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Home Kotak Mahindra Bank, Indian Army sign MoU on salary accounts
Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday said that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Army for salary accounts.The MoU enables Kotak to offer its salary account proposition, combined with exclusive benefits for the Indian Army, to all army personnel, both active and retired.
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Home Interest for owning home returns, banks see pick up in loans
People have started buying their dream home again after the Covid-19 induced lockdown and economic disruptions completely dried out new purchases.Such has been the renewed customer interest in housing that builders are selling even tough-to-sell, non-'vastu' houses without offering much discount.
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Home Petrol, diesel price unchanged on Friday
Consumers have been spared of another increase in fuel prices with oil marketing companies deciding to keep petrol and diesel rates static for the sixth consecutive day even though global prices resumed firming up after OPEC + decision to continue with crude production cut in April.Accordingly, petrol continues to be priced at Rs 91.17 a litre and diesel Rs 81.47 a litre in the capital on Friday. Across...
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Home PNB Housing Finance tie up with Yes Bank for co-lending
PNB Housing Finance and Yes Bank on Friday said that they have entered into a strategic co-lending agreement to offer retail loans to home-buyers at competitive interest rates.A PNB Housing statement said that both the financial institutions will synergise their capabilities to provide an efficient and seamless experience to existing and new retail home loan customers.
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Home Himachal's growth estimated to contract by 6.2%
Himachal Pradesh's economic growth is expected to contract by 6.2 per cent this fiscal as against 5.6 per cent in the previous one, while its per capita income is estimated to drop by 3.7 per cent to Rs 1,83,286 for 2020-21, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur informed the Assembly on Friday.Tourism, which plays an important role in revenue generation and livelihood in the hill state, was the worst...
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Home Govt in position for sharp Rs 8 per litre cut in duty on petrol and diesel
The government may surprise consumers with a sharp cut in excise duty on petrol and diesel to tame rising prices of auto fuels that have already reached historic high levels.Sources privy to the development said the duty cut may be as high as Rs 8 per litre on the two fuels so that consumers are provided immediate relief.
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Home Bond yields, profit booking unleash bears, banking stocks down
India's key equity indices ended lower for the second straight day on the back of weak global cues which emanated from rising global bond yields on Friday.Accordingly, the two indices had a gap down opening on account of weak global cues, high volatility and profit booking.Besides, the India VIX spiked above 25 zones signalling shakiness.
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Home Wipro to buy UK firm Capco for $1.45 billion
Global software major Wipro said on Thursday that it has signed an agreement to acquire the UK-based management and technology firm Capco for $1.45 billion (Rs 10,551 crore) to provide digital, Cloud and IT services to financial institutions in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific."The acquisition will make us one of the largest consulting, technology and service providers to the banking and financial...
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Home CMFRI develops hatchery technology for high-value marine fish
In a breakthrough in diversification of the country's mariculture activities, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (ICAR-CMFRI), here has developed hatchery technology for picnic sea bream (Acanthopagrus berda), a commercially important marine food fish.This fish also known as black sea bream and gold silk sea bream, is famous for its excellent meat quality and high...
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Home Equities snap winning streak as rising bond yields trigger concerns
India's key equity indices snapped a three-day winning streak on Thursday as global concerns over rising bond yields resurfaced.Accordingly, the two equity indices opened lower but tried to recover only to cede more ground. Globally, Asia-Pacific equities fell after negative sentiment on Wall Street and concerns about rising bond yields trickled over into the region.

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