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top bond buyers along with an examination of some of the other key numbers that have emerged from the initial data dump. FUTURE GAMING & HOTEL SERVICES Bettor than Rest: A Realty Check for ‘Lottery King The top buyer of electoral bonds is Coimbatore-based Future Gaming & Hotel Services, founded in 1991 by Santiago Martin. The group bought electoral bonds worth Rs 1,368 crore between April 12, 2019, and January 24, 2024.

imports of yellow peas, which are used in place of chana, beyond April to keep the pulses inflation under control as the yield of chana is expected to be low on account of a decline in acreage and lower productivity, said an official. «Yellow pea imports are expected to help offset the anticipated shortfall in the supply of chana as the domestic crop is projected to be lower than that last year on drop in acreage and weather impacting the yields,» said the official, who did not wish to be identified. In early December 2023, the Centre allowed duty-free imports of yellow peas until March 2024 and later extended it till April as part of efforts to cool the prices of pulses which had kept food inflation high for the past few months.

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Tshering Tobgay heaped praises on his Indian counterpart and expressed his deep appreciation for India's role as a reliable, trusted and valued partner in his country's developmental priorities. In their talks on Thursday night, the two leaders reviewed the progress in bilateral ties in various areas, including infrastructure development, connectivity, energy, hydropower cooperation, people-to-people exchanges and development cooperation, officials said. «They (Modi and Tobgay) reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen the special and unique India-Bhutan friendship,» said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, is once again in the spotlight, this time with a surprising return to Instagram to unveil her latest venture. The actress-turned-royal introduced her new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, through social media platforms, marking her reentry into the digital realm.

Also Read: Watch | Did Shah Rukh Khan kiss Ed Sheeran in a viral video? Netizens react The incident took place on March 7, when a woman named Ishani ordered a plain dosa, but was left in shock after discovering several black spots on it. It didn't take her long to identify the black spots in the dosa as ‘cockroaches’. Also Read: Ticketless passengers assault TTE on train, netizens cheer after they face 'instant karma' | Video Within seconds, Ishani asked her friend to record a video of the cockroach dosa, however, the hotel staff didn't let her fully record the video of the meal as they entered in the middle and took away the plate.

Cocoa prices have climbed past a record set nearly a half-century ago, costing chocolate makers, bakers and aficionados alike. The sharp climb in price for chocolate’s main ingredient started with bad weather in West Africa, where much of the world’s cocoa is grown. Speculators piling into one of the hottest trades outside of artificial intelligence have added fuel to the rally.

joint secretaries have been appointed in different central government departments as part of a senior-level bureaucratic reshuffle effected on Friday by the Centre. These officers are from Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), Indian Revenue Service (IRS) and India Postal Service (IPoS) among others. Senior bureaucrat Deepankar Aron has been named joint secretary, department of chemicals and petrochemicals, Harish Kumar Vashisth will be joint DG, Directorate General of Civil Aviation and Siddharth Mahajan has been named as joint secretary in the department of commerce, according to a personnel ministry order. Anand Madhukar will be Additional DG, Archaeological Survey of India, Swati Meena Naik has been named as the joint secretary, department of drinking water and sanitation, and Ravi Shanakar and Gulzar N will be joint secretaries in the department of food and public distribution.

Gillette India Ltd.(up 2.20%), Heritage Foods Ltd.(up 1.71%), Colgate-Palmolive(India)Ltd.(up 1.54%), Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.(up 1.44%), Sheetal Cool Products Ltd.(up 1.22%), Varun Beverages Ltd.(up 1.17%), Tata Consumer Products Ltd.(up 1.16%), Vadilal Industries Ltd.(up 1.08%), Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Healthcare Ltd.(up 0.82%) and ADF Foods Ltd.(up 0.80%) stood among the top gainers.

Piyush Goyal, 59, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Textiles, as well as Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha, hit the campaign trail must be when he was a young boy when his mother fought corporation polls in Mumbai after the Emergency and later assembly polls in the nineties. Now Goyal is part of a sizable group of BJP's Rajya Sabha MPs who have been fielded in Lok Sabha elections as the party aims to cross the 400-seat mark. Names of Goyal, Sarbananda Sonowal, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, V Muraleedharan: Anil Baluni and Bhupendra Yadav have been announced while Nirmala Sitharaman and S. Jaishankar are likely to join this group. In his 14-year-long career (for he was first elected to Rajya Sabha in 2010), Goyal has emerged as a deft minister and a politician well-versed in the art of the possible. His first electoral tryst will not be a coming-of-age act but a rite of passage he skipped as he gained stature. The go-to man for the party as well as the government, Goyal is now going to the people. He has been fielded from Mumbai North constituency.

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₹22,000 per tonne to ₹26,500 per tonne over the past three months. This is attributed to the government's push on ethanol production to achieve the E20 target by 2025-26, amid declining sugar production. Consequently, chicken prices rose from ₹100-110 a month ago to ₹106-130 per kg across key farm gates in tier-1 cities, including Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata, according to spot traders.

ITC with a target price of Rs 470. The current market price of ITC Ltd. is Rs 422. ITC Ltd., incorporated in the year 1910, is a Large Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 526034.04 Crore) operating in Tobacco sector.

This year, Indian debt will begin to be included in global bond indexes, starting with JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s products in June, followed by the Bloomberg Emerging Market Local Currency Government Index from January 2025. (Disclaimer: Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, offers index products for various asset classes through Bloomberg Index Services Ltd.) And, when last quarter’s growth numbers were announced in the past fortnight, analysts were startled to see that the Indian economy had apparently grown at an annualized rate of 8.4%. There are certainly solid grounds for optimism. India’s macroeconomic stability is impressive compared to many of its peers. Pandemic spending wasn’t excessive. The fiscal deficit has been steadily shrinking as a proportion of gross domestic product. The rupee has been remarkably stable. And “core” inflation, which excludes food and fuel prices, has eased to 3.3% year-on-year, according to data released this week.

rupee depreciated 12 paise to 82.96 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday, weighed down by a strong American currency and a negative trend in domestic equities. Forex traders said foreign fund outflows and elevated crude oil prices in the international market also dented investors' sentiments. According to interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 82.95 against the dollar and touched a low of 82.96 in the initial trade, registering a fall of 12 paise over its previous close.

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capital expenditure and subsidy pay-out. The savings could mainly come from the subsidy bill on account of softening fertiliser prices, under-utilisation of funds by states, including for their capital spending and interest from states on money parked in single nodal agency accounts, a senior official told ET. The government, in the budget presented last month, had revised its 2023-24 expenditure estimate to ₹44.90 lakh crore from the previously budgeted ₹45.03 lakh crore. Any unspent amount from the revised estimate, backed by improved tax collections, could help the Centre further trim its fiscal deficit from the budgeted 5.8% of gross domestic product unless there is some last-minute adjustment necessitating an additional outgo, the official said.

Mint. Increasingly, companies and brands are chasing affluent Indian consumers who are driving up sales of expensive cars, real estate and bags among others. In premium foods, too, more companies are stepping in, increasing the competitive landscape for the Biyani sisters. For instance, last year, Spencer’s Retail Ltd, an RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group subsidiary, announced its foray into upmarket grocery retail under the Nature’s Basket Artisan Pantry brand, citing demand for pricey truffle, caviar, and exotic mushrooms.

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