India's twelve state-run major ports handled 141.9 million tonnes of shipments in the quarter ended June 30, compared with 176.7 million tonnes the previous year, the IPA data showed

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The government has been promoting organic farming in the country through various central schemes. The move is aimed at reducing the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and growth regulators. States such as Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Sikkim have boosted organic farming

The reserves had crossed the half-a-trillion dollar mark for the first time in the week ended June 5 after it had surged by a massive USD 8.22 billion and reached USD 501.70 billion. It had touched a life-time high of USD 507.64 billion in the week ended June 12

After 20 soldiers were killed in border clashes, India has resorted to what increasingly looks like a trade war with China, targeting Chinese companies and projects in India 

Equities too have put up their best show recently enjoying a swift recovery from its March lows. The benchmark index Sensex posted its best quarterly total return since 2009, gaining 19 per cent as equities rallied globally from their first quarter sell-off

Industry experts say this could be only an aspirational target and directive to speed up the trials, than a realistic move to get the vaccine launched within one and a half months

Investments in Indian social and other media (including those in regional languages) as well as start-ups could lead to a subtle push toward the Chinese narrative on bilateral issues and disputes with India, a shift to a more favourable depiction of China and suppression of criticism

\"The job of the quant fund manager is to assess whether the pattern observed in past data is persistent i.e it will repeat in the future and thus can be profited from or just a data artifact which has to be ignored,\" says Gaurav Rastogi, CEO, Kuvera

Positive news around the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine and not so weak key economic data from US and China also kept momentum positive  in equity markets worldwide.

Coronavirus vaccine update: A coronavirus vaccine candidate tested by American firm Pfizer and German biotech major BioNTech SE has been found to generate antibodies in people, a study showed

LIC made fresh positions in HCL Technologies, Hindustan Unilever, IndusInd Bank, Adhunik Metaliks, Amara Raja Batteries, Birla Tyres and Tata Consumer Products among others

Increases in the daily cases of the coronavirus, however, globally and in the United States pressured prices

The services sector accounts for about 60% of the economy and half of the urban jobs, and includes many small, private companies which had been slower to recover initially than large manufacturers

In the previous fortnight that ended on June 5, advances had grown 6.24 per cent and deposits by 11.28 per cent, respectively

The rupee opened at 74.60 per US dollar, registering a jump of 44 paise over its previous close of 75.01 per dollar on Thursday

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has launched yet another long-term prepaid plan in India. The new prepaid plan by BSNL costs Rs 2399 and has a validity of 600 days.

Maharashtra Mumbai, Delhi Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases, Lockdown News Pune, Thane Live Updates: ICMR writes to Bharat Biotech to conclude trials of COVID-19 vaccine in order to launch the results by August 15. India's total coronavirus cases jumped to 6,25,544 on Friday. Maharashtra's tally is past 1.86 lakh while Tamil Nadu and Delhi count stands at 98,392 and 92,175

Stock Market LIVE Updates on July 3: Bajaj Auto, followed by Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, HUL, Reliance Industries, HUL and Kotak Bank were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack. On the contrary, Tata Steel, HDFC, M&M and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards

Intel Capital's investment will translate into a 0.39% equity stake in Jio Platforms; with this, Intel Capital joins the list of marquee firms that have invested in Jio Platforms, taking total investment amount to Rs 117,588.45 crore