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Delivery disruption: Restaurants forced to serve differently

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Gold & Silver

Sensex tops 50,000, Nifty surges above 15,000

US stocks fall as tech shares weigh

Asian shares push higher, shrug off Covid concerns

Nifty likely to cross 15,000 comfortably

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Oil extends gains on optimism over US, European economies reopening

Buy MCX natural gas above ₹226

12-week high price at Coonoor tea auction

Supply concerns lift spot rubber

Adverse weather to keep tea prices firm

Rupee rises 5 paise to 73.24 against US dollar in early trade

Dollar fights for footing as Fed minutes eyed

Rupee rises 13 paise to settle at 73.29 against US dollar

Rupee may rise after a blip

Rupee falls by 8 paise to close at 73.42 against US dollar

SEBI unveils roadmap for bullion trading

Sovereign Gold Bond shines this Akshaya Tritiya

Gold import jumps to $6.3 billion in April

Nominal value of FY2022’s Series I of Sovereign Gold Bond set at ₹4,777 per gram of gold

India added 42.3 tonnes gold to its reserves in FY21

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How will the economy pan out this fiscal?

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India must take US’ patent waiver proposal forward and expedite the WTO process

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Reshaping the PSB privatisation exercise

Rather than an ‘upfront majority stake-sale’ approach, a ‘nuanced creep-up investment’ solution would be a ...

C P Chandrasekhar & Jayati Ghosh

Hunger — the other pandemic sweeping the nation

A survey conducted in October 2020 shows widespread hunger across 11 States. In the midst of the devastating ...

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All you wanted to know about test positivity rate

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How to make a career in AI during these chaotic times

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Ashima Goyal

How to spend, yet reduce government debt

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Artists join hands to raise money for Covid-19 relief

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Screening off

Scrolling through Facebook, I notice a friend’s post about the toxicity of small, lighted screens. But I’m ...

Quiz on sporting streaks

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Pandemic and publishing: Time to turn the page

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Trees of Delhi: Falling to the vista

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Kazuo Ishiguro’s new book: A tapestry of grief, love and servitude

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economy

With 27% share, healthcare ranks second in CSR spends

Corporates spend more on education, differently-abled

Average E-way Bill generation dipped in May to 12.15 lakh

Impact of lower generation of E-way bill can be seen in the GST collection

‘Second wave not a big blow to economic activity in first ...

Loss of momentum not as severe as it was last year, says RBI report

Indian industry coordinating with Centre, State agencies ...

Mitigation of power supply, monitoring, distribution of relief among priorities

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Weather: Weakening 'Tauktae' set to drench Rajasthan

Adverse weather to keep tea prices firm

As import curbs go, pulses acreage may dip

To check pulses price rise, the Centre directs States to make stockholders declare their stocks

How EU could grant exclusive GI tag for Indian Basmati rice

Ethanol from B heavy molasses, sugar will help the industry, says Gadkari

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money-and-banking

Lockdown impact on NBFCs’ asset quality to be evident ...

Incremental credit flows to the retail sector continued to increase

G-Secs: In Monday’s auction, RBI gets tepid response to ...

Banks don’t seem too enthused to trade-in short-dated Government Securities

‘Second wave not a big blow to economic activity in first ...

Loss of momentum not as severe as it was last year, says RBI report

SBI’s New Delhi Main Branch opens 13,729 FCRA accounts

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Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company appoints Abhay Tewari as MD ...

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RBI asks member banks to inform their customers to plan their payment operations

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Dealing with invasion of locusts

Even as we battle Covid-19, we can’t afford to ignore this latest problem that was reported recently in Rajasthan

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CDSL (₹862.2): Buy

The stock of Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) broke out of a range on Monday, ...

TN government to take a call on Chinese vaccine later

The State has issued a global tender for 3.5 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines

DRDO’s anti-Covid drug to hit the market in June

2-DG will be available to govt and private hospitals, price not known, says DRL

Apollo Hospitals begins pilot to administer SputnikV vaccines with Dr Reddy's Labs

Domestic manufacturers of SputnikV to seek regulator nod

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Economy

Wholesale inflation rises to 10.5% in April

Inflation for crude petroleum and natural gas, and mineral oils surges during the month

Economy

MRP of medical devices cannot be increased more than 10% in a year: Govt

Manufacturers, importers told to submit MRP details to NPPA by May 22

Stocks

Co-location case: Tribunal orders release of NSE’s ₹6,000 cr held up in escrow a/c

No clarity on whether SEBI will go for an appeal in SC

News

‘CAG must audit vaccination drive, exports’

Opposition members in PAC demand that the CAG start interim audit and submit its report

News

NPPA fixes price of Dexamethasone, Budesonide at ₹40.17 and ₹3.6/tablet

Says MRP of medical devices cannot be increased more than 10% in a year

National

TN government to take a call on Chinese vaccine later

The State has issued a global tender for 3.5 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines

Companies

Apollo Hospitals begins pilot to administer SputnikV vaccines with Dr Reddy's Labs

Domestic manufacturers of SputnikV to seek regulator nod

Info-tech

Bharti Airtel posts ₹759-cr Q4 profit

Revenue grows 12% to ₹25,747 crore

Companies

Barge working for ONGC in Bombay High de-anchors in cyclonic storm; all 261 on-board safe

The barge is adrift at sea and the Navy is undertaking rescue operations.

Money & Banking

NEFT upgrade: Service will not be available for about 14 hrs till 2 pm on May 23

RBI asks member banks to inform their customers to plan their payment operations

Multimedia

companies

AT&T to merge WarnerMedia and Discovery in $43-b deal

New global entertainment company will be led by Discovery President Zaslav

Gland Pharma Q4 net profit up 34% to ₹260 crore

Gland Pharma registered income from operations of ₹887.7 crore for the fourth quarter, up 40 per cent over ...

A healing touch from corporates during Covid times

They shine a light with novel initiatives for employees — be it redefined ‘bereavement leave’, a ‘silent hour’ ...

MRPL posts ₹328-crore profit in fourth quarter

Refinery throughput rises to 4.03 mt

Indian Hotels readies expansion plan in a post-pandemic ...

M&A activity will pick up if pandemic’s pace slows down in the next four-eight weeks: MD

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info-tech

Apple faces continued iPad Pro delays due to next-gen ...

Buyers may not be able to get their hands on one until deep into July

Ransomware hits AXA units in Asia, hurts Ireland healthcare

Attackers claim to have stolen 3 terabytes of data from AXA units

Vodafone Idea names Reema Jain Chief Digital Officer

Jain will lead digital strategy, execution and adoption across the company

WhatsApp new privacy policy violates Indian IT laws, Centre ...

The new policy says that the users can either accept or exit the app but they cannot opt not to share their ...

HCL Tech to hire 1,000 people in UK

Will hire in the fields of digital transformation, cloud, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity

Bharti Airtel posts ₹759-cr Q4 profit

Revenue grows 12% to ₹25,747 crore

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The pandemic has taught many money management lessons. Here are key takeaways from the survey

Will benchmark indices break out this week?

Nifty can test the nearest support at 14,500 level if it continues recent fall

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What makes 3D printing stock Stratasys a solid bet

The company has the potential to ride the upcoming industrial 3D printing wave

Why Canara Robeco Equity Hybrid Fund is a good investment

Alongside investing 65-80 per cent in equities, the fund buys lower-risk debt securities

Insurance claims for loss of loved ones now made easy

Insurers are taking several steps to ease claim documentation and settlement processes

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