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CCI approves acquisition of Air Asia India by Air India
New Delhi: India's antitrust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday said that it has approved the acquisition of entire shareholding in Air Asia India by Air India.The proposed combination envisages the acquisition of the entire equity share...
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India’s May wholesale inflation rises to 16%, highest since Sept 1991
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New Delhi: India's wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation remained in double-digit for 14 months in a row and inched up further to 15.88 per cent in May 2022 from 15.08 per cent in the previous month, government data...
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Two giant US banks suspended operations on servicing Russia’s state debt: Reports
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Washington: The world's major banks - US JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs - have suspended operations on servicing Russia's debt obligations, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.The US Department of the Treasury earlier refused to renew a general license that allowed...
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China unwilling to enter into $1.5 bn swap arrangement with Sri Lanka
Colombo: China has ruled out the possibility of entering into a US$ 1.5 billion swap arrangement with Sri Lanka on the ground that Colombo may not be able to fulfil its conditions.The Chinese government’s position was conveyed when Sri...
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RBI hikes repo rate to 4.90%, retains FY23 GDP growth at 7.2%
Mumbai: As widely expected, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday hiked policy repo rate by 50 basis points (bps) to 4.90 per cent with immediate effect.Repo rate is the rate at which the banks borrow from the...
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EOGEPL crosses the 0.8 mmscmd mark of gas production
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Durgapur (WB): Essar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Ltd (EOGEPL), India’s pioneering unconventional hydrocarbon (Coal Bed Methane) player, on Tuesday announced crossing 0.8 mmscmd of gas production and is successfully marching towards the benchmarkof 1.0 mmscmd post...
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Gazprom suspends gas deliveries to Denmark, German companies
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Moscow: Russia has completely stopped the supply of gas to Danish energy group Orsted and Shell Energy Europe Limited, which supplies Germany, after they refused the new sanctions-induced payment arrangement, Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Wednesday.On Tuesday, Gazprom...
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Prices of commercial LPG cylinders slashed by Rs 135
New Delhi: The oil marketing companies on Wednesday reduced the price of commercial Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders by Rs 135, bringing much relief to the people.According to a price notification of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), a 19 kg...
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Toyota Kirloskar Motor sells 10,216 units in May 2022
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Mumbai: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) on Wednesday said the company sold a total of 10,216 units in the month of May 2022, thereby registering a substantial growth as compared to its wholesales in May 2021. TKM had sold 707 units...
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Maruti Suzuki May 2022 total sales zooms by 247% at 161,413 units
Mumbai: Auto major, Maruti Suzuki India has reported a healthy growth of nearly 247 percent in its total sale at 161,413 units as compared with 46,555 units sold in May 2021. Maruti Suzuki's domestic sales stood at 128,000 units in...
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87th meeting of Brahmaputra Board held in Shillong
Shillong: The 87th meeting of the Brahmaputra Board was convened on Tuesday in Shillong under the chairmanship of Dr....
