Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today fell by nearly 117 points in early trade on fresh selling by retail investors and foreign funds triggered by weak global cues. The Sensex moved down by 116.86 points, or 0.68 per cent, to 17,110.82 points in early trade. The 30-share index had gained 244.54 points in [...]
New Delhi: No Bollywood hits, walking on the wrong side of thirties and going the business way. A perfect recipe to be written off for an actress. The critics may be wondering about the future of Preity Zinta but the dimpled beauty says she does not bother as “only big stars get written off”. “I [...]
Tokyo: Japan’s government agreed on a $81 billion stimulus package on Tuesday, aimed at preventing the economy from tipping back into recession as deflation persists and a strong yen threatens exports. Economists said the 7.2 trillion yen plan, equal to about 1.5 per cent of gross domestic product, would not provide a significant lift to [...]
NEW DELHI: Joining the telecom tariff war, state-run BSNL on Monday slashed its national roaming charges and offered two options – 49 paise per minute or one paise per second. The company said in a statement that it has brought down the national roaming rates “from Rs 1 or Rs 1.50 per minute to 49 [...]
Mumbai: The rupee today depreciated by 31 paise to 46.59 a dollar in opening trade on expectations of more capital outflows by foreign funds as market may open lower in line with weak Asian markets. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic unit traded 31 paise down at 46.59 a dollar. It had [...]
NEW DELHI: As it reorients business globally after coming out of bankruptcy, struggling US auto company General Motors is counting on India as a major market to lead the revival and expects sales in the country to nearly treble in the next three years to over 2 lakh units. This will be on the back [...]
Washington: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), popularly known as the “Big Bang Machine”, has taken its first step toward finding the “God Particle”, as the first scientific results from the recently restarted particle accelerator have been announced. The LHC, which is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, lies in a tunnel 27 kilometres in [...]
New Delhi: Food inflation soared to 17.47 per cent in the third week of November from 15.58 per cent a week ago, mirroring a shortage in supply that set in following weak monsoon in the country. With the economy on upswing, analysts said the rising food prices should prompt the government and the Reserve Bank [...]
Chicago : A Chicago court has adjourned the hearing on the bail application of Tahawwur Hussain Rana till December 15. Rana is one of the two LeT operatives caught by the FBI in October on charges of plotting a major terror attack against India that left 166 people dead in Mumbai. During the one-and-a-half-hour long [...]
NEW DELHI: Gold prices today touched a new peak at Rs 18,400 per ten gram in the national capital gaining Rs 430 in the opening trade on heavy buying for the marriage season amid firming global cues. Gold gained Rs 430 to trade at Rs 18,400 per ten gram in the first few minutes of [...]
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