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Small savings rates hiked for Q2

THE GOVERNMENT ON Friday raised interest rates on some small savings schemes for the July-September quarter, with the increase ranging from 10 to 30 basis points.

Foreigners flock to snap up 18.75% yield on Shapoorji bond

BONDS ISSUED BY Indian companies saw their biggest foreign inflow in five years as the nation's largest ever low-grade local currency debt sale drew a slew of overseas investors attracted by the high yield on offer.

Voda Idea targets 250,000 MSMEs for digital solutions

TELECOM OPERATOR VODAFONE Idea on Friday said it aims to onboard about 250,000 micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) soon with digital offerings such as Vi Business plus postpaid plans, device security, email security, and Ads solutions.

Piramal Enterprises scouting for buys

PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES IS scouting for further acquisitions to scale up its financial services business, even as the firm is targeting a mid-to-high teens growth in its assets under management (AUM).

Will ensure open, accountable app stores: Minister

MINISTER OF STATE for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said the government will ensure that duopoly in app stores does not hurt consumers, startups, and enterprises dependent on them.

HC dismisses Twitter's plea against govt blocking orders

THE KARNATAKA HIGH court on Friday dismissed Twitter's petition challenging the blocking and takedown orders issued by the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity), mostly during the farmers' protest, under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.

Core sectors grow 4.3% in May, construction key driver

Steel, cement and coal segments report robust growth

Reliance, Nykaa in face-off, again

THE RETAIL BATTLE THIS TIME IS OVER WOMEN'S INNER WEAR

Sensex, Nifty scale fresh closing highs

THE NIFTY 50 AND the BSE Sensex closed at a record high on Friday with nearly 3% gains in the past one week.

Dream11 becomes BCCI's jersey sponsor

THE SEARCH FOR a jersey sponsor for Team India concluded on Friday with fantasy gaming platform Dream11 being assigned the contract for four years for ₹358 crore, sources at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) told FE.

Merger of HDFC twins gets final approval from boards

HDFC to merge into HDFC Bank from today

IMD predicts good monsoon in July

Kharif sowing deficit vanishes; paddy still a concern

Singh Deo says never spoke about 'sharing of CM post'

HOURS AFTER HE was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday night, an elated T S Singh Deo, 70, told The Indian Express, \"It is an honour conferred by the party high command

Siddaramaiah dropped project in 2017 after stir, I wouldn't: DK

KARNATAKA DEPUTY CHIEF Minister and state Congress president DK Shivakumar has said the present Congress government, unlike the previous one, also led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, will not succumb to public protests against development projects, especially under his watch as the Bengaluru Development Minister

Manipur needs healing: Rahul

AFTER BEING STOPPED by police en-route to Churachandpur by road on Thursday afternoon, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached the town by helicopter in the evening, five hours behind schedule, on the first day of his two-day visit to Manipur

VW replaces Audi CEO

Move comes as brand lags behind rivals

May tighten financial rules: Powell

FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR Jerome Powell said Thursday that the central bank may have to tighten its oversight of the American financial system in the wake of the failure of three large US banks this spring

Apple defies EU on antitrust charges

APPLE IS SET for a showdown with European Union antitrust regulators, insisting it doesn't need to make any more changes to its App Store after it was hit by formal charges over its treatment of music streaming rivals such as Spotify Technology

NRIs must factor in tax while buying assets in India

Should file returns here if they buy property from a local resident

Selling digital gold is hassle-free

Know the karat weight before selling your physical gold

Bayer to take agri services to 2 mn farmers by 2025

GERMAN AGRITECH MAJOR Bayer CropScience will expand its better life farming (BLF) programme in the country to cover as many as two million smallholder farmers by 2025

Market players see initial hiccups in T+3 timeline

THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in a board meet on Wednesday reduced the time period for listing of shares for IPO to three days instead of existing six from the date of issue closure

RCap lenders vote in favour of Hinduja resolution plan

THE INSOLVENCY PROCESS of Reliance Capital (RCap) is inching to a close, with lenders to the former Anil Ambani group company on Thursday voting in favour of the resolution plan submitted by the Hinduja Group

Coke banks on World Cup, festive season

BEVERAGE MAJOR COCA-COLA India is counting on three big occasions this year to drive consumption after a difficult April-June period marked by unseasonal rainfall and weather uncertainty

Onion prices inch up, may rise faster by Dec

Retail inflation in veggies has been negative for a year

Goyal pushes for enhanced credit to MSME exporters

COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY Minister Piyush Goyal has asked banks to ensure enhanced and affordable credit to MSME exporters with a view to boosting the country's outbound shipments

Monsoon deficiency down to 13%, kharif prospects brighten

\"ACTIVE MONSOON CONDITIONS\" are likely to continue over the central, northwest regions and over the west coast in the next three days, the IMD said on Thursday, adding that the overall rainfall deficiency was down to 13%, reports Sandip Das

No new schemes in PLI review

THE GOVERNMENT HAS decided not to launch production-linked incentives (PLI) for new sectors, other than the existing 14, and another three new-age bicycles, leather & footwear and toys for which Cabinet notes have already been circulated

Adani keen to hike MIAL stake

Can go ahead only if govt decides to sell its residual stake in all PPP airports

We are in tough situation but will come out of it soon: Byju

BYJU RAVEENDRAN, CO-FOUNDER and CEO of Byju's, on Thursday told employees that the edtech firm was going through a tough phase but will soon come out of it