https://newsonair.gov.in/Default.aspx Website cell, IT Unit, NSD, All India Radio, New Broadcasting House, New Delhi, India ? 2006 All rights reserved. All India Radio AIR International News https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467958 BNE The Key domestic share indices were trading almost flat in the afternoon trade. The BSE Sensex was up 44 points up to trade at 66,053. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468180 BNE In volatile trade, US stocks ended marginally lower yesterday. The major stocks fell amid a stormy week during which benchmark Treasury yields hit 16-year highs and investors digested the Federal Reserve's hawkish outlook revisions. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468237 BNE Foreign investors have pumped around 1.5 lakh crore rupees into the Indian capital markets this year so far even as the Foreign Portfolio investors (FPIs) pulled more than 10 thousand crore rupees from the market this month so far amid concern about interest rate hikes by global central banks. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468177 BNE Centre has sold 18.09 Lakh Metric Tonnes of wheat in 13 e-auctions under Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic). https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468171 BNE The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has decided to provide flexibility to large corporates in raising funds through issuance of debt securities for incremental financing needs. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468168 BNE JP Morgan Chase and Company (JPM) has confirmed that it will add Indian government bonds to its benchmark emerging markets bond index starting from 28th June 2024. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468146 BNE Reserve Bank of India has proposed changes in the instructions dealing wilful defaulters. In a press release, the RBI said, wilful defaulters must be defined as someone who has an outstanding amount of 25 lakh rupees and above and those who refuse to repay their loans despite having the capacity to https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467821 BNE Asian stocks ended in RED as South Korea's Kospi indices slumped 1.7 percent, Japan's Nikkei-225 declined 1.3 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index and Singapore's Straits Times both fell 1.2 percent, and China's Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.7 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468057 BNE Gold was trading down today at Multi Commodity Exchange for October contracts. The precious fell 544 rupees, to trade at 58,861 rupees per ten grams. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467816 BNE Crude oil prices slip to 92 per barrel as Fed pauses on hikes again. The US Fed held interest rates steady today while indicating one more hike before the end of 2023 and fewer rate cuts in the next year. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468116 BNE U.S. stock index futures declined as growth stocks took a hit from a jump in Treasury yields after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady while hinting at another hike this year. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467822 BNE Wall Street ended lower yesterday amid risk-off sentiment weighing as the U.S. Federal Reserve convened for its much-anticipated two-day monetary policy meeting. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=468055 BNE The Rupee, hovering near a record low, is expected to remain under pressure amid focus on crude oil prices and the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy decision. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467989 BNE India's direct tax collection recorded over eight lakh 65 thousand crore rupees (till mid september of this financial years) which is 23.51 percent higher than the corresponding period of last year. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467966 BNE The Gross Direct Tax collections have witnessed robust growth of 18.29 percent so far in this financial year with over nine lakh 87 thousand crore rupees. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467971 BNE Reserve Bank of India has said that any reversion to the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) from the New Pension Scheme (NPS) by the States would be fiscally unsustainable, though it may result in an immediate fall in their pension outgo. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467918 BNE The officers of Investigation Wing of CGST Palghar Commissionerate, Mumbai Zone have busted a fake invoice racket. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467820 BNE In the forex market, the rupee today closed at 83 rupees and 18 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467818 BNE Gold was trading up today at Multi Commodity Exchange for October contracts. The precious was up 240 rupees at 58,830 rupees per 10 grams. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467366 BNE Gold was trading down today at Multi Commodity Exchange for October contracts. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467571 BNE Asian stock markets today ended in the green. South Korea's Kospi advanced one and a half percent and Japan's Nikkei-225 traded 1.4 percent up. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467252 BNE In the forex market, the rupee today closed at 83 rupees and four paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467753 BNE Wall Street closed mixed yesterday after data showed underlying inflation remained on its slow and downward trajectory. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467394 BNE The key domestic share indices were trading almost flat in the afternoon trade. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467622 BNE Wall Street stocks ended lower as Oracle shares tumbled more than 13 per cent after a weak forecast and surging oil prices deepened worries about persistent price pressures ahead of crucial inflation readings this week. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467085 BNE Supply cuts by oil-producing countries to keep crude prices elevated. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467669 BNE The Government today said that India is the largest export partner of Bangladesh; more so than Japan and China. Speaking at exploring new trade routes, India's North East to the Bay of Bengal via Bangladesh Transit Agreement in Agartala, joint secretary (Bangladesh and Myanmar) in the ministry o https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467667 BNE Reserve Bank of India has asked all the financial institutions to release all movable/immovable property documents within 30 days upon receiving full repayment