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Airtel's recharge plan priced at Rs. 199 offers 2.4 GB per day data for a period of 28 days.

Reliance Jio on Tuesday revamped most of its prepaid recharge offers to counter Bharti Airtel's offers. Mukesh Ambani-owned Jio will now provide 1.5 GB per day additional 4G data to every Jio user who recharges with any daily-recurring data pack, the
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BSNL's prepaid recharge strategy, called STV786, offers endless voice calls and 2 GB information per day. BSNL or Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has featured a brand-new prepaid recharge deal of Rs 786 on the auspicious event of Eid-ul-Fitr. The state-run telecom
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Inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to a 14-month high of 4.43 per cent in May on increasing prices of petrol and diesel as well as vegetables.  The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation stood at 3.18 per cent in April and 2.26 per cent
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Nirav Modi is wanted in the country for an alleged Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud.London: India has actually been notified by the UK's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) that it can start extradition proceedings versus Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi despite the fact that his exact whereabouts remain unpredictable, a senior Indian official said today.
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Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infra will utilize the earnings from sale to retire its whole debt Mumbai: The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (Merc) today concluded its hearing on the proposed sale of Reliance Infrastructure's Mumbai power
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Some recovery in the rupee comes a day after it registered a near one-week low against the dollar

The rupee strengthened by eight paise to 67.57 against the US dollar (USD) on Thursday morning, as weakness witnessed in the greenback overseas supported
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Vistara is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines Limited.New Delhi: Vistara on Thursday received its 21st airplane, an Airbus A320neo, and with this addition to its fleet, the airline has actually ended up being qualified to start global operations, said the company in a news release. The new airplane will be released to further
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The market standard S-P BSE Sensex on Thursday fell by 139 points, or 0.39 per cent, to close at 35,600 points, while the broader NSE's Nifty 50 slipped 49 points, or 0.45 per cent, to close at 10,808 points. The marketplace indices snapped a three-session getting run. The shares fell in tune with Asian peers, as th
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Petrol and diesel prices had touched their all-time highs in some cities last month

Petrol and diesel prices were kept steady for the second straight day on Thursday. No change in fuel prices comes after two weeks of cuts, when petrol was made cheaper
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has connected immovable residential or commercial properties, worth Rs 138 crore, coming from Kanishk Gold Pvt Ltd and its managing director Bhoopesh Kumar Jain under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). In a
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SBI (State Bank of India) enables limitless free ATM transactions to clients keeping a high MABSBI or State Bank of India, the country's biggest bank, currently enables endless transactions totally free of cost at its group ATMs for customers preserving a monthly typical balance above Rs 25,000 in the previous month. For accounts with lower
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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.5%.

The domestic equity market further extended its losses on Thursday after  the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates and took a more hawkish tone in forecasting a slightly faster
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Mumbai: The rupee withstood the headwinds of current account deficit (CAD) worries and a hawkish Federal Reserve rate hike to close higher by 3 paise at 67.62 against the US currency, cutting short its two-day decline. Headwinds in the form of consistent widening of current account deficit (CAD), rising inflation worries accompanied by heavy
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New Delhi: Gold costs slipped by Rs 90 to Rs 31,860 per 10 gram at the bullion market today on slackened need from regional jewellers, brushing off a firm trend overseas. On the other hand, silver ready surged by Rs 400 to Rs 41,950 per kg backed by increased offtake by industrial systems and coin makers.Traders said easing demand from local
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Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the overall outlook for growth remains favourable

Washington: The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday, a move that was widely expected but still marked a milestone in the US central bank's shift from policies used to battle the 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession.

In raising its benchmark overnight

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The secret shoppers will have set specifications by which they will rank the amenitiesNew Delhi: Indian Railways is mulling a proposition to have undercover sleuths manning train stations and trains to check for anomalies in the services offered by the nationwide transporter, a senior authorities stated here. Known as, Mystery shoppers they will dress like
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Indian listing environment is now really different from what it was 10 years back, stated Vikram Limaye.Kolkata: The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) is hoping to release its preliminary public offer in the existing financial after solving all related concerns, an authorities stated here on Thursday. The bourse is also thinking about tweaking its SME
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As per the RBI's norms, the total capital adequacy should be upwards of 11.5 per cent

New Delhi: Punjab National Bank's (PNB's) and Indian Overseas Bank's (IOB's) branches in Hong Kong have been put under enhanced supervisory oversight, and barred from proactively soliciting customer deposits by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority as the capital
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Jet Airways' UDAN scheme: However, services on the remaining two routes are yet to be launched.

Jet Airways on Thursday commenced its services under the government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) -- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) by linking A
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IRCTC's Bhutan bundle begins at Rs 45,999. IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) Tourism is offering a tour bundle of five nights and 6 days to Bhutan from Mumbai by means of Delhi. The trip will be via GoAir and Druk Air, said the tourist arm of the Indian Railways on its official website - irctctourism.com. The trip, which will
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One can download the utsonmobile app from Google Play Store free of charge.

Indian Railways' ticketing arm IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) has introduced a mobile application (app), which enables passengers to book and cancel unr
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India relies on imports for 70 per cent of its edible oil consumption.

Government on Thursday raised import tax on crude and refined soyoil, sunflower oil and canola oil to the highest level in more than a decade, as the world's biggest edible oil
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Public Provident Fund (PPF) accounts offer an interest rate of 7.6% per annum.

Public Provident Fund (PPF) scheme is a popular long term government-backed investment option, which offers safety with attractive interest rates and returns that are fully
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Foreign portfolio investors sold shares worth Rs 1,238 crore on net basis in past 2 sessions

Mumbai: The rupee on Wednesday slid further by 16 paise to close at near one-week low of 67.65 against the US currency on sustained dollar demand ahead of the key US Federal Reserve's decision on rate hike. The rupee opened weak at 67.62 per dollar and
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As fuel, diesel still sell at exorbitantly high levels, the fuel consumers have barely anything to look forward to, besides the minimal price cuts. There are some credit cards offered by Citi Bank, State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank and Standard Chartered Bank that allow you to conserve significant
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Even an artisan can seek a loan under Mudra scheme for a small amount upto Rs 50,000

Mudra was set up for the growth of entrepreneurship in the non-corporate small business sector to offer financial support. Over 90 per cent of the small business
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The minimum age at the time of entry is 18 years and maximum is 65.

LIC's (Life Insurance Corporation) Jeevan Arogya is a unique non-participating non-linked plan which provides health insurance cover against certain specified health risks and provides
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Fixed deposit (up to 1 year) below Rs 1 crore draws 6.65% interest rate in State Bank of India (SBI).

Bank fixed deposits (FDs) are hugely popular among risk-averse investors. Investments in stocks and mutual funds offer far superior returns but
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Dhivya Suryadevara moved to the US at the age of 22 to pursue her MBA from Harvard University

Houston: Dhivya Suryadevara, an Indian-American woman, has been named the chief finance officer of the US' largest automaker, General Motors. Suryadevara, currently the vice president of corporate finance, will succeed Chuck Stevens, the GM's present CFO,
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Widening of CAD on a year-on-year basis was primarily on account of a higher trade deficit

India's current account deficit (CAD) at $13.0 billion (1.9 per cent of GDP) in Q4 of 2017-18 rose from $ 2.6 billion (0.4 per cent of GDP) in Q4 of 2016 -17,
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