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Cabinet approves interim budget

Feb 1, 2024

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the interim budget on Thursday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is now presenting the interim budget in the Lok Sabha. She reached her ministry where she had a photo session with his budget preparation team. She along with Minister of State for Finance…

Sensex up more than 200 points before interim Budget

Feb 1, 2024

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Markets are in the green before the Interim Budget 2024 with the Sensex up more than 200 points.Sensex is trading at 72,025.83 points up by 273.72 points.Shares of Powergrid are up by more than 4 per cent, Maruti by…

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Cybersecurity firm Proofpoint slashes 280 jobs globally

Feb 1, 2024

San Francisco, Feb 1 (IANS) US-based cybersecurity company Proofpoint is laying off 280 employees, or around six per cent of its total workforce of 4,500. The job cuts will include around 20 employees in its Israel offices, which number…

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Interim Budget 2024: Strong economic fundamentals make it easier for FM to go for growth

Feb 1, 2024

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget 2024 to be presented in Parliament at 11 am today is expected to continue with the government’s big ticket expenditure on infrastructure projects and focus on…

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Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh invests in boAt

Feb 1, 2024

New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Homegrown consumer electronics brand boAt has announced that Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh invested an undisclosed amount in the company, becoming a key stakeholder in its future.As part of the deal, he has been…

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Growth of core sector slows to 14-month low of 3.8% in Dec

Jan 31, 2024

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The growth rate of India's eight core sector industries slowed to a 14-month low of 3.8 per cent in December, official figures released on Wednesday showed.The growth of the cement and electricity segments fell to a…

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RBI bars Paytm Payments Bank from accepting deposits after Feb 29

Jan 31, 2024

Mumbai, Jan 31 (IANS) The RBI has barred Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) from further deposits or credit transactions or top ups in any customer accounts, prepaid instruments, wallets, FASTags, NCMC cards, etc. after February 29, 2024, other…

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Meta’s Threads reaches top 10 as its downloads tripled in Dec, X drops to No. 36

Jan 31, 2024

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Meta’s X rival Threads has witnessed growth in December last year, with downloads tripling, placing it in the top 10 most downloaded apps for the month on both the App Store and Google Play. According to data from…

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NTPC inks pact to partner Numaligarh Refinery in green projects

Jan 31, 2024

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Government-owned power giant NTPC Ltd has signed an MoU with Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL), for partnership opportunities in the proposed bamboo-based bio-refinery at NTPC Bongaigaon and other green projects. NRL is…

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Wipro likely to cut hundreds of jobs to improve margins

Jan 31, 2024

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Software major Wipro is likely to cut hundreds of mid-level jobs, as the company looks to improve its margins, the media reported. In a statement to CNBC-TV18, a company's spokesperson said, "We are committed to…

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