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FM’s boosters send markets soaring, add Rs 2.11 trillion to investor wealth
From the 30-share Sensex basket, barring NTPC, all other 29 scrips were trading in the green led by Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki India, HDFC Bank and Yes Bank, which were trading with gains of up to 5.7 per cent.
RBI in talks with govt to ensure mega bank mergers are non-disruptive: Das
Last month, the government had announced creation of four large state-run banks by merging ten of them. The will take down the number of total state-owned banks to 12 from the 19 this April.
African Swine fever spreads in Philippines
The Southeast Asian nation since last year has imposed several measures to protect its $5 billion hog industry from the onslaught of African swine fever, including banning the entry of pork and pork-based products from more than a dozen nations.
India tells tech firms to protect user privacy, prevent abuse
“I have only one caveat – it must be safe and secure, it must safeguard the privacy rights of the individual and you must make extra efforts that people don’t abuse the system,” Prasad told industry executives at a gathering organised by Alphabet Inc’s Google here
Google sets up AI research lab in Bengaluru
Earlier, advancing its commitment to building a future-ready workforce, Microsoft eartlier announced the launch of AI Digital Labs in collaboration with 10 higher educational institutions in the country.
‘Have to do it’: Jeff Bezos sets deadline for Amazon to be carbon neutral
Amazon and Ford Motor Co are among the investors in Rivian. Bezos said the first electric delivery vans for Amazon will be on the road by 2021, and all 100,000 will be deployed by 2024.
India announces ban on electronic cigarette sales
“The decision was made keeping in mind the impact that e-cigarettes have on the youth of today,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters in New Delhi
New York state bans flavored e-cigarettes
Nearly 400 people around the country have been stricken with a lung illness that is potentially vaping-related, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Six have died.
Global investors bet $45 bn on Modi’s India. Now they are reversing it
Car sales are sinking at the fastest pace on record, capital investment has plunged, the unemployment rate has surged to a 45-year-high and the nation’s banking system is hamstrung by the world’s worst bad-loan ratio. Monday’s oil-price spike adds yet another headwind for a country that imports most of its crude
Govt mulling another booster dose to reinvigorate economy
The government announced a slew of measures in three dosages which include a special window for real estate, export incentives, bank consolidation and sops for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the automobile sector