The Centre has claimed it is keeping tab on the prices and even announced that it has maintained a buffer stock to moderate prices and ensuring minimal storage loss.

Proceeds from the fresh issuance of shares will be used to purchase medical equipment and general corporate purposes.

The government has received nearly Rs 814 crore as dividend tranches from five CPSEs, including PFC, HUDCO and OIL, this fiscal year, DIPAM secretary said on Monday. Dividend tranches of about Rs 296 crore and Rs 233 crore have been received respectively from PFC and HUDCO, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey tweeted. OIL, KIOCL and SJVN have paid about Rs 92 crore, Rs 99 crore and Rs 94 crore respectively as dividend tranches to the government, he added. As per the Department of Investment and P

Finance Minister announced plans to sell shares in the insurer in February 2020, but pandemic slowed the process

Extending their winning streak into seventh straight session, benchmark indices closed at record closing peaks for the sixth day in a row amid stellar buying in PSU bank, metals, and IT stocks

Kushinagar is an international Buddhist pilgrimage centre

Essential shopping up with rising pharmacy and grocery visits

At closing bell, the benchmark Hang Seng Index advanced 0.31%, or 78.79 points, to 25,409.75. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index grew slight 0.06%, or 5.23 points, to 8,971.40.

This development was announced during Jaishankar's three-day visit to Israel.

The 19th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will hold its sixth plenary session in Beijing from November 8 to 11

A fine of Rs 31 lakh has been levied on Gurmeet Ram Rahim and Rs 50,000 on the remaining accused

The rupee ended 9 paise lower at 75.35 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, tracking stronger greenback against key rivals overseas and rising global crude oil prices. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened on a steady note and later traded in a narrow range of 75.24 to 75.38 against the American currency. On Thursday, the rupee had settled at 75.26 against the US dollar. The forex market was closed on Friday for Dussehra' holiday. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauge

The International Monetary Fund on Monday said the sale of national carrier Air India will constitute an important milestone in India's privatisation efforts. Tata group has emerged as the winning bidder for the loss-making Air India, and on October 11, a letter of intent (LoI) was issued to the group. We welcome the recent agreement on the sale of Air India, which constitutes an important milestone, Alfred Schipke, Director of IMF-STI Regional Training Institute and a former IMF India Mission C

The company said in a blog post Sunday that those high-skilled workers will help build the metaverse, a futuristic notion for connecting online that uses augmented and virtual reality.

The month of October this year has been the wettest in the city since 1960, when the national capital had recorded 93.4 mm of rainfall.

A group of non-local workers on Monday gathered at the Srinagar railway station to go back to their native states.

An analysis of some trends in other markets suggests that it could be swimming against the tide

A series of attacks on minority religious places in Bangladesh took place.

The equity benchmarks rose for the seventh consecutive session and settled at record closing levels on Monday. The gains were powered by metals, power and IT stocks.

On average, one auditor of a listed company has prematurely resigned every two weeks this financial year; pace seems to have picked up in September with 5 departures

CEEW study found that penetration of e-cooking was 10.3% in urban homes, and just 2.7% in rural. Overall, just 5% of households across the country have shifted to this mode of preparing meals

The Fed has been buying up government-backed bonds since March 2020, adding $4 trillion to its balance sheet, as part of an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

India will be anchoring the international meeting, which will be attended by representatives from the world's largest oil producer, Saudi Arabia and Opec

As cinema halls are scheduled to open from October 22 in the state, cinema owners and exhibitors association met the Chief Minister.

At closing bell, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 43.17 points, or 0.15%, to 29,025.46. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange declined 4.70 points, or 0.23%, to 2,019.23. Trading volume turnover on the main section stood at 1.08 billion shares worth 2.53 trillion yen.

With COVID-19 cases declining, the government had reopened schools for students of classes 6 to 8 from September 6, and for students of classes 9 to 12 from August 23.

During the quarter, UltraTech's consolidated sales volume was at 21.64 million metric tons, registering a year-on-year growth of 8%

Sonipat (Haryana) [India], October 18 (ANI/OP Jindal University): O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) has launched 17 new UG and PG degree programmes spanning across 12 schools for the academic session beginning in 2022.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 18 (ANI/PRNewswire): Texila American University (TAU) has produced nearly 1,500 Physicians and Health Care Professionals across the world in its 10 years of contribution to medical & healthcare education and research who have gone into various communities and society to serve the public at large.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the vaccines have been sent to over 150 nations, making the 27-member bloc the largest exporter of the vaccines in the world.

The IPO includes fresh issue of Rs 1,300 crore and anoffer for sale of up to Rs 250 crore by its promoter PR Cement Holdings, which currently holds 33.41% stake in the company

In order to ease travel between the two countries amidst the COVID pandemic, India and Israel have also agreed to mutually recognise vaccination certificates.

Some 3.03 million mandates were created through UPI, down 48.3% over last month, according to NPCI data

Mold-Tek Packaging inaugurated its 11th manufacturing plant at Unnao, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on 17 October 2021 mainly to cater to the plastic packaging containers requirement of Kansai Nerolac Paints and other clients in the Northern Region.

Hindalco Industries rose 5.16% to Rs 542.65 after a foreign broker reportedly reiterated its outperform rating on the stock and raised target price to Rs 640 from Rs 555 earlier.

Deepak, who was earlier Chief Business Development Officer at Tata Sky, will be responsible for expanding and leading the flagship business for the class 4 to 10 segment

CBSE date sheet 2021: CBSE class 10 and CBSE class 12 first term exams will be held offline in November-December. All you need to know

New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI/The PRTree): Director of the films Chillar Party, Dangal, and Chhichhore Nitesh Tiwari launched the book titled 'The Wielder Of The Trishul,' which has been written by Satyam Srivastava.

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): ProTeen today announced the launch of its next-generation digital and integrated academic and career guidance platform built for high-school and college students to make informed career choices in the 21st-century.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 18 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Leela Palaces, Hotels, and Resorts announced the opening of their second hotel in the Garden City, The Leela Bhartiya City Bengaluru.

Calls by China's President Xi Jinping on Friday to make progress on a long-awaited property tax to help reduce wealth gaps also soured the mood.

The Taiwanese company that manufactures smartphones for Apple Inc. and other global brands announced plans Monday to produce electric cars for auto brands under a similar contract model. Foxconn Technology Group will produce cars and buses for brands in China, North America, Europe and other markets, said its chairman, Young Liu. He said the clients can modify their appearance and features for their markets. Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., enters a crowded global market wi

Antony Waste Handling Cell Ltd, Arshiya Ltd, NRB Industrial Bearings Ltd and Lasa Supergenerics Ltd are among the other losers in the BSE's 'B' group today, 18 October 2021.

The startup aims to drive communication and commerce in the worldwide community of four billion fans

Investors of online brokerage house Zerodha on Monday said its users might face some problem while executing sell orders due to an issue related to depository CDSL. It tweeted, You may face an issue with authorizing the sale of your stocks due to an issue with CDSL. We are in touch with CDSL to have the issue resolved at the earliest. You can now skip CDSL authorisation if you wish to sell your holdings on Kite until CDSL resolves the authorisation issue. Please make sure to authorise your holdi

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha's six-hour 'rail roko' protest on Monday over the Lakhimpur violence affected 130 locations in the Northern Railway zone and hindered the running of 50 trains

SJVN Ltd recorded volume of 335.88 lakh shares by 14:19 IST on NSE, a 8.66 times surge over two-week average daily volume of 38.79 lakh shares

The fund raise was twice the amount of funding received in Q3CY20 and an increase of 41% over the Q2CY21 figure

According to ICRA, sugar companies are expected to strengthen in FY2022 with expansion in operating profits in addition to sugar inventory reduction and hence curtailment of working capital debt.

Lupin slipped 0.54% to Rs 941 after the company said its US based subsidiary is voluntarily recalling the batches of Irbesartan tablets and Irbesartan and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets to the consumer level.