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Jio recharge plans: Four recharge packs priced from Rs 149 to Rs 449 offer high speed data of 42-136 GBs

Reliance Jio currently provides a variety of recharge options to its prepaid customers. Priced between Rs 149 and Rs 799, eleven of Reliance Jio recharge plans offer high speed data ranging from 1.5 GBs per day to 5 GBs per day. These Jio plans

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A higher opening of the domestic equity market, capped the rupee's losses today.

The Indian rupee declined by 7 paise to trade at fresh one-week low of 68.77 against the US dollar in early session today, said news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). The fresh fall in Indian currency is due to the increased

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Cognizants clients in the healthcare and financial industries spent more for its services in the quarter

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp topped analysts' estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday, as clients in the healthcare and financial industries spent more for its services.

The company has been investing heavily in its digital services

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Jet Airways said it has been implementing cost-reduction measures for "desired business efficiencies"

Jet Airways chief executive officer Vinay Dube on Friday dismissed reports about the airline's sustainability. Terming such reports "not only factually incorrect, but also malicious", he said the airline has been implementing several measures to

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Petrol, diesel rates on Friday: Petrol in Delhi is for Rs 76.50/ litre; diesel for Rs 76.50/ litre.

Despite a fall in global crude prices, petrol and diesel prices were raised for the second straight day on Friday, according to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). One litre of petrol was being sold in New Delhi for Rs 76.50, in Kolkata for Rs 79.42, in

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Domestic stock markets declined for a second straight session, with the BSE Sensex closing 356 points lower. The 30-scrip BSE benchmark index settled at 37,165, while the NSE Nifty settled 101 points lower at 11,244. The indices were dragged lower by a selloff witnessed across banking, financial and auto stocks. The fall came a day after the

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Sovereign gold remained flat at Rs 24,600 per piece of eight grams.

Shrugging off weak trend overseas, gold prices rose by Rs 50 to Rs 30,485 per 10 grams at the bullion market today, reported news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). According to traders, fresh buying by local jewellers at the domestic spot market led to the retrieval in gold prices

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Stock Market on Friday: Forty-four out of 50 Nifty stocks advanced in trade.

Strong global cues lifted the domestic share markets on Friday, the last trading day of the week. The Sensex opened at 37,327.16 while the Nifty50 at 11,297.80. By 10 am, the Sensex surged 284.37 points or 0.77 per cent to 37,449.53 while the Nifty50 traded at 11,333.55

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The deadline for submitting entries to the challenge is August 12, Accenture said.

BENGALURU: Global professional services company Accenture is inviting college students to participate in this year''s "innovation challenge" and win prize worth up to Rs 1,50,000, besides getting into a fast-track recruitment process to be set up for all eligible

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For the week, the NSE and BSE indexes were up 0.4 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively.

After two days of losses, domestic stock market indices surged on Friday. The S-P BSE Sensex soared 391.00 points, or 1.05 per cent, to close at 37,556.16, marking its biggest single-session gain since May 31, when it had risen 416.27 points. The NSE's

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Rupee-dollar (INR-USD) rate today: The rupee traded in the range of 68.72-68.27 against the US dollar

The rupee could not sustain intraday gains and closed 27 paise lower at 68.70 against the US dollar on Thursday. That marked the lowest closing level for the rupee since July 25. The rupee had hit 68.26, its highest level against the greenback in a

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ICICI Bank had in June this year appointed Sandeep Bakhshi as chief operating officer

Mumbai: ICICI Bank on Wednesday said that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as its chief operating officer (COO). Mr Bakhshi's appointment will take effect from July 31, the private sector banking major said in a

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IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation) offers concessions on senior citizen tickets in online mode. For offline mode, Indian Railways offers concessions on ticket prices to 53 different categories. This reduction in ticket prices ranges from 25 per cent to 100 per cent and are available for disabled passengers, patients, senior

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ONGC's standalone profit takes into account only the state-run multinational's India operations

Oil and Natural Gas Corp, the country's top explorer, on Thursday reported a lower-than-expected first-quarter standalone profit, hurt by higher expenses. Profit on a standalone basis, which takes into account only the state-run multinational's India

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Sovereign gold, however, held steady at Rs 24,600 per piece of eight gram.

