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vegetarian meal platehas become more expensive backed by the surge in the price of onion, tomato and potato. The cost of the representative home-cooked veg plate rose 7% in March against the same month last year, while that of the non-veg plate declined 7%, as per CRISIL Market Intelligence and Analytics report. Compared to last month, however, the cost of the veg plate declined 1% and non-veg food plate rose 2%., due to higher demand amid Ramadan.

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Bank of India revises FD rates: BOI has updated its fixed deposit interest rates for deposits below ₹2 crore. Following the revision, the bank now provides interest rates ranging from 3% to 7.25% for deposit periods spanning from 7 days to 10 years. These rates are effective from 1 April 2024. Senior citizens receive an extra 50 basis points (bps) on tenors of 6 months and above, while super senior citizens are granted an additional 65 bps. For deposits below ₹2 crore and tenors of 3 years and above, senior citizens receive an additional premium of 25 bps, totaling 75 bps. Similarly, super senior citizens are offered an additional premium of 25 bps, totaling 90 bps.

BSE Midcap index also hit its fresh all-time high of 40,973.14, rising nearly 1 per cent. The Smallcap index also rose 1 per cent to hit its intraday high of 46,015.16. The all-time high of the BSE Smallcap index is 46821.39 which it hit on February 7 this year.

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Sunil Narine smashed 85 to lead Kolkata Knight Riders to the second-best ever IPL total of 272-7 in a crushing 106-run victory over Delhi Capitals yesterday. The orange cap is awarded to the tournament's highest run-scorer and is one of the most prestigious awards in the IPL tournament. Throughout the season, players show their batting prowess and score runs to win the Orange Cap.

Gold prices rise for fourth straight session, silver surges to two-year high On Monday, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs Department stopped 36 passengers at Lucknow's airport, travelling from Sharjah. During the frisking, the customs officials seized cigarettes worth over ₹3 crore and cash worth ₹23.90 lakh. Besides, six passengers said they also had gold with them.

heatwave conditions across various states including Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and others for the next five days. “Enhanced rainfall/thunderstorm activity likely to continue over Northeast India till 07th April, 2024.

Disney's months-long proxy war with activist investor Nelson Peltz in the rear-view mirror, attention is refocused on finding CEO Bob Iger's successor. The board has extended Iger's retirement date five times, continually deferring decisions about finding a replacement.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik has announced the second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. BJD candidates for five Lok Sabha seats declared by the CM are Surendra Singh Bhoi from Balangir), Manjulata Mandal (Bhadrak), Parineeta Mishra (Bargarh), Bhrugu Baxipatra (Berhampur) and Dhanurjay Siddu (Keonjhar). The names of 27 candidates for simultaneous assembly polls have also been announced.

cancellation of the Foreign Contribution Registration Act (FCRA) licences of five prominent non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the home ministry officials said that the action was taken following «due process of law». Among the NGOs that lost their FCRA licences were CNI Synodical Board of Social Service, Voluntary Health Association of India, Indo-Global Social Service Society, Church Auxiliary for Social Action and Evangelical Fellowship of India, added officials. The FCRA license is granted by the home ministry to NGOs and think tanks for five years and their applications are reviewed based on annual returns and foreign grants received for the purpose it is meant for.

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday filed his nomination papers from Wayanad in Kerala that he currently represents and said the upcoming Lok Sabha election «is a fight for democracy and the Constitution of India». His sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other state leaders accompanied Gandhi for filing of the nomination and later the roadshow, displaying a major show of strength by the local Congress unit and its ally Indian Union Muslim League. Gandhi won Wayanad, considered among the safest constituencies for the party, in 2019 with a majority of over four lakh votes even as he lost from his traditional Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi's main rival in the seat, Annie Raja of CPI, also filed her nomination, and she alleged that the Congress leader had neglected his constituency in the last five years.

Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday launched the party's 'Ghar Ghar Guarantee' programme under which the party functionaries would reach out to 80 million households and make them aware of its five sets of promises with 25 guarantees that the party has vowed to implement if voted to power. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress chose Usmanpur, Kaithwara area in the North East Delhi parliamentary constituency, one of the three constituencies that the party would be contesting in the national capital this time, for the launch of the campaign. Kharge and other party members also distributed pamphlets about the details of the five sets of Congress promises that have already been announced by the party during the course of Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' that concluded in Mumbai recently.

₹1.97 trillion (over $26 billion) to support manufacturing growth in 14 sectors, especially those that help in import substitution such as specialty steel and drone components. The outlay was for a period of five years starting 2022.

Manchester United will face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London in a crucial premier league match on Thursday. Erstwhile champions, both Manchester United and Chelsea are struggling this season. While Red Devils have 48 points from 29 matches, Chelsea managed to garner 40 points off 28 games. Manchester United won two games in previous five EPL matches, Chelsea also won the same number of games in as many outings. Manchester United versus Chelsea premier league match is scheduled to kick off at 3.15 pm (ET) on Thursday, April 4.

Radisson Hotel Group currently has a hotel at every four hours of driving distance in India. The global hospitality chain targets to have a property at every two hours of driving distance, a senior official said. Radisson signed 21 new hotels in India last year, including signings for locations such as Jhansi and Sonipat. It now plans to sign about 30 hotels every year in the country for the next five years, said Elie Younes, executive vice president and global chief development officer at Radisson Hotel Group. The next five years are likely to see a record phase of expansion by global chains, including Marriott, Hilton, IHG and Wyndham, in India. CEOs, regional heads, and industry insiders say this is the most bullish they have ever been.

Biju Janata Dal president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the second list of candidates for the Odisha Assembly elections and the third list for the Lok Sabha polls. Patnaik announced the names of 27 candidates for the assembly elections and five for Lok Sabha polls. With this, the BJD has fielded 20 candidates for the state's 21 Lok Sabha seats. The BJD has not announced any name for Balasore Lok Sabha constituency. The BJD has so far declared nominees for 99 assembly seats out of the 147 Assembly seats.

In the City broker's latest UK M&A report, Charles Hall described the pace of «de-equitisation» in the market as «relentless», and said it was due to continue given the low valuations of UK companies.  The impact of the scale of de-equitisation was most evident in the FTSE SmallCap sector, Hall said, with the trend over the past five years showing a significant reduction in the number of companies.  London remains 'key destination' for IPOs From 160 companies at the end of 2018, this has been reduced to 114 by December 2023. Based on the current bids progressing, this will reduce t...

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construction on a major dam site in northwestern Pakistan after being provided with extra security, officials said Wednesday, following a deadly attack on Chinese engineers. Power China and the China Gezhouba Group Company had halted work on a pair of dam projects last month in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after a suicide bomber killed five Chinese nationals and a Pakistani driver, causing their van to plunge into a deep ravine.