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Top Stocks for Investors on April 9
The stock market on Thursday, April 8 gave a positive ending for the third consecutive day in a highly volatile session. The indices on Friday, April 9, are expected to give a flat opening as the SGX Nifty was trading at 10.50 points or 0.07 percent up at 14,956.50...
Sensex Drops Over 150 Points in Early Trade, Nifty Below 14,850
Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 150 points in early trade on Friday, tracking losses in index-heavyweights HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries amid largely negative cues from global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 186.94 points or 0.38 per cent lower at 49,559.27. Similarly, the broader NSE...
Want to Know Your PF Account Balance? Here’s How to Check
Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is a mode of saving where both the employee and the employer contribute an equal amount. It gives guaranteed tax-free returns. The amount saved in EPF can be availed by the person upon his/her retirement or after switching jobs. Those who want to know or...
Cooking Oil Prices Surge, Government Mulls Import Duty Cut: Report
(Image for representation purpose only) During the Budget announcement, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama had slashed import duty and custom duty for edible oils. The government is likely to review the surging edible oil prices and announce relevant measures soon, reports suggest. In the wake of the increasing price,...
Rupee Plunges to Near 5-month Low of 74.58 Against US Dollar
Mumbai: The Indian rupee weakened further by 11 paise against the US currency to close at its weakest level in nearly five months on Thursday amid fears that a rapid resurgence of Covid cases in the country can disrupt economic recovery. Logging its fourth straight session loss, the domestic...
Finance Ministry Asks Health, Home Ministries for Vaccination of Bank Employees on Priority Basis
The union finance ministry has requested the health and home ministries for issuing instructions for enabling COVID-19 vaccination of employees of banks and National Payments Corporation of India on priority basis. This will go a long way in assuring bank employees about safety of themselves and their families and...
Banks to Remain Shut on These Days From Tomorrow, Check the List of Holidays
People who are planning to visit banks will have to do it today itself as banks will remain closed tomorrow owing to second Saturday. On Monday, banks will be working but will remain shut in most parts of the country from April 13 till 16 due to various festivals....
Covid Mutants Multiply As Scientists Race To Decode Variations
The SARS-CoV-2 virus could settle down and become a mere nuisance like the common cold. Highlights New mutations are popping up in increasingly complicated patterns Top biologists are devising new ways to track incoming genomic data The HIV virus is notorious for its rapid mutation rate When Bette Korber,...
VK Sasikala Alleges Name “Removed” From Voters’ List, Will Sue Officials
Her counsel said VK Sasikala was sad about her name being dropped from the voting list. Highlights A senior poll officer, speaking to NDTV, put the onus on the 66-year-old “There is no conspiracy in this,” electoral officer said VK Sasikala was once the confidante of J...
90 Voters, 181 Votes In Assam Polling Booth. 6 Officials Suspended
Assam votes in a three-phase Assembly election, with the third on Tuesday (Representational) Guwahati: Six polling officials have been suspended in Assam after the Election Commission found that 181 votes had been cast at a booth in Dima Hasao district that had only 90 registered voters. The booth is...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Signs Law Allowing Him To Serve 2 More Terms
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the change last year as part of constitutional reforms. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday gave final approval to legislation allowing him to hold office for two additional six-year terms, giving himself the possibility to stay in power until 2036. The 68-year-old Russian...
What Tim Cook Said On Elon Musk’s Claim Of Trying To Sell Tesla To Apple
“We’re making serious investments in Apple TV Plus,” Tim Cook said Highlights Tim Cook has been with Apple Inc. for 23 years He has been chief executive officer for nearly a decade His latest interview touched on a wide range of topics Tim Cook has been with Apple Inc....
Modi Govt’s Judo Technique Pays Off In Electoral Bonds
By K Raveendran The Modi government has perfected the art of using a safeguard against something to perpetuate exactly the same act or tendency. So, national unity is cited as the reason for attempts to wreck national unity and national interest is taken to mean the interest of the...
Electoral Bonds: Supreme Court Has Evaded The Real Issue
By Prakash Karat The Supreme Court has declined to stay the issuance of electoral bonds in its current tranche from April 1 to 10. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an NGO, had made an urgent plea that the issuance of bonds meant for the four state assembly elections...
Risks Of India Going From Bad To Worse Due To New Covid-19 Wave
By Gyan Pathak Maharashtra was going from bad to worse for the last two months. People were violating the advisories of the government, new corona virus strains were being found, and even double mutation were found which were believed to escape immunity of the recovered or vaccinated. However, when...
Protecting The Vulnerable At The Time Of Pandemic Is Imperative
By Nilanjan Banik There are two sides to every story. One, that India’s healthcare system is not in great shape, and that there is a dearth of hospital beds, doctors, and paramedic staffs to react to a health emergency like COVID pandemic. But turn to the other side, and...
Mamata Has Sent A Strong Message To BJP By Contesting From Nandigram
By Arun Srivastava Political experts and pollsters are busy deciphering the implication of Mamata Banerjee campaigning at a stretch for five days in her new electoral abode Nandigram. If for some it is the sign of her fighting the battle with her back to the wall, some are also...
Sumitra Mahajan Was A Woman Parliamentarian For The Longest Term
By Harihar Swarup The BJP High Command has, perhaps, been most unkind to former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahjan. While she was only given Padma Bhushan, lesser mortals were honoured with Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award. She had been an eight term M.P, second woman speaker of...
