The Press Trust of India Ltd., commonly known as PTI, is the largest news agency in India. It is headquartered in New Delhi and is a nonprofit cooperative among more than 500 Indian newspapers and has about 500 full-time employees as of 1 Jan 2020 including about 400 journalists and 500 part time correspondents in most of the district headquarters in the country..
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NTPC To Begin Commercial Operations Of Second Unit Of North Karanpura Power Project
PTI
| Monday, March 18, 2024, 15:10 [IST]
NTPC on Monday said it will start commercial operations of second unit of its North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project on March 20. NTPC's North Karanpura Super Thermal Power (STPP) project is a coal-based power plant located in the Chatra district ...
Passion, Not Money Should Drive Entrepreneurs Looking To Start Successful Ventures, Zomato CEO
PTI
| Monday, March 18, 2024, 14:59 [IST]
Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal on Monday advised entrepreneurs to be led by passion and drive while building the company of their dreams, and cautioned that starting a venture with the sole desire of making money won't work and may lead to ...
Shares Of IOC, BPCL, HPCL Slip
PTI
| Friday, March 15, 2024, 12:58 [IST]
Shares of Oil Market Companies (OMCs) -- Indian Oil Corporation, BPCL, and HPCL -- tumbled on Friday after the petrol and diesel prices were cut by Rs 2 per litre each. The stock of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) plummeted 8.10 ...
Pakistan Central Bank Investigates Misprinted Rs 1,000 Notes In Circulation
PTI
| Thursday, March 14, 2024, 16:02 [IST]
Pakistan's central bank has said it was investigating how some misprinted banknotes of Rs 1,000 denomination were issued by it to commercial banks, after a video went viral showing the backside of some of those notes as blank, according to a ...
Global Trade Growth Probably To Accelerate In 2024: Report
PTI
| Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 14:47 [IST]
Globalisation reached a record high in 2022 and stayed nearly as high in 2023, despite various global shocks over the past decade, such as the Covid-19 pandemic, wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the US-China trade conflict, a report said on ...
Kolkata Businessman's Body Found In Jute Sack, Business Partner Held
PTI
| Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 14:41 [IST]
The body of a missing businessman was recovered from underneath a water tank on the outskirts of the city, a police officer said on Wednesday. The body of Bhavo Lakhani, who lived in Ballygunge area here, was found in a jute ...
Karnataka Government Prohibits Usage Of Artificial Colours In 'Gobi Manchurian' & 'Cotton Candy'
PTI
| Monday, March 11, 2024, 15:19 [IST]
The Karnataka government on Monday prohibited usage of artificial colours in 'Gobi Manchurian' and 'Cotton Candy' in the state as their usage causes adverse effects on public health, especially children. According to the food safety and quality department, samples of 'Gobi ...
India To Grow At 6.8% In FY25, To Become Upper Middle-Income Country By 2031
PTI
| Wednesday, March 06, 2024, 13:30 [IST]
Crisil Ratings on Wednesday projected India's GDP growth at 6.8 per cent in the next fiscal and said the country will become an upper middle-income nation by 2031 with the economy doubling to USD 7 trillion. In its India Outlook report, ...
IIFL Finance Shares Tank 20 Percent; Hit Lower Circuit Limit
PTI
| Tuesday, March 05, 2024, 12:51 [IST]
Shares of IIFL Finance Ltd slumped 20 per cent on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank barred the firm from disbursing gold loans, with immediate effect following multiple supervisory concerns, including serious deviations in assaying and certifying the purity of the yellow ...
China Retains 5 Percent Growth Target For 2024 As Economy Struggles To Shake Off Slowdown
PTI
| Tuesday, March 05, 2024, 11:28 [IST]
Grappling with economic slowdown and dwindling business sentiment, China has fixed a modest official growth target of around five per cent this year with a pledge to create 12 million jobs amid growing concerns over rising unemployment. The country expects to ...
What Is Tax Saving Fixed Deposit? Benefits & Eligibility
PTI
| Monday, March 04, 2024, 16:11 [IST]
Tax-saving fixed deposit (FD) is a type of FD scheme that provides investors with tax benefits. The scheme is offered by many banks and is similar to regular FDs, but with the added advantage of tax-saving benefits. Tax-saving FDs are also ...
India Permits Export of 30,000 Tonnes Of Non-Basmati White Rice To Tanzania
PTI
| Monday, March 04, 2024, 12:22 [IST]
The government has permitted exports of 30,000 tonne of non-basmati white rice to Tanzania and 80,000 tonne of broken rice to Djibouti and Guinea Bissau. The export is permitted through National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL), the Directorate General of Foreign Trade ...