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File. | Photo Credit: AFP The rupee appreciated 12 paise to close at 83.19 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on April 10, as equity benchmarks climbing to all-time high levels and a weak greenback against major currencies overseas boosted investor sentiment. Forex traders said the rising appetite for riskier assets supported the local currency. At…
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From the Sensex basket, ITC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Asian Paints, Tech Mahindra, Reliance Industries and Nestle were the major gainers. File. Benchmark Sensex climbed 354 points to close above the record 75,000 mark for the first time while broader Nifty scaled a fresh lifetime high on Wednesday on gains…
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Yoga guru Ramdev (centre) arrives at the Supreme Court for hearing on the Patanjali misleading advertisements case, in New Delhi, on April 10, 2024 | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to accept a second round of apologies from self-styled yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Patanjali Ayurved Limited, and its managing director Acharya…
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the local unit opened at 83.23 against the greenback. It later touched 83.16 in initial trade, registering a rise of 15 paise from its previous close. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Rupee appreciated 15 paise to 83.16 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on April 10, tracking…
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India imported about 22.20 MT of coal in FY24. File | Photo Credit: AP Twenty coal mines are likely to become operational by the end of this year, a move that will reduce coal imports and help meet rising power demand. Peak power demand in India is likely to cross 400 GW by 2030. According…
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Peter Higgs poses in front of an image of a detector of the Large Hadron Collider, November 12, 2013, in London. | Photo Credit: Toby Melville/Reuters The day the physicist Peter Higgs passed away, April 8, Google search results were rife with headlines that the man who proposed the “God particle” was no more. Dr…
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An employee of a stock trading firm in Mumbai looking at a share price. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu Benchmark equity indices rebounded in early trade on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 amid the ongoing optimistic trend in equities and buying in largecap stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 273.65 points to 74,957.35 in…
Twelve of the 20 new companies which bought electoral bonds were from Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: Akash Dhage/Unsplash Despite companies in existence for less than three years not being allowed to make political contributions — even through the electoral bonds route — data shows that at least 20 such newly incorporated firms purchased poll bonds…
A study by researchers at the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad, has found that around 70-80% of people who visit an eye hospital can benefit from teleconsultations because their problems aren’t serious enough to require attention at a hospital. The study was published in the journal Eye. Telemedicine has emerged as a viable alternative…
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Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AP The global airline industry is facing a summer squeeze, with travel demand expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels while aircraft deliveries drop sharply due to production problems at Boeing and Airbus. Air carriers are spending billions on repairs to keep flying older, less fuel-efficient jets, and paying a premium…