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Apples are attacked by all sorts of pests, but apple scab, a fungus, is particularly nasty. (Photo: Pixabay)

Apples rot in Kashmir orchards, as lockdown puts economy in tailspin

Apples are the lifeblood of Kashmir's economy, involving 3.5 million people, around half the population of the state.

19 Sept 2019 1:58 PM IST

Ever since the government came to power in 2014, experts pointed out that the lower crude oil prices over the last few years had helped the government to significantly improve Indias macro economic indicators.

Crude oil futures up on spot demand

Analysts said the rise in crude oil futures was largely in tandem with a firm trend in markets here.

19 Sept 2019 1:34 PM IST

Hero MotoCorp, the countrys largest two-wheeler manufacturer, on Monday launched two new scooters ,called the Maestro Edge 125 and the Pleasure Plus 110, with starting prices of Rs 58,500 and Rs 47,300, respectively.

Hero Cycles market share up despite economic slowdown: Company...

Admitting there were challenges due to slump in economy, Aditya Munjal said Hero Cycles has only grown in this difficult...

19 Sept 2019 12:59 PM IST

The CBT, headed by labour minister, is the apex decision-making body of the EPFO which finalises rate of interest on PF deposits for a financial year.

PF interest not credited? Know when you will get it

Central Board of Trustees (CBT) had approved 8.65 per cent interest rate for the last fiscal in February this year.

19 Sept 2019 12:24 PM IST

The rupee may trade in Rs 68.50-70.50/$1 range in the week to May 24 compared to Rs 69.80-70.92/$1 range in the previous week, a poll of 12 foreign exchange dealers showed on Monday.

Rupee down 24 paise against US dollar after Fed rate cut

A weak opening in domestic equities and unabated foreign fund outflows also weighed on the domestic currency.

19 Sept 2019 10:24 AM IST

LICs stake went up in seven Sensex companies during Q4. They are: Bajaj Auto; Mahindra & Mahindra; Kotak Mahindra Bank; HDFC Bank; ONGC; Coal India; and ITC.

Sensex drops over 200 points; ICICI Bank, TCS top laggards

Top losers in the Sensex pack in early trade included Yes Bank, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank.

19 Sept 2019 10:10 AM IST

NCLAT on Wednesday denied any interim relief to Vikram Bakshi on his plea seeking a stay on termination of franchise agreement by McDonalds. Photo: PTI

NCLAT orders review of McDonald's-Vikram Bakshi settlement

The appellate tribunal was hearing an intervention plea by HUDCO, claiming dues of Rs 195 crore from Bakshi.

19 Sept 2019 8:58 AM IST

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a press conference in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: Asian Age)

FinMin to hold review meeting with public sector banks today

The finance ministry will also discuss ways in which PSBs can offer doorstep banking facility.

19 Sept 2019 8:50 AM IST

The Sensex closed at 39,784 with a gain of 168.62 points or 0.43 per cent while the Nifty-50 closed at 11,922.70 up 52.05 points or 0.44 per cent.

Nifty likely to be in the range of 10750-11100

The Sensex rose 82.79 points or 0.23 per cent to 36563, while Nifty gained 23.05 points or 0.21 per cent to 10840.65.

19 Sept 2019 2:26 AM IST

IIT Kharagpur had suspended whistle-blower professor Rajeev Kumar for misconduct in May 2011. (Photo: PTI/File)

Hang some clothes and light a bulb!

The whole process, or mechanism, is actually simple yet unique. The wall of any channel has some charges inbuilt in it.

19 Sept 2019 2:19 AM IST

Few large retail outlets have already started advertising the downward revised prices of FMCG items.

Consumers to spend less this festive season: Survey

Only 6 per cent will buy jewellery and even lesser 3 per cent will spend on property.

19 Sept 2019 2:16 AM IST

Income tax officials are unhappy with the mopup so far in this fiscal. They feel that the economic slowdown and the IT Departments strategy of going slow on the corporates, in the aftermath of the suicide of Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha in July, have impacted the over all tax collections between April 1 and September 17.

Taxmen blame pause in raids to weak collections

Some key IT regions like Delhi and Bengaluru have been impacted so badly that their growth rate stood at -7.0 and -2.9...

19 Sept 2019 1:52 AM IST