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Inflation At Risk From Weather Shocks: RBI

NEW DELHI: Extreme weather events may pose a risk to India’s inflation in the near-term, along with geopolitical tensions that could keep crude oil prices “volatile”, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said in its April Bulletin. Retail inflation in March eased 4.85%, after averaging 5.1% in January-March. Food...

Apr 24 · >

New Agri Export Policy Soon, To Focus On Unregulated Products

NEW DELHI: India’s agriculture exports strategy is being reworked with greater focus on products whose trade is not regulated. The government has identified 20 farm products whose global imports are over $ 405 billion for focussed push in the coming years, official sources said. India’s share in the world...

Apr 24 · >

Foreign Portfolio Investors Trim Stake In Private Banks

MUMBAI: Foreign investors turned bullish on public sector banks (PSBs) in the fourth quarter while their interest waned in the private lenders. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have trimmed their stake by up to 6% in nine private banks, but raised their holdings in 10 PSBs by up to 3%....

Apr 24 · >

India’s Positive Demand Trends Fuel Flash Composite PMI To 62.2 In April

NEW DELHI: India’s private sector activity strengthened in April, helped by positive demand trends that fuelled new business intakes and output. In both the cases, the rates of expansion remained the fastest in nearly 14 years, said a survey by HSBC on Tuesday. According to the survey, the headline...

Apr 24 · >

Telecom Sector AGR Rose 1.88 Per Cent Sequentially To Rs 67,835 Crore In Q3 FY23

NEW DELHI: The telecom sector witnessed a 1.88 per cent sequential growth in adjusted gross revenue (AGR), reaching Rs 67,835 crore in the third quarter (October-December) of FY24, data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday shows. AGR is the basis on which the Department...

Apr 24 · >

Growth In Housing Prices May Moderate This Fiscal To Five Per Cent Annually: India Ratings

NEW DELHI: Housing demand and prices are likely to moderate this fiscal on a high base effect with sales expected to rise 8-10 per cent and rates by around 5 per cent annually, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said on Tuesday. The rating agency has maintained a neutral outlook...

Apr 24 · >

Karnataka, Gujarat Lead India’s Clean Energy Transition Race: Report

NEW DELHI: Karnataka and Gujarat continue to lead the race to clean energy transition, but states like Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh need to step up efforts, according to a new report released on Tuesday. The joint report by research organisation, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial...

Apr 24 · >

Reliance Industries Shares Climb Nearly One Per Cent Post Earnings

NEW DELHI: Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd on Tuesday climbed nearly 1 per cent after the company’s annual earnings hit a record high. The stock advanced 0.85 per cent to Rs 2,986.05 on the BSE. At the NSE, it climbed 0.92 per cent to Rs 2,987 apiece. The company’s...

Apr 24 · >

None of G7 Economies On Track To Meet 2030 Mitigation Targets

NEW DELHI: None of the G7 members are on track to meet their existing emission reduction targets for 2030, according to a new analysis released on Tuesday. The analysis by Climate Analytics, a global climate science and policy institute, comes ahead of the G7 climate, energy, and environment ministers’...

Apr 24 · >

Razorpay Announces UPI Switch In Partnership With Airtel Payments Bank

NEW DELHI: Fintech company Razorpay on Tuesday launched its own UPI infrastructure with ‘UPI Switch’, a cloud-based innovation in partnership with Airtel Payments Bank, and said the solution is geared to ensure smoother and faster transactions. Boosting success rates by 4-5 per cent, the solution is designed to handle...

Apr 24 · >
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