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  Gold Price Today: Gold gains marginally; silver jumps Rs 553

  March 09, 2021 16:45 IST

  Gold in the national capital on Tuesday gained marginally by Rs 35 to Rs 43,996 per 10 gram amid gain in global precious metal prices, according to HDFC Securities. 

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  Forget Bitcoin and Gold! This pharma stock has delivered nearly 7,000% return in just 100 days

  March 09, 2021 16:41 IST

  Orchid Pharma share has rallied 6,900 per cent in just four months. The share was trading at Rs 18 on November 3 last year. It touched lifetime high of Rs 1,245.30 on March 9.

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  Delhi Budget: AAP govt to open Sainik School, introduce 'Deshbhakti' period in schools

  March 09, 2021 13:18 IST

  Delhi Budget: The Arvind Kejriwal government has proposed to open Delhi's first Sainik School and promote yoga on a wide scale. The government will also hold events fors 75 weeks to mark the 75th year of India's independence.

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  Sensex rallies over 500 points in early trade; Nifty tops 15,100

  March 09, 2021 10:03 IST

  In the previous session, Sensex settled 35.75 points or 0.07 per cent higher at 50,441.07, and Nifty ended higher by 18.10 points or 0.12 per cent at 14,956.20.

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  Vizag steel plant privatisation: RINL to raise Rs 1,000 crore from sale of 22.19 acre land

  March 09, 2021 8:44 IST

  RINL privatisation, Vizag steel privatisation: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited is the country's first shore-based integrated steel plant producing special steel products. It was commissioned in 1992.

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  Govt to amend telecom licence norms to control sourcing from China, non-friendly destinations

  March 08, 2021 19:46 IST

  The government is likely to amend the telecom licence norms this month to incorporate the guidelines of national security directive on telecommunication sector that will help in controlling installation of network equipment from China and other non-friendly countries.  

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  LPG price double in 7 years; tax collection on petrol, diesel jumps 459%: Dharmendra Pradhan

  March 08, 2021 19:31 IST

  Price of domestic cooking gas, LPG has doubled to Rs 819 per cylinder in the last seven years while the increase in taxes on petrol and diesel has swelled collections by over 459 per cent, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday.

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  Gold Price Today: Gold declines Rs 122; silver gains Rs 587

  March 08, 2021 16:30 IST

  Gold prices on Monday fell by Rs 122 to Rs 44,114 per 10 grams in the national capital, in line with weak international market trend, according to HDFC Securities. 

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  Sensex, Nifty eke out gains; energy, IT stocks save the day

  March 08, 2021 16:20 IST

  Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty eke out gains on Monday after two sessions of decline as investors snapped up energy, IT and pharma shares.

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  Expect moderately worse banking sector outlook for next fiscal: Fitch

  March 08, 2021 15:42 IST

  Fitch Ratings on Monday said it expects a moderately worse sector outlook for Indian banks for the next fiscal beginning April 1 based on muted expectations for new business and revenue generation, and deteriorating asset quality. 

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  International Women's Day: How women entrepreneurs are making their mark in startup ecosystem

  March 08, 2021 14:47 IST

  Celebrating Women's Day is not a modern act of gender equality, it is a campaign which started in early 90s. Although the women power should be celebrated throughout the year, March 8 is just a day to rethink the capability and contribution of women. 

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  Google for India 'Women Will' event: Sundar Pichai pledges $25mn to empower women including in India

  March 08, 2021 13:14 IST

  The company also announced $500,000 Google.org grant to Nasscom Foundation to support 100,000 women agriculture workers with digital and financial literacy.

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  Easy Trip Planners' IPO subscription begins: Check price band, listing date and more

  March 08, 2021 11:23 IST

  Easy Trip Planners IPO: EaseMyTrip. com is operated by Easy Trip Planners Private Ltd. The company's initial public offering is entirely an offer for sale.

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  MTAR Technologies IPO GMP: Grey market premium surges; check share price and listing date

  March 08, 2021 11:23 IST

  MTAR GMP Price: MTAR Technologies is a Hyderabad-based a precision engineering solutions company. MTAR Technologies' shares are trading at a premium of Rs 450 per share in the grey market.

