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August 23, 2025 8:59 AM

Two-day meeting of GST Council to begin on Sept 3

The 56th Meeting of the GST Council will be held on the 3rd and 4th of next month in New Delhi. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the meeting. The last GST Council meeting was held at Jaisalmer in Rajasthan, in December last year, during which several decisions related to the Good...

August 22, 2025 9:21 PM

Domestic fertiliser production witnessed tremendous growth in last decade

  The government today said that fertiliser availability is comfortable across states during the ongoing Kharif season. According to the Chemicals and Fertilizers Ministry, total Urea availability is 183 lakh metric tonnes against the pro-rata requirement of 143 lakh metrictonnes, and 155 lakh met...

August 22, 2025 7:25 PM

Gold and Silver Prices down

 In the Indian bullion market, 24 Karat Gold was trading 0.2 per cent down at 99,420 rupees per 10 grams, while Silver was also trading over 0.3 per cent down at 1,13,860 rupees per kilogram, a short while ago. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for October contract was trading 0.2 per cent down...

August 22, 2025 7:45 PM

India’s forex reserves surged around 1.5 bn dollars by end of last week

  India's foreign exchange reserves rose around 1.5 billion dollars, reaching 695.1 billion dollars in the week ending on 15th of August. According to the Weekly Statistical Supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India, during the last week, foreign currency assets, a major component of the re...

August 22, 2025 7:12 PM

Asian Markets display positive trend

Asian stock markets displayed positive trend today. Shanghai Composite Index surged over 1.4 percent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained more than 0.9 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi Index advanced nearly 0.9 per cent, Singapore’s Straits Times Index moved 0.5 per cent up and Japan’s Nikkei 22...

August 22, 2025 7:14 PM

Oil prices up marginally

     Crude oil prices rose marginally today. Brent Crude was trading flat at 67 dollars and 67 cents per barrel, and WTI Crude was trading over 0.1 per cent up at 63 dollars and 59 cents per barrel, when reports last came in. ...

August 22, 2025 5:18 PM

Rupee depreciates by 26 paise to close at 87.52 against US dollar

   In the Forex market, the rupee today depreciated by 26 paise to close at 87 rupees and 52 paise against the US dollar. The dollar index, which indicates US dollar's strength against a basket of six other leading currencies, was trading at 98.75 in intra-day trade. ...

August 21, 2025 7:38 PM

SEBI plans to raise tenure & maturity for equity derivatives 

  The Securities and Exchange Board of India - SEBI is planning to increase the tenure and maturity of equity derivatives contracts in a calibrated manner. Addressing the FICCI Capital Market Conference 2025 in Mumbai today, SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said consultations will be held with sta...

August 21, 2025 7:15 PM

Over 19 lakh new enrollments in ESI in June this year

  Over 19 lakh new workers have been enrolled under Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Scheme in June this year, including 4.13 lakh female employees and 87 transgenders. In a statement, Ministry of Labour & Employment said that over 34 thousand new establishments have been brought under the soc...

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