: Skymet
Expected to be ‘healthy normal’ at 103 percent of the long period average (LPA) of 880.6 mm
GoAir rebrands as Go First after 15 years of flying
MUMBAI: After being in the skies for 15 years, Wadia Group-owned GoAir has rebranded itself as 'Go First' as the airline focuses on ultra-low-cost business model amid the aviation industry grappling with pandemic headwinds.
The…
