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A woman walks into the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building, in Mumbai. File | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark BSE Sensex reversed its early gains to close lower by 160 points on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) due to selling in IT and healthcare shares amid the RBI policy decision to keep the key interest rates unchanged….
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Teak defoliator larva (Hyblaea puera) killed using HpNPV | Photo Credit: special arrangement A revolutionary technology developed by the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) can transform the way teak plantations are protected from their most notorious pest – the teak defoliator moth (Hyblaea puera). The institute has successfully identified, mass-produced and patented a naturally occurring…
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The domestic equity market, the 30-share BSE Sensex rose 113.41 points to 80,823.66 in early trade, while Nifty was up 19.20 points to 24,668.75. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee rose 15 paise to 87.73 against the U.S. dollar in early trade on Wednesday (August 6, 2025) amid a weakening greenback as markets awaited…
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Among the Sensex firms, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Tech Mahindra, Eternal, Tata Consultancy Services, Mahindra & Mahindra, Bajaj Finance, Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank were the major laggards on August 6, 2025. File | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty gave up early gains and were trading lower on Wednesday (August 6,…
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Representative image. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K./The Hindu Conflicts lurk inside every flower with multiple seeds. The embryos jostle for food, the maternal and paternal genomes bargain over control, and pollen grains compete to be fertilised. Scientists have therefore wondered whether natural selection encourages one-parent broods that keep such quarrels to a minimum and,…
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) after assessing the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, voted to maintain the policy repo rate at 5.50%. Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) remains unchanged at 5.25% and the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 5.75%. This decision is…
Some events are etched so deeply in history that each time we recall them, we pause with a sigh. It’s as though we’re watching a silent film, one that aches, teaches, and lingers. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is one such moment. As time passes, the memory of what happened on those two days…
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The Reserve Bank of India maintained its key interest rate at 5.50%; RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra says they continue to monitor macroeconomic conditions on a policy-to-policy basis Source link
For representative purposes. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto The story so far: A report submitted by the Finance Minister in the Rajya Sabha states that 5,892 cases were taken up by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002, since 2015. Of these cases, only 15 convictions have yet been ordered…
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