So far, India has sent consignments of coronavirus vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Mauritius and Seychelles

Analysts expect recovery in RIL's overall earnings in the October-December quarter though refinery earnings remain flat. RIL's consolidated revenue may fall to Rs 1.21 lakh crore from Rs 1.69 lakh crore during the year-ago period, a Bloomberg survey of 10 brokerages says

Crude oil has been on an upswing because of Saudi Arabia's additional supply cuts and growing optimism around the launches of the various vaccines against COVID-19

India's year-end rush for crude supplies coincided with stronger demand from north Asian buyers during winter, boosting prices and an accelerating de-stocking of floating storage globally

Petrol is available at Rs 84.95 per litre in Delhi while the rate is Rs 91.56 per litre in Mumbai. Diesel rates also reached new highs on Monday. In New Delhi, diesel is available at Rs 75.23 per litre while in Mumbai diesel is available for Rs 81.87 per litre

Police are also probing if other officials helped Gawande to get the bribes as well as the number of flyers he cleared with fake document

The small island state of Bahrain has the third-highest rate of vaccinations per capita in the world so far, according to the Our World in Data website, which is run by an Oxford University research programme

In Mumbai, petrol prices increased by 25 paise, taking Thursday's rate to Rs 91.32 a litre in the city. The highest level for petrol in Mumbai was on October 4, 2018, when it was Rs 91.34

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11 Indian firms make it to Hurun's top 500 list Total 11 private Indian firms have made it to the list of 500 most valuable companies across the world, and the country is ranked 10th on the chart, according to a report. The total value of these 11 companies grew 14 per cent and has been pegged at $805 billion or nearly a third of the Indian GDP. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads among the local enterprises with a 20.5 per cent jump in valuation to $168.8 billion as of December 1 a...

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was up 40 cents, or 0.8%, at $53.61 a barrel by 0128 GMT after gaining nearly 2% on Tuesday

TCS said that anti-trust approval in Saudi Arabia is being sought for the transaction, which is expected to close in 3-6 months

Morgan Stanley expects the upcoming earnings results to prompt an earnings upgrade cycle with chemicals in the driver's seat, before refining picks up by mid-2021

The move comes after Riyadh announced a breakthrough at a summit on Tuesday to end the bitter political row in which Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a diplomatic, trade and travel boycott on Qatar in mid-2017

Ahead of the nationwide roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine, states have made all necessary preparations, including identifying vaccination sites and registration of healthcare and other frontline workers

Tech Mahindra, Infosys, UltraTech Cement, Power Grid Corporation of India, NTPC, Sun Pharma, HCL technologies were among top gainers

The unit closed 20 paise lower at 73.31 per dollar on Thursday, tracking weak domestic equities and rebound in American currency

The domestic unit opened at 73.10 per US dollar and rose 3 paise higher to 73.08 over its previous close

Crude oil prices also rise to highest levels since February 2020 as Saudi Arabia announces a big voluntary production cut and on a steep fall in US crude inventories

The domestic unit opened at 73.16 against the US dollar at the interbank forex market, and rose 3 paise higher to 73.14 over its previous close