Petrol price was hiked by 26 paise a litre and diesel by 33 paise per litre — the fifth increase in prices since May 4.
Exports during May 1-7 last year stood at $3.91 billion and $6.48 billion in the same week of May 2019, data showed.
Foreign investors pulled out Rs 5,936 crore from domestic equities in the first week of May amid worries over the intense second wave of Covid infection and its fallout on the economy.
The DoT believes that all the three private telcos are likely to wait for the allocation of mid-band spectrum to roll out commercial 5G services.
Investment by mutual funds (MFs) in equities will continue in coming months seeing the increase in user growths as multiple fintech players are entering into this space, Kaushlendra Singh Sengar, founder and CEO at INVEST19, said.
Throughout the show, Musk gently poked fun at himself, including his penchant for provocative tweets and his one-time choice to smoke a joint on a podcast.
Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the move “would help attract tourists to the state”, adding that oil PSUs would also contribute to the development of Kedarnath, Uttarkashi, Yamunotri and Gangotri.
In a circular, the CBIC said importers and exporters will have to furnish an undertaking to the Customs authorities in lieu of the bonds till June 30.
The Kolkata-based bank had posted Rs 517.28 crore net profit in the fourth quarter of FY20. The lender’s total provision and contingencies in Q4FY21 rose 92.7 per cent y-o-y to Rs 1,594.30 crore from Rs 827.36 crore in the same quarter previous fiscal.
The Banks Board Bureau (BBB) — the head-hunting agency for chairmen, CEOs and MDs of public sector banks and insurance companies — has chosen Mini Ipe and BC Patnaik as Managing Directors of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), which will have two vacancies of MD in the next five months.
With the latest gain, the forex kitty posted its fourth successive week of gains — starting with a rise of $4.344 billion to reach $581.213 billion during the week ended April 9.
According to the data released by the Reserve Bank of India, the currency with public rose by Rs 15,919 crore in the fortnight ended April 23 to cross the Rs 28 lakh crore mark for the first time.
The Irdai said a health regulator would have helped in terms of adherence to treatment protocols, reasonability of charges and service quality at hospitals.
Prabhu recommended that the travel and tourism (including health tourism), education and aviation sectors be exempted from the Rs 5-crore ceiling as they have been the worst hit by Covid.
The government has allowed hospitals, dispensaries and Covid care centres to accept cash payments in excess of Rs 2 lakh from patients or kin till May 31.
The "need of the hour is, therefore, to expand vaccination at a fast pace", the Finance Ministry noted in its Monthly Economic Review for April released Friday.
The RBI has set up the second Regulatory Review Authority (RRA 2.0), initially for a period of one year from May 01, 2021, with a view to streamline regulations and reduce the compliance burden of regulated entities.
Tata Motors noted that it would offer protection from the price increase to customers who have booked vehicles on or before May 7.
The fiscal position of the central government, it said, has witnessed an improvement in the recent months with a revival in the economic activities during the second half of FY2020-21.
The government is targeting a deficit between revenue it earns and what it spends at 6.8 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in FY22 (April 2021 to March 2022).
SBI account holders will not be able to use internet banking, YONO, YONO Lite and UPI services from 10:15 pm on Friday up to 1:45 am on Saturday, the lender said in a tweet Thursday evening.
Petrol and diesel prices: The price of petrol in Delhi currently stands at Rs 91.27 per litre while diesel is now selling at Rs 81.73. In Mumbai, petrol costs Rs 97.61, while diesel is retailing at Rs 88.82. Read below to find out fuel prices in your city.
The 30-share BSE index ended 256.71 points or 0.52 per cent higher at 49,206.47. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 98.35 points or 0.67 per cent to 14,823.15.
At last count, nearly one in every five air traffic controllers at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport was out of action, either directly or indirectly affected by Covid-19, The Indian Express had reported on May 3.
Sebi set up the technical group in September under the chairmanship of Harsh Bhanwala, former chairman of NABARD.