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₹285 to ₹5,335 per 100 kg for the 2024-25 season. An estimated 4.0 million jute farmers and their households, and 500,000 workers involved with jute mills will benefit from the move, Union minister Piyush Goyal said while announcing the Cabinet decisions. The MSP for the 2024-25 season is in line with the principle of fixing the minimum support price at a level of at least 1.5 times all India's weighted average cost of production as announced by the government in the budget for 2018-19, an official release said.

An unusually warm winter has left the Great Lakes all but devoid of ice and sent scientists scrambling to understand the possible consequences as climate change accelerates

The European Central Bank has left its key interest rate at a record high as it waits for more confirmation that toxic inflation is under control for good

Stocks are ticking higher and helping Wall Street erase its losses from earlier in the week

USD 200 billion this year and huge opportunities exist for the two countries to expand cooperation in defence, space besides critical emerging technologies like semiconductors and artificial intelligence, said American Ambassador Eric Garcetti on Thursday. The US is proud to be India's No. 1 trading partner with two-way trade reaching nearly USD 200 billion last year, Garcetti told reporters in Indore. «I think this year we will break the (previous) record of USD 200 billion in bilateral trade (between India and the US),» he said. The envoy asserted that US President Joe Biden in the past had emphasized that trade between India and America should rise to the level of USD 500 billion given the potential for expansion. Efforts are on achieve this goal, said the Ambassador who took charge of his new diplomatic assignment last year.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday announced a myriad of decisions taken by the Narendra Modi government in its Cabinet meeting, ranging from allowance hikes and minimum support price hikes to new schemes for artificial intelligence. In a presser post the Cabinet meeting, Goyal announced outlays of Rs 10,037 crore for the Uttar Poorva scheme and Rs 10,371.92 crore to fund an ambitious IndiaAI Mission. Thursday's announcements come in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, likely to take place in May, this year. On other fronts, the Central government is currently in a tug-of-war with scores of farmers who are protesting to avail legal support for minimum support prices as well as loan waivers.

The world as of today is passing through some turbulent times – and it is this very turbulence that is boosting the prices of gold that have surged to record highs recently.

Union cabinet has approved a hike in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of raw jute for the 2024-25 season to Rs 5,335 per quintal, according to Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday. This is up from the current MSP of Rs 5,050 per quintal, a hike of 5.6%. This would ensure a return of 64.8% over the all India weighted average cost of production, the government said in a statement.

‘Making Money’ host Charles Payne joins ‘The Big Money Show’ to discuss the cost of GDP growth and market performance amid ongoing economic woes.

Investing.com -- The European Central Bank held interest rates at record highs as expected on Thursday, as policymakers search for more evidence that sticky inflationary pressures are sustainably easing.

With a tendency to post everything from pictures to their personal information, there’s a reason why Gen Z has been called “the sharing generation.” For asset managers and record keepers in the 401(k) market, that could be a trend worth following.

Bitcoin swings are becoming more intense following the digital asset’s run to a record high, and a key question now is how investors in US exchange-traded funds holding the cryptocurrency will react.

The EUR/USD is facing an interesting couple of weeks, starting with the ECB rate decision today.

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Supreme Court on Thursday listed the hearing of the petition filed by the Shiv Sena-Uddhav Thackeray faction on April 8, 2024 and summoned original records about the disqualification of MLAs of Eknath Shinde group, including the chief minister, from the office of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker. It is important to note that the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar had—in an order on January 10, 2024—declared the Shiv Sena-Eknath Shinde group as the "real political party" after its split in June 2022.

India vs England 5th Test: Ahead of Day 1 of the 5th Test in Dharamshala, spinner Kuldeep Yadav was not sure if he would get a chance to play as Rohit Sharma and Rahul Dravid were looking to include a third seamer in the playing XI to capitalize on the cold conditions of Dharamshala. But, something stopped them from experimenting and it proved to be a great decision as Kuldeep Yadav dismissed all doubts with his 5-wicket haul on Day 1. With a fifer on Dharamshala cricket ground, Kuldeep Yadav became the world's quickest spinner to clinch 50 wickets.

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US Fed signals rate cuts in 2024; Powell says progress towards 2% inflation target ‘not assured’ Domestic market benchmarks traded choppy during the session but the Nifty 50 and the Sensex hit their fresh record highs of 22,525.65 and 74,245.17 in intraday trade. Nifty 50 finally closed 20 points, or 0.09 per cent, up at 22,493.55 while the Sensex settled at 74,119.39, up 33 points, or 0.05 per cent. Both indices settled at their fresh closing highs.

Article 370 by his government in 2019. PM Modi unveiled multiple projects worth more than ₹6,400 crore at the event before addressing the crowd. He also launched projects for the tourism sector under the ‘Swadesh Darshan’ and ‘PRASHAD’ (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) schemes.

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Investing.com — The U.S. dollar traded on the backfoot Thursday as potential Federal Reserve’s rate cuts appeared to draw nearer, while the euro slipped lower ahead of the latest European Central Bank meeting.