The Johnson & Johnson pause, which regulators say they hope to resolve within days, comes on the heels of production issues at the Baltimore plant that produces the J&J vaccine

India's gold imports in April could fall below 100 tonnes as jewellers fear government could impose lockdown to arrest rising coronavirus infections, the dealer said

India is the largest importer of gold, which mainly caters to the demand of the jewellery industry

Gold jewellery shipments also dipped about 65 per cent to $3.55 billion

India Stock Market News Updates Today: Sensex scaled record high of 51,073.27 while the Nifty hit record high of 15,014.65 level in early trade. SBI, Kotak Bank, IndusInd Bank, HDFC, ONGC and Axis Bank were top gainers in the Sensex pack

India Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex rose above the psychological key level of 50,000 and Nifty neared 14,700

Union Budget 2021 gold: Currently, gold attracts 12.5 per cent import duty and 3 per cent GST and total duty and GST implication works out to be 15.5 per cent

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman says preparation of this Budget was taken under circumstances like never before

Budget 2021: Deemed to be one of the fastest growing sectors, the gems and jewellery industry is highly export oriented and labour intensive

Higher oilseed production in India, the world's biggest buyer of cooking oils, will cut palm oil imports from Malaysia and Indonesia and trim soyoil and sunflower oil purchases from Brazil, Argentina, Russia and Ukraine

A bulk of the issuances will be in the global market linked to US dollar, the most convertible currency, he said, adding that 80 per cent of its balance sheet is in USD at present

Local Self Government Department Minister Shanti Dhariwal gave the suggestion in a pre-budget consultation meeting with Nirmala Sitharaman, who discussed the budget for the next financial year with the finance ministers of various states

How the FM can make it a 'never before' Budget. Top experts weigh in

Indian consumers avoided gold purchases due to Khar Mass, a period considered to be inauspicious that runs from Dec 15 to Jan 14

India Stock Market Highlights Today: Global equities were bearish today as coronavirus infections increased in parts of North Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, and weighed on investor sentiment. European countries have banned flights from the UK as the British government began emergency lockdown on Sunday, over fear of new virus strain.

For April-November period of the current fiscal, exports dropped by 17.76 per cent to $173.66 billion, while imports declined by 33.55 per cent to $215.69 billion, resulting in a trade deficit of $42 billion

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC followed by Tata Steel, L&T, Sun Pharma, M&M, ICICI Bank and NTPC were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack

Top-down reforms since the demonetisation of 2016 have already derailed the economy and brought misery to millions, yet the great zeal to do more of the same amidst protests from several segments of population demonstrate that the intent is far from public welfare

India Stock Market Highlights Today: During the session, Sensex touched a lifetime high of 45,148 and Nifty hit an all-time high of 13,280

The brands whose samples flunked the test include household names like Dabur, yoga guru Ramdev Baba's Patanjali, Zandu, Baidyanath, Apis Himalaya and Hitkari