Rise in domestic petrol prices lower than US, Germany and others: Puri

New Delhi (IANS) Rise in domestic petrol prices, due to high crude oil costs, is comparatively lower than other countries such as the US, Germany, the UK and France, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told the Parliament on Tuesday.

Equity indices decline marginally on profit booking

New Delhi (IANS) India's key equity indices -- Sensex and Nifty -- declined marginally in early trade on Tuesday due to profit booking.

This comes after a sharp rise in indices on Monday led by the announcement of the merger of HDFC twins.

Indices settle high as HDFC merger lent support, Sensex up 1,335 pts

New Delhi (IANS) Keeping the opening session gains intact, India's key equity indices -- Sensex and Nifty -- settled sharply higher on Monday, driven by gains in HDFC and HDFC Bank as the two announced a merger deal which lent broad-based support…

India's garment export capital singed by the war in Ukraine

Chenna (IANS) Tiruppur Exporters Association (TEA) president Raja A. Shanmugham has said that the industry which is often referred to as the hosiery capital of South India and the Manchester of South is facing an acute crisis.

He said that…

Easing supply side constraints of semiconductors fuel March's PV sales' rise

Mumbai (IANS) Easing supply side constraints of semiconductors as well as healthy demand led many passenger vehicle manufacturers to report healthy wholesales during last month.

Wholesale dispatches of passenger vehicles rose in March 2022.

IndAus ECTA 'watershed' moment for bilateral relations: PM Modi

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) in such a short span of time reflects the depth of the mutual confidence between the two countries.

The process…

Equity indices open marginally high

New Delhi (IANS) India's key equity indices -- Sensex and Nifty -- traded marginally higher during the early trade on Friday.

At 9.44 a.m., Sensex was 0.1 per cent or 69 points up at 58,638 points, whereas Nifty 0.2 per cent or 35 points…

March GST collection at record high of over Rs 1.42 lakh crore

New Delhi (IANS) India's GST collection touched a record high in March 2022 at Rs 1,42,095 crore, official data showed on Friday.

The previous record high stood at Rs 1,40,986 crore collected in January 2022.

On a year-on-year basis,…

Indian startups raise $12 bn in 2022's Q1: Report

New Delhi (IANS) Domestic startups have raised over $12 billion during the first three months of 2022 as compared to $4 billion during the same period in the previous year, says a report.

According to data tracking platform Fintrackr, 528 startups,…

Petrol, diesel prices raised again

New Delhi (IANS) State-owned oil marketing companies (OMC) on Thursday raised the prices of petrol and diesel for the ninth time in the last 10 days.

These prices were revised for the very first time on March 22, after a gap of more than four…