Tripura exported over 9K tonnes of pineapples in 2 years

Agartala (IANS) Tripura exported 9,909 tonnes of the most delicious pineapples to Dubai, Qatar, Bangladesh facilitating Rs 14 crore trade of the state's farmers during the past two years, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Pranajit Singha…

GST on rent for business entities, govt clarifies

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre on Friday issued a clarification regarding GST on house rent, noting renting of a residential unit is taxable only when it is given to a business entity.

Responding to news reports, claiming that tenants would now…

ICICI Bank market-cap hit Rs 6 lakh cr, stock rises record high

Mumbai (IANS) The market capitalisation of the ICICI Bank touched Rs 6 lakh crore mark in the afternoon trade due to which shares of the bank hit record high of Rs 865.55.

The stock has surpassed its previous high of Rs 859.70, which had hit…

Our AI-based automated trading helping retail investors grow: AlgoBulls CEO

New Delhi (IANS) As trading in the stock market becomes more data and analytics-driven, the challenge for retail traders -- both the new and seasoned ones -- has always been what stock to buy or sell and when to buy or sell (exact time).

The…

Fintech platform Mswipe gets RBI nod for Payment Aggregator license

New Delhi (IANS) Financial services platform Mswipe Technologies on Tuesday said it has received an in-principal Payment Aggregator (PA) license from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

With this approval, Mswipe will be able to develop an in-house…

AWS, Intel empower govtech and edtech startups in India

Hyderabad (IANS) Amazon Web Services (AWS) and chip-maker Intel recently hosted the 'CXO Mixer' event here to empower govtech and edtech startups, enabling them in their cloud journey to scale, transform and excel.

The exclusive meet…

India may restrict Chinese mobile players from under Rs 12K market: Report

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian government is reportedly planning to put curbs on China-based smartphone players from selling low-end smartphones (less that Rs 12,000) to give a much-needed boost to homegrown brands like Micromax, Lava, Karbonn and others.

Bank of Baroda to raise Rs 1,000 cr via infrastructure & affordable housing bonds

Mumbai (IANS) Bank of Baroda, the second largest state-owned bank, is planning to raise Rs 1,000 crore through issuance of infrastructure and affordable housing bonds on August 12, a source close to the development told IANS.

"The likely tenure…

India's agricultural, processed food products exports up by 31%

New Delhi (IANS) Exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by 31 per cent in the first three months of the current financial Year 2022-23 (April-June) in comparison to the corresponding period of FY 2021-22, as per government data.

RBI ups policy rate to 5.40% to contain inflation

Chennai (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced the rise of policy rate or repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 5.4 per cent.

The policy or the repo rate is the interest rate at which the RBI lends short-term…