Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has arrived in Jaisalmer for the 55th GST Council meeting scheduled to be held on Saturday at Marriott Hotel. Chief Ministers, Deputy Chief Ministers, and Finance Ministers from various states, along with Finance Secretaries and senior officials, also reached Jaisalmer on Friday. The dignitaries were welcomed at Hotel Marriott amidst … Read more
The Indian government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday signed an agreement for a $350 million policy-based loan under the second subprogramme of the Strengthening Multimodal and Integrated Logistics Ecosystem (SMILE) programme, to strengthen the domestic manufacturing sector and improve the resilience of supply chains. According to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, … Read more
As many as 25,202 public charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) have been installed in the country to date, the government said on Friday. Karnataka leads with 5,765 EV public charging stations, followed by Maharashtra at 3,728 and Uttar Pradesh at 1,989, Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Steel, Bhupathiraju Srinivasa Varma, told the … Read more
The two-day Bihar Business Connect 2024 witnessed the signing of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) for investments to the tune of Rs 1.8 lakh crore in the state by leading industrial groups of the country, Bihar Industries & Tourism Minister Nitish Mishra said on Friday. The proposed investments represent a three-fold jump over the corresponding figure … Read more
The investments in the urban sector in India have increased 16-fold as the government aims to achieve the 'Viksit Bharat' goal by 2047, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs said on Friday. Under the Smart Cities Mission (SCM), work orders have been issued in 8,066 projects amounting to Rs 1,64,669 crore, of which … Read more
The FIIs as per Friday's data were net sellers in equity segment, while they were net buyers in debt segment, according to data released by the NSDL. In equity segment, the gross buying was of Rs 15536.61 crore against gross selling of Rs 16329.80 crore. Thus, FIIs stood as net sellers of Rs 793.19 crore … Read more
The Indian stock market shed more than 1,000 points on Friday amid the global selloff, after the US Federal Reserve hinted at a slow pace of interest rate cuts in the future. Heavy selling was seen in the realty and PSU bank sectors of Nifty. At closing, Sensex settled at 78,041.59 down by 1,176.46 … Read more
Vakrangee is currently trading at Rs. 32.80, up by 0.69 points or 2.15% from its previous closing of Rs. 32.11 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 32.91 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 34.95 and Rs. 32.50 respectively. So far 4511718 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group … Read more
Praveg is currently trading at Rs. 740.00, up by 9.80 points or 1.34% from its previous closing of Rs. 730.20 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs. 730.25 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 745.00 and Rs. 730.00 respectively. So far 94776 shares were traded on the counter. The BSE group … Read more
Unicorns (with valuation $1 billion and above) continue to be among the large employers in India and overall, 116 Indian unicorns employed 4,10,829 people in August this year compared to 4,17,561 employees recorded in the same month last year, a report showed on Friday. Unicorn hiring peaked in March at over 42,000 cumulative employee additions, … Read more