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September 3, 2025 11:05 AM

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Railways sign MoU with SBI for enhanced insurance benefits to its employees 

  Indian Railways and the State Bank of India have signed an MoU for enhanced insurance benefits to railway employees. The MoU was signed in the presence of Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and SBI Chairman C.S. Setty in New Delhi.  Under this MoU, insurance coverage for Railway employees maintain...

September 1, 2025 8:32 PM

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UPI transactions first time cross 20bn mark in this August 

  Unified Payments Interface, UPI has achieved a new milestone with first time ever crossing twenty billion transactions in the month of August this year. According to the National Payments Corporation of India, the total number of transactions stood at 20.01 billion, marking a 34 per cent year-on-y...

September 1, 2025 7:38 PM

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Asian markets show mixed trend

Major Asian stock markets ended mixed today. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged over 2.1 percent, Shanghai Composite Index gained around half per cent and Singapore’s Straits Times Index ended 0.1 per cent up. On the other hand, South Korea’s Kospi Index dipped over 1.3 per cent and Japan’s Nikkei 2...

September 1, 2025 7:15 PM

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Rupee appreciates slightly to close at 88.20 against US dollar

In the Forex market, the rupee today appreciated marginally to close at 88 rupees and 20 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 97.60 in intra-day trade.

September 1, 2025 6:44 PM

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Domestic markets rise, snapping three three-day losing streak

  Benchmark domestic equity indices rose today, snapping their three-day losing streak. The markets had opened with gains and continued positive momentum throughout the trading session buoyed by better than expected GDP data and value buying. The Sensex climbed 555 points, or 0.7 per cent to close a...

September 1, 2025 6:08 PM

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GST collections surged to 6.5% in August this year in comparison to last year

  India's goods and services tax (GST) collections has surged by 6.5 percent to over one lakh 86 thousand crore rupees in August this year in comparison to same month last year. According to the Finance Ministry, the gross domestic revenue was recorded at around one lakh 37 thousand crore rupees, wh...

September 1, 2025 5:46 PM

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NSE, BSE swap derivatives expiry days

  The National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) have swapped their weekly derivatives expiry days with effect from today, following approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Under the new schedule, Nifty derivatives will now expire on Tuesdays, while Se...

August 31, 2025 10:33 AM

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Indian economy exceeds all expectations: Experts

Experts have hailed India’s robust growth in the April-June quarter, saying that the economy has exceeded all expectations.   On India's GDP growing to 7.8 per cent in Quarter One, of current fiscal, Professor Yashvir Tyagi, an economist, said that he believes the performance shown by the India...