Gold tumbled by Rs 365 to Rs 30,435 per 10 gram today on the back of subdued global cues amid slump in demand from local jewellers, reported news agency Press Trust of India. Silver followed suit and declined by Rs 50 to Rs 39,000 per kg owing to reduced offtake by

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Jet Airways share price declined as much as 9 per cent on Friday, after the airline said it has been implementing cost reduction measures. Jet Airways shares opened lower at Rs 323.90 apiece on the NSE and plunged to Rs 301.10 at the day's lowest level. News agency Reuters reported earlier in the day citing a senior company executive that Jet

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Reliance Jio prepaid recharge pack of Rs 98 offers 2 GB data.

Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio offers a host of prepaid recharge plans ranging from Rs 19 to Rs 9,999. Reliance Jio's prepaid recharge packs offer 1.5 GB per day data to 5 GB per day high-speed data. However, the data offered by Jio on its recharge packs is unlimited, but after

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Alex Stamos' last day at Facebook will be August 17.

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook''s Chief Security Officer Alex Stamos on Thursday made it official to leave the social media platform and join Stanford University as a full-time teacher and researcher.

The announcement came as Facebook under Stamos investigation revealed on Tuesday that it discovered and

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Shares of Jet Airways were down 4.2 percent at 0600 GMT while the broader market was 0.7 pct higher.

New Delhi: India's biggest full-service carrier Jet Airways Ltd has told its pilots the airline may be grounded in 60 days unless cost-cutting measures including pay cuts are put in place, a senior company executive told Reuters on Friday.

Pilots who

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Users of the Reliance Jio phone - JioPhone - now get a third option for recharging their connection

Users of the 4G-enabled Reliance Jio phone recently got a third telecom tariff plan. Other than Reliance Jio's plans priced at Rs 49 and Rs 153, users of the Reliance Jio phone - called JioPhone - can now subscribe to a plan priced at Rs 99. All

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After the announcement of hike in repo rate in the RBI Policy, home loan interest rates are seen rising

State Bank of India or SBI, the largest lender of the country, is offering home loans at interest rates starting from 8.45 per cent per annum. After a hike in the repo rate to 6.5 per cent in the latest RBI policy, home loan interest rates are

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Reliance and its partners filed an arbitration notice against the government in November 2016.

NEW DELHI: The government will appeal against a ruling by an international tribunal in favour of Reliance Industries Ltd and its international partners in a dispute over gas migration from fields operated by state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd.

"We

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ixed deposit interest rates are also higher than those offered by savings accounts.

A fixed deposit (FD) is a financial instrument which offers guaranteed returns. In a fixed deposit account, money is deposited for a specific time, which varies from 7 days to ten years. Fixed deposit interest rates are also higher than those offered by savings

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New Delhi: Reliance Retail's JioPhone emerged as a clear leader in the country's mobile handset market with a 27 per cent share in the second quarter of 2018 in the 'Fusion' segment, according to report. JioPhone has given birth to a new segment in India - the "Fusion" phones segment. "Fusion" handsets have a feature phone form factor with 4G c

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GoAir's new promotional offer is valid till August 4, 2018.

GoAir airline is offering domestic flight tickets at a starting all-inclusive price of Rs 1,335 on select routes under its special 'Rakhi Offer', said the carrier in a tweet posted on it's official handle. GoAir's new promotional offer is valid till August 4, 2018. According to the

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Tesla ended June with about $2.2 billion in cash, the least it's carried since the first quarter of 2016.

Elon Musk may have been on to something when he said Tesla was becoming a real car company. Just as importantly for investors, he's acting more like a real CEO.

Tesla burned through less cash than Wall Street feared in the second quarter,

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However, Air India received no response till May 31, the closing day.

New Delhi: The government has no plans to sell-off its entire stake in Air India, Parliament was told on Wednesday. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to a question on whether the government is considering to exit from

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Post office fixed deposit interest rate varies according to tenures varying up to 5 years.

SBI or State Bank of India, the largest lender of the country, recently hiked its fixed deposit or FD interest rates across various maturities. The recent hike in interest rate for fixed deposit in SBI came just two days before the repo rate was hiked to 6.50

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SBI ATMs' Fast Cash service enables customers to withdraw their preferred amounts with just a touch.

State Bank of India or SBI, which has 59,541 ATMs as on March 31, 2018, offers many ATM services, including cash withdrawal. Customers can transact free of cost at the ATMs of State Bank of India group using any SBI ATM-cum-debit card, even at the

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The world's 500 largest companies generated $30 trillion in revenues and $1.9 trillion in profits in 2017

Mumbai: Seven Indian companies feature in the US magazine Fortune 500 list of the world's largest firms, with state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) remaining the top-ranked Indian company in the 2018 rankings and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)

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