Mumbai: US dollar ended sharply cheaper against the rupee at Rs 67.13/14 per dollar and the pound sterling also finished lower at Rs 87.19/21 per pound at the close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today. Following are the Interbank Forex and RBI rates: (In Rs Per Unit) Unit Interbank RBI Reference US Dollar 67.13/14 […]
New Delhi: Exports of several agriculture products, including tea, coffee, rice and cashew declined in May due to fall in global commodity prices. Cereals, oil meals and dairy & poultry products too recorded negative growth during the month. In all, seven out of 13 main agriculture products that are closely monitored by the Commerce Ministry, […]
Ahmedabad: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the Narendra Modi government’s “activism” against black money in the last two years has resulted into a “sizable dip” in illegal assets stashed abroad by Indians. He also said the action being initiated by G-20 countries coupled with “technological intervention” will make it difficult to keep black money […]
Chennai: Budget air carrier AirAsia today announced a 20 per cent discount on fares across its flights for passengers taking up journey during the Diwali festival. The promotion campaign which begins today would run till July 17 for passengers travelling between July 18 and November 24, 2016, AirAsia said in a statement. The campaign is […]
Jaipur: NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Saturday said the Indian government has put the economy on the path of reform to achieve a high growth trajectory though there are significant lags between policy decisions and outcomes which need to be addressed. He said challenges such as restoration of the health of banks and […]
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was today briefly hacked, the latest cyber attack against the high-profile personalities by hacker group ‘OurMine’. The group, which previously hijacked social media accounts of Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg, shared a few videos and then sent a tweet that read, “Hey, its OurMine, we are […]
New Delhi: Ringing Bells, the Noida-based firm that ran into controversy after announcing a Rs 251 phone five months back, today claimed it will start shipping the cheapest smartphone ever, from tomorrow. In February, the company announced the Freedom 251 phone which saw a mad rush of over 70 million people jostling to register but […]
New Delhi: Gold prices slipped from a 28-month high by falling Rs 150 to Rs 30,900 per 10 grams in the bullion market today, with demand from jewellers softening, even as the metal rose overseas. However, silver weekly-based delivery continued to climb as speculators mounted fresh bets on hopes of a further rise in its […]
Mumbai : The rupee recovered marginally by 3 paise to 67.42 against the dollar in early trade today at the forex market on fresh selling of the US currency by banks and exporters amid foreign fund inflows. Forex dealers said a higher opening in the domestic equity market and a weakening dollar against some currencies […]
New Delhi: In terms of investor wealth addition, gold and silver have offered better returns so far this year than other asset classes, especially stocks, by registering up to 41 per cent gains. Gold and silver prices have surged 22.29 per cent and 41.14 per cent, respectively, so far in 2016. On the other hand, […]