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  Sensex rebounds over 270 points in early trade; Nifty reclaims 15,000-level

  March 08, 2021 10:22 IST

  In other Asian markets, equities staged a strong recovery after witnessing panic sell-offs for a couple of sessions as investors cheered the US Senate passing a USD 1.9 trillion stimulus bill for COVID-19 relief package.

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  Tesla, Ford only carmakers not gone bankrupt: Elon Musk

  March 06, 2021 16:50 IST

  As several carmakers bleed in the US and beyond, Tesla is profitable and according to Elon Musk, his electric car company and Ford are the only two carmakers in the US which have not gone bankrupt. 

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  3 free LPG cylinders likely again for Ujjawala subscribers

  March 08, 2021 13:39 IST

  The 14.2-kg cylinder's price has risen by over Rs 125 per cylinder since January in the wake of a global price hike. This has taken up the price of a LPG cylinder to Rs 819 from Rs 694 in January. In fact since May last year the price of cooking gas has risen by Rs 237.50 in Delhi.

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  Muthoot Group Chairman MG George Muthoot dies in Delhi

  March 05, 2021 23:54 IST

  Muthoot Group Chairman MG George Muthoot passed away in Delhi on Friday.

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  High petrol, diesel prices burden on consumers; tax cut should be joint call of Centre, states: FM

  March 05, 2021 17:46 IST

  Sitharaman, who had increased central excise duty on petrol and diesel by a record margin last year to mop up gains arising from international oil prices plunging to a two-decade low, remained non-committal on taking the first step to cut central taxes to give relief to consumers.

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  Gold Price Today: Gold declines Rs 522, silver falls Rs 1,822

  March 05, 2021 16:53 IST

  Gold prices fell by Rs 522 to Rs 43,887 per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday, due to muted trend in the international markets, according to HDFC Securities.

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  Sensex slumps over 440 points, Nifty slips below 15,000-level

  March 05, 2021 16:16 IST

  At the closing bell, the Sensex was quoted at 50,405.32, showing a decline of 440.76 points or 0.87 per cent over the previous close. Intra-day, the index swung around 726 points.

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  ICICI Bank reduces home loan interest rate to 6.70%

  March 05, 2021 15:21 IST

  Lending major ICICI Bank reduced its home loan interest rate to 6.70 per cent. For loans above Rs 75 lakh, interest rates are pegged at 6.75 per cent onwards.

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  PLI scheme likely to boost India's manufacturing output by USD 520 billion in 5 years: PM Modi

  March 05, 2021 15:13 IST

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government is working to reduce compliance burden, further improve ease of doing business and cut down logistics costs for the industry.

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  PNB Housing Finance, Yes Bank sign strategic co-lending pact for retail home loans

  March 05, 2021 12:21 IST

  PNB Housing and Yes Bank will synergise capabilities to provide an efficient and seamless experience to existing and new retail home loan customers, PNB Housing Finance said in a regulatory filing.

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  Wipro to buy Capco for $1.45 billion; biggest buyout to become 'bolder' company

  March 04, 2021 22:17 IST

  Set to be its biggest ever buyout, Wipro will acquire London-headquartered Capco in a USD 1.45 billion (over Rs 10,500 crore) deal as the Indian IT major seeks to become a "bolder and ambitious" company as well as rake in higher revenues from banking and financial services space.  

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  RailTel launches prepaid wi-fi service at 4,000 railway stations. Check details

  March 04, 2021 19:57 IST

  ​Railway PSU RailTel formally launched its paid wi-fi service plans on Thursday which will enable users to access high-speed internet at 4,000 railway stations across the country.  

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  Uttarakhand focuses on health, rural infra in Rs 57,400 crore budget for 2021-22

  March 04, 2021 19:15 IST

  Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Thursday presented a budget of Rs 57,400.32 crore for 2021-22 fiscal in the Assembly here with emphasis on health, rural infrastructure, employment generation and agriculture.

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  ArcelorMittal to set up integrated steel plant with Rs 50,000cr investment in Kendrapada

  March 04, 2021 16:05 IST

  Steelmaker ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) on Thursday inked an agreement with the Odisha government for setting up a 12 mtpa integrated steel plant in Kendrapada district with an investment of Rs 50,000 crore, officials said.