Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA), led by Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe, has suspended 43 food business licences and seized 17,824 kg of food articles worth Rs 63.09 lakh during a special enforcement drive ahead of Diwali, according to a statement on Saturday.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The World Bank’s latest assessment that nearly 496 million Indians have moved above the poverty threshold in just 12 years, marks one of the most significant socioeconomic transformations in modern history, according to a report in Gulf Today.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday dismissed as factually incorrect and misleading social media messages claiming that new cheque books with updated security standards would come into effect from January 1, 2027.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) State-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has delivered a strong performance in the second quarter and first half of FY27 with healthy growth in new business premium, total premium income and other key financial parameters, said Managing Director and CEO R Doraiswamy.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) India’s largest private lender, HDFC Bank, has increased interest rates on select fixed deposits (FDs) below Rs 3 crore by up to 50 basis points (bps) with the revised rates.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed tighter documentation requirements for agricultural loans and changes to priority sector lending (PSL) calculations with implications for treatment of certain trade-credit exposures.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The National Stock Exchange (NSE) will overhaul the Closing Auction Session (CAS) in the equity cash segment and revise trading modalities in the equity derivatives segment from December 7.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The revised prices of 137 anti-cancer drugs will come into effect from November 9, after the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) capped trade margins on these medicines, an official statement said on Saturday, adding that this will generate annual savings of around Rs 3,502.31 crore for consumers.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest lender, has expanded its US presence with the inauguration of a new branch of its wholly owned subsidiary, SBIC Bank, in Frisco, North Dallas, Texas -- the bank’s first branch outside California -- according to a statement on Saturday.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) While the United States and Europe have been reducing their oil refining capacity, India is expanding into a global refining hub which gives it a strategic advantage as an exporter of petroleum products despite being a large crude importing country, according to an article in India Narrative.
