Google announced the introduction of the Google for Startups accelerator programme for female-led businesses on Tuesday. This is the first time the IT giant has announced a programme aimed specifically at women entrepreneurs in India. This year, the programme for women-focused creators will include two cohorts, each supporting 20 women founders. Google will choose 20 […]
India has cut its tax on crude palm oil (CPO) imports to 5% from 7.5%, the government said in a notification, as the world’s biggest edible oil importer tries to rein in local prices of the commodity and help domestic refiners and consumers. The reduction in the tax, known as the Agriculture Infrastructure and Development […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Silver prices were moderately higher on August 24 tracking subdued movement in gold and firm dollar. The precious metal had increased 2.4 percent yesterday on the COMEX. The white metal pared losses and turned into the green after a gap-down start in the afternoon session, tracking the muted overseas cues. The […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands RBI Monetary Policy LIVE Updates: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain status quo and keep interest rates unchanged. Currently, the repo rate is 4 percent and reverse repo rate is 3.35 percent. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das said the policy stance continues to be “accommodative”. […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Cryptocurrency prices continue to be in the red on July 13. The global cryptocurrency market cap is $1.37 trillion, a 3.05 percent decrease over the last day, while the total crypto market volume over the last 24 hours is $62.75 billion, which makes an 18.86 percent increase. The volume of all […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Reliance Industries will hold its 44th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 2 pm on June 24. Reliance Industries is likely to make announcements across its telecom, retail and O2C businesses, as has been the norm in the past. AGMs have also been an occasion for new investors to join the digital […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands For the planned initial public offering (IPO) of the state-run Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the central government is considering to seek proposals from investment banks in June, a report said on June 3. People familiar to the development claimed that proposals could be sought from the investment banks “this month”, adding that government […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands New Delhi: Petrol and diesel rates were unchanged on Thursday as the oil marketing companies decided to keep rates on pause for the second day. Fuel prices have witnessed sporadic rise in the last few days. On Tuesday Petrol price was increased by 26 paise per litre and diesel by 23 paise a […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Microsoft Corp on Tuesday said it has helped over 30 million people across 249 countries and territories gain access to digital skills, including close to 3 million people from India. This number is higher than the initial goal of 25 million that was announced by the tech giant in June last […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands India’s Hero Motors Company (HMC) Group on Tuesday announced plans to set up a new international headquarters, Hero International (HIT), in London as part of a push towards expanding Hero Cycles’ overseas business and strengthening its global presence. The company said HIT is aimed at bringing HMC’s European businesses under one […]