Gold breaches Rs 1 lakh mark

Gold breaches Rs 1 lakh mark

Wednesday, 23 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | New Delhi

Gold prices surged by Rs 1,800 to zoom past the crucial Rs 1 lakh-mark for 10 grams in the national capital on Tuesday amid buying rush by local jewellers and stockists in anticipation of increased demand during Akshaya Tritiya and wedding season even as global macroeconomic uncertainties continued to fuel...

Rupee gains 25 paise to settle at 85.13 against US dollar

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | Mumbai

The rupee sustained its rally for the fifth straight session and settled with gains of 25 paise at 85.13 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, boosted by a sharp fall in the dollar index and a surge in the domestic equities. The dollar index has breached the 99 mark and...

Stock markets rally for 5th day; IT, banking gain

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | Mumbai

Rallying for the fifth day in a row, benchmark Sensex jumped 855 points to close above the 79,000 mark on heavy buying in banking and IT shares following strong quarterly results and foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 855.30 points or 1.09 per cent to settle at 79,408.50 with...

EPFO added 16.10 lakh members in February

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | New Delhi

Retirement fund body EPFO added 16.10 lakh net members in February, marking a 3.99 per cent increase compared to the same month last year, according to the latest payroll data released on Monday. Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) enrolled around 7.39 lakh new subscribers in February 2025, a labour ministry statement...

NCLAT upholds liquidation of Sintex

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | New Delhi

The insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT has upheld an NCLT order directing liquidation of debt-ridden Sintex Plastics Technology. A two-member bench of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) also rejected the submission of an unsuccessful bidder that NCLT passed an order for liquidation even though its lone CoC member had abstained...

China threatens countries striking trade deals with US

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | Beijing

China on Monday threatened to impose countermeasures on countries seeking to strike trade deals with the US at its expense in order to get American tariff exemptions. In a pre-emptive move to stall a host of nations with whom China has lucrative trade ties from striking exclusive trade deals with the...

India hopes for positive BTA: FM

Tuesday, 22 April 2025 | Press Trust of India | San Francisco

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said India is “actively engaging” with the new US administration and hopes to conclude the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement (BTAS) “positively” by fall (September-October) this year. “We are one of the countries which is actively engaged with the new administration of the...

Primary focus of Modi govt to transform India into Viksit Bharat by 2047: Sitharaman

Primary focus of Modi govt to transform India into Viksit Bharat by 2047: Sitharaman

Monday, 21 April 2025 | PTI | San Francisco

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the Modi government's primary focus is to transform India into a developed nation by 2047, with a strong focus on sunrise sectors to drive this objective. During her interaction with the Indian diaspora during her official visit, she said that India had followed fiscally...

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