Google pledges Rs 113 cr to boost healthcare infra in India

New Delhi (IANS) Google on Thursday announced new grants of nearly Rs 113 crore to help strengthen India's healthcare infrastructure and workforce in rural areas, as India prepares for the third Covid wave.

Google.org will support procurement…

Del Monte launches packaged 'King Coconut Water' in India

New Delhi (IANS) Packaged foods brand Del Monte has announced the launch of its packaged 'King Coconut Water' in India.

Native to Sri Lanka, King Coconut is known for its superior taste and health benefits

Del Monte is the first…

India to have 330M 5G smartphone subscriptions in 5 years

New Delhi (IANS) There will be nearly 330 million 5G smartphone subscriptions in India in the next five years, representing around 26 per cent of mobile subscriptions in the country, a report showed on Wednesday.

Globally, 5G mobile subscriptions…

Sensex, Nifty climb new record highs

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices continued their record run on Tuesday.

The BSE Sensex touched a fresh high of 52,836.31 and the Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange hit an all-time high of 15,889.60 points.

Healthy buying…

Authum with highest bid value of Rs 2,887 cr wins to acquire Reliance Home Finance

New Delhi (IANS) The voting for Reliance Home Finance in favour of Authum Investment and Infra has already crossed the threshold of 75 per cent in value terms and 60 per cent in terms of numbers. The final voting will end on June 19.

Authum…

Rising Trend: India's May exports up over $32 bn

New Delhi (IANS) India's merchandise exports in May rose to $32.27 billion, higher by 69.35 per cent over $19.05 billion recorded in May 2020, official data showed on Tuesday.

The exports last month recorded a 8.11 per cent growth over…

Sensex down 300 points; finance, auto stocks lead selloff

Mumbai (IANS) The key Indian equity indices declined on Monday morning tracking mixed cues from the Asian market along with profit booking by traders after the indices scaled new highs last week.

The across-the-board selloff was led by auto,…

Base effect: India's WPI inflation zooms to 12.94% in May

New Delhi (IANS) Base effect, along with high transportation fuel cost, lifted India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to 12.94 per cent in May from a rise of 10.49 per cent in April.

Significantly, this is the highest…

Equity indices recover to end at record closing highs

Mumbai (IANS) Key Indian equity indices recovered by the end of the day's trade on Monday to settle at record closing levels, after a largely subdued trade for most part of the session.

The BSE Sensex closed at 52,551.53, higher by 76.77…

Byju's most valuable startup in India, 11th in the world

New Delhi (IANS) Edtech company Byju's is now India's most valuable unicorn startup with a valuation of $16.5 billion, surpassing fintech company Paytm's $16 billion valuation.

As per CB Insights data, as of June 2021, Byju's…