Forex dealers said increased demand for the US currency from importers as also the greenback's gains against rivals overseas put pressure on the rupee.
The approval is for total foreign investment up to 100 per cent in Idea Cellular Ltd., and total indirect FDI in its relevant subsidiaries Aditya Birla Telecom Ltd and Idea Cellular Infrastructure Services Ltd, it added.
Some members quizzed the bank officials whether "aggressive lending" during the successive UPA governments was the reason for the mounting NPAs in the banking system, especially in state-owned lenders.
Usually up in arms against each other, the two ideological oppositions came together to challenge the assertion that consumers in India will gain with the availability of cheap imported goods that Walmart will bring to the table.
The associations, including Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), released an open statement highlighting the deal's "multifaceted dangers" to the economy, and called for its nullification.
Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who flew in here to witnessed arrival of first LNG ship under a 20-year import deal with Gazprom, termed the event as Golden Day in the India's energy pursuit.
The RBI's Monetary Policy Committee began its three-day meeting today amid speculation that it may hike the key interest rate on June 6 for the first time in over four years due to firming inflation.
In the January-March quarter, PNB reported a net loss of of Rs 13,417 crore as compared to a net profit of Rs 261.9 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal.
Daily revision in petrol and diesel prices, which was introduced in mid-June last year, had come in for criticism after rates were hiked everyday last month in step with firming international oil rates.
Jain, who is also the managing director of the state-run lender, had previously led Indian Bank for a couple of years, Rajeev Kumar, secretary, Department of Financial Services at the Ministry of Finance, said in a tweet.
Bayer will remain the company name. Monsanto will no longer be a company name. The acquired products will retain their brand names and become part of the Bayer portfolio.
The rupee advanced by 21 paise to a fresh one-month high of 66.85 against the dollar in early trade today.Participants are also keeping an eye on RBI's second bi-monthly monetary policy meeting of 2018-19, being held from June 4-6.
Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 77.96 a litre, down from Rs 78.11, according to a price notification issued by state-owned oil firms. Diesel costs Rs 68.97 a litre in the national capital.
Jos Buttler continued his impressive form as he put in a man-of-the-match performance for England in the second Test against Pakistan, scoring an unbeaten 80 as the hosts registered a comprehensive innings and 55 runs victory to level the series.
Australian cricketers David Warner and Steve Smith have begun their journey towards a cricketing comeback as they have begun pre-season training with the New South Wales squad before going to Canada for the Global T20 tournament.
Former Australia skipper Steve Smith has revealed that he spent nearly four days crying after the ball-tampering scandal, which saw him, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft face sanctions from Cricket Australia and ICC
Jos Buttler believes he belongs in Test cricket after justifying the faith of new national selector Ed Smith during England's drawn series with Pakistan.
Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis has apologized to fans for cutting a cake on Wasim Akram’s birthday during the month of Ramzan. The incident transpired during the second Test match between England and Pakistan in Headlingley
Pakistan, the world's top-ranked Twenty20 side, announced a 15-member squad Monday for their two matches against Scotland later this month.
On this day, 25 years back, a rookie leg-spinner announced himself on the international stage with a wicket of his first ball in an Ashes Test. Wisden noted that "never, perhaps, has one delivery cast so long a shadow over a game, or a series".
The Tesla launched by Elon Musk has somehow landed on Malala Yousafzai.
So you think you can dance?
Apple's chief executive Tim Cook had previously described Facebook's practices as being an "invasion of privacy" - an opinion Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg subsequently denounced as being "glib".
According to the REN21's Renewables 2018 Global Status Report, solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity reached record levels.
The new tools were announced after Apple shareholders Jana Partners wrote a letter in January, asking the iPhone maker to add more parental controls in its devices to tackle screen addiction that is growing among kids.
Social media companies have been under pressure to be more transparent when it comes to political ads, including issue ads, which factored prominently in Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 U.S. elections.
iOS 12 is designed to make everyday tasks on iPhone and iPad faster and more responsive.
After announcing the truly bezel-less display without any notch or chin whatsoever on the Lenovo Z5, Lenovo VP Cheng Cheng has also revealed that the smartphone will come with a whopping 4TB of internal storage.
The reason for the delay is unclear, but is a "sign that technical and production challenges are disrupting founder Elon Musk's plans for human exploration of the solar system," said the report.
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