The rupee fell 8 paise to close at 72.99 against the US dollar on Friday, with forex market participants weighing RBI policy measures aimed at mitigating the COVID-19 impact on the economy. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday decided to leave the benchmark interest rate unchanged at...

India’s Gross GST revenue fell to ₹1.02 lakh crore in May, from a record ₹1.41 lakh crore in April, but the number was likely to be revised upwards. The May collections, broadly pertaining to transactions in April, are the lowest since September 2020, which recorded a revenue of...

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) announced a new partnership with the City-based Tech Mahindra Ltd., focussing on creating together the Global Chess League, a project first proposed by Tech Mahindra earlier this year. From tweeting about the game to forming a league under Viswanathan...

NASA announced plans on Wednesday to launch a pair of missions to Venus between 2028 and 2030 — its first in decades — to study the atmosphere and geologic features of Earth’s so-called sister planet and better understand why the two emerged so differently. The U.S. space agency...

The CBI has booked four promoter-directors of a Guwahati-based company and others for allegedly cheating the IDBI Bank of about ₹168.62 crores. The accused have been identified as Pranab Ghosh, Pratul Ghosh, Gita Rani Ghosh and Prabir Kumar Ghosh, all promoter-directors of Ghosh Brothers...