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Yesterday, the rupee ended 4 paise down at 66.96 against the US dollar on fresh demand for the American currency

Rupee down 16 paise against dollar in early trade

Rupee is trading at 64.18 against the dollar in early session at the interbank foreign exchange.

2 Feb 2018 9:53 AM IST

Amazon shares soared Thursday after the Internet giant reported earnings that topped expectations. (Photo: AFP)

Amazon posts largest profit in its history on sales, tax boost

Amazon said it expects operating profit in the current quarter of between $300 million and $1 billion.

2 Feb 2018 9:45 AM IST

Fiscal deficit for the financial year 2016-17 is budgeted at 3.5 per cent.

Fiscal deficit will overshoot to 3.5 per cent, says Arun Jaitley

The difference between total revenue and total expenditure of the government is termed fiscal deficit.

2 Feb 2018 2:15 AM IST

Rupee is currently trading at 63.63 against 66.93 to a dollar in August, 2016.

Rupee crumbles 44 paise on LTCG tax, fiscal deficit woes

Rupee is trading at 64.02 against US dollar after govt announced long-term capital gains tax on equities.

1 Feb 2018 7:37 PM IST

The new office in London will make way for 3,000 jobs in the first wholly owned office building outside the US. (Photo: Pixabay)

Digital focus can help create jobs, better rural lives: Industry

Budget proposal to double allocation to Digital India initiative to Rs 3,073 cr is a fine booster to transform digital...

1 Feb 2018 5:18 PM IST

A day after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley claimed that demonetisation has left Maoists and separatists in Jammu and Kashmir fund-starved, the Congress party on Monday said the he should validate his claims. (Photo: PTI)

Jaitley raises MUDRA lending target to Rs 4 lakh crore for FY'19

Of the total loan accounts, 76 per cent are of women and more than 50 per cent belong to SCs, STs and OBCs.

1 Feb 2018 4:46 PM IST

For the week, the Sensex lost 448.86 points, or 1.69 per cent, while the broader NSE Nifty dropped 153.70 points, or 1.88 per cent.

Budget belies market hopes, Sensex ends in red

The NSE Nifty saw volatility and ended at 11,016.90, down 10.80 points, or 0.10 per cent.

1 Feb 2018 4:33 PM IST

The amount for defence pension is an increase of 26.60 per cent over the allocation of Rs 85,740 crore last year. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Rs 2.95 lakh crore allocated for defence budget for 2018-19

Outlay for defence budget amounted to 12.10 per cent of the total budget of Rs 24,42,213 crore for 2018-19.

1 Feb 2018 4:18 PM IST

At the end of the five-day auction, nearly 60 per cent of the spectrum had remained unsold.

Govt expects Rs 48,661.42 crore from telecom sector in FY19

Govt earns revenue in the form of mainly licence fees and spectrum usage charges from telecom operators.

1 Feb 2018 3:36 PM IST

Companies that will run these airports have been given some concessions for fuel and electricity.

UDAN to connect 56 unserved airports, says Jaitley

Govt has proposed expansion of airport capacity by more than five times to handle a billion trips a year under a new...

1 Feb 2018 2:55 PM IST

The railways has started the exercise of an internal audit through which 50 mail and express trains will be upgraded to super-fast services. (Photo: File/Representational)

Budget for Railways: Bengaluru, Mumbai big gainers

Bengaluru will get a corpus of Rs 17,000 crore for the local rail network. Karnataka goes to polls this year.

1 Feb 2018 2:24 PM IST

Health regulation has several pieces, of which self-regulation by the private sector is an important one. Private players in the health sector are indeed quite diverse.

Union Budget 2018 unveils healthcare for 500 million of India's...

The government currently provides 30,000 rupees towards healthcare for poor families.

1 Feb 2018 2:11 PM IST