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  Gold Price Today: Gold gains Rs 50; silver tumbles Rs 922

  October 08, 2021 19:28 IST

  In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 45,909 per 10 grams. In contrast, silver prices declined by Rs 922 to Rs 59,834 per kg, from Rs 60,756 per kg in the previous trade.

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  KV Subramanian steps down as Chief Economic Adviser

  October 08, 2021 18:06 IST

  KV Subramanian on Friday stepped down from his post as Chief Economic Adviser (CEA), following the completion of his three-year tenure.

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  RBI retains economic growth forecast at 9.5 for FY22

  October 08, 2021 17:45 IST

  In his address after the three-day meeting of the rate-setting panel, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said recovery in aggregate demand gathered pace in August-September, and it is reflected in high-frequency indicators, like railway freight traffic; port cargo; cement production; electricity demand; e-way bills; GST and toll collections.

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  Air India finds a new address: Chronology of Air India privatisation

  October 08, 2021 17:17 IST

  The international service was among the first public-private partnerships in India, with govt holding 49 pc, the Tatas keeping 25 pc and the public owning the rest.

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  Odisha announces 11% DA hike for govt employees, pensioners

  October 08, 2021 16:54 IST

  With this, the DA of the employees and pensioners has been increased from 17 per cent to 28 per cent. The hiked DA will be credited in the October salary, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement.

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  'Maharaja' is back! Tata Group wins bid for Air India

  October 09, 2021 8:02 IST

  Tata Sons beat SpiceJet promoter to bag Air India. The DIPAM secretary said Tatas' bid of Rs 18,000 crore comprises taking over of 15,300 crore of debt and paying the rest in cash.

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  RBI cuts inflation projection to 5.3 per cent for FY'22

  October 08, 2021 14:56 IST

  The RBI has projected substantial softening in retail inflation in the near term on the back of easing food prices and favourable base effect.

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  Guwahati airport's operations handed over to Adani Group

  October 08, 2021 13:31 IST

  The Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati was handed over to the Adani Group for operations, management and development responsibilities on Friday.  

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  Fuel Price Today: Diesel inches closer to 100/litre mark in Mumbai; check revised rates

  October 08, 2021 12:10 IST

  Rates have been increased across the country and differ from state to state depending on the incidence of value-added tax.

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  Sensex reclaims 60,000-mark, Nifty tops 17,900 after RBI keeps key rates unchanged

  October 08, 2021 11:38 IST

  Sensex rallied over 500 points in morning trade on Friday, after the Reserve Bank maintained an accommodative stance and kept key interest rates unchanged in its bi-monthly monetary policy review.

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  Air India Disinvestment: Tata Group frontrunner to take over national carrier; announcement today

  October 08, 2021 10:55 IST

  Earlier, the Centre evaluated financial bids received from Tata Group and SpiceJet founder for the acquisition of Air India.

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  Monetary Policy: RBI keeps policy rate unchanged 8th time in a row at 4%

  October 08, 2021 15:17 IST

  The Reserve Bank of India has kept the policy rate unchanged 8th time in a row at 4 per cent.

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  Forbes India Rich List 2021: Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani to Cyrus Poonawalla | Meet top 100 richest

  October 07, 2021 14:31 IST

  Forbes India Rich List 2021: There are six newcomers on this year's list, with half of them from the booming chemicals sector. Eleven listees from last year dropped off, given the increased cut-off for gaining entry to this year's list.

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  Mukesh Ambani with a net worth of $92.7 billion tops 2021 Forbes list of India's richest

  October 07, 2021 13:50 IST

  Ambani recently outlined plans to pivot into renewable energy with a $10 billion investment by his Reliance Industries.

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  Cabinet approves setting up of 7 PM MITRA parks with outlay of Rs 4,445 crore over 5 years

  October 06, 2021 18:31 IST

  PM MITRA will offer an opportunity to create an integrated textiles value chain right from spinning, weaving, processing/dyeing and printing to garment manufacturing at 1 location.

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  Cabinet approves bonus equal to 78 days' wage for over 11 lakh railway employees

  October 06, 2021 16:03 IST

  The government has approved a productivity-linked bonus equivalent to 78 days' wage to eligible non-gazetted Railway employees.

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  Domestic LPG cylinder costlier by Rs 15, nears Rs 1,000 in Patna

  February 21, 2023 11:44 IST

  Cooking gas will now cost Rs 899.50 per cylinder in Delhi as well as in Mumbai.

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  Petrol reaches new high of Rs 102.94 per litre in Delhi. Check revised fuel rates

  October 06, 2021 9:42 IST

  Rates have been increased across the country and differ from state to state depending on the incidence of value-added tax.

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  Moody's upgrades India's outlook to stable, affirms rating

  October 05, 2021 19:19 IST

  The sovereign rating by Moody's stands at 'Baa3' -- which is the lowest investment grade, just a notch above junk status.

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  Gold Price Today: Gold rises Rs 269; silver jumps Rs 630

  October 05, 2021 16:55 IST

  In the previous trade, the precious metal had settled at Rs 45,497 per 10 grams. Silver prices also jumped Rs 630 to Rs 59,704 per kilogram from Rs 59,074 per kilogram in the previous trade.

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  Fuel Price Today: Diesel crosses Rs 100 per litre-mark, petrol over Rs 111 in Bhopal, Indore

  October 05, 2021 16:40 IST

  In the state capital Bhopal, the price of diesel reached Rs 100.1 per litre, while petrol stood at Rs 111.10 per litre, Ajay Singh, the president of Petrol Pump Dealers Association (PPDA), told PTI.

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  Petrol, diesel prices hiked, reach record high; Check revised rates

  October 05, 2021 10:51 IST

  The fuel rates vary from state to state and also in cities, depending on the incidence of local taxes like value-added tax (VAT) and freight charges.

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  Govt imposes export curbs on syringes

  October 04, 2021 23:18 IST

   The directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT) in a notification said it has moved syringes export in the restricted category, under which an exporter has to seek a licence or government permission for the shipments.

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  MGL hikes CNG, PNG prices by Rs 2 each

  October 04, 2021 22:54 IST

  Given the massive increase in supply-side cost, the company is constrained to increase the base price of CNG by Rs 20/kg and domestic PNG by Rs 2/SCM in and around Mumbai, MGL said in a statement.

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  India International Trade Fair 2021 to be held from Nov 14-27 at Pragati Maidan

  October 04, 2021 21:28 IST

  The fair was not held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the second time in history that IITF was not organised. The first time this happened was in 1980.

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  Gold Price Today: Gold declines Rs 37; silver falls Rs 137

  October 04, 2021 19:14 IST

  Gold prices marginally declined by Rs 37 to Rs 45,539 per 10 gram in the national capital on Monday amid muted global trends, according to HDFC Securities.

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  RBI may again opt for status quo on key policy rate next week, say experts

  October 03, 2021 13:18 IST

  The Reserve Bank had last cut repo rate by 40 basis points in May 2020 to 4 per cent to spur demand in the COVID-hit economy. Since then, the RBI has refrained from taking any action on interest rates.

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  Google removes 93,550 content pieces in August in India, shows compliance report

  October 03, 2021 11:47 IST

  In its report, WhatsApp said it had banned over two million accounts in India, while 420 grievance reports were received by the messaging platform in the month of August.