BUSINESS

Forex reserves zoom to record high of USD 612.73 bn

9:46 pm July 23, 2021

Mumbai: The country’s foreign exchange reserves rose by USD 835 million to touch a record high of USD 612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021, RBI data showed. In the previous week ended July 9, 2021, the reserves had surged by USD 1.883 billion to USD 611.895 billion. In the reporting week ended […]

Zomato, Paytm, others face temporary disruption after Akamai outage

12:07 am July 23, 2021

New Delhi: Various online platforms in the country, including Zomato and Paytm, faced temporary disruption in services late Thursday evening due to a global outage at internet infrastructure company Akamai Technologies. In a tweet around 10 PM IST, Akamai said it was experiencing a service disruption. It said it was actively investigating the issue, and clarified that this was not the result […]

UP CM assures priority in resolving problems of Korean entrepreneurs’ with projects in Gr Noida

11:53 pm July 22, 2021

Noida: Facing problems with their projects in Greater Noida, a delegation of South Korean entrepreneurs on Thursday met with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who directed state officials to resolve their issues on priority. The meeting was held in Lucknow, said BJP leader and Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh, who facilitated the interaction of the entrepreneurs with Adityanath. The Korean companies’ delegation included Samkwang India […]

Cong to raise farmers welfare, price rise in Parliament

11:59 pm July 15, 2021

Hyderabad: The Congress said on Thursday that it would raise issues pertaining to farmers’ welfare and price rise during the monsoon session of Parliament beginning on July 19. “Farmers’ issue and price rise, we will raise in Parliament on the first day. We will seek answers from the government on these issues. We will move […]

Sensex, Nifty languish for 2nd day; log weekly losses

7:06 pm July 9, 2021

Mumbai: Equity indices buckled under selling pressure for the second straight session on Friday as risk appetite remained subdued amid lacklustre global cues and lower-than-expected results from IT major TCS. Banking, finance and IT counters accounted for most of the losses, while strong demand for metal stocks cushioned the fall. The 30-share BSE Sensex ended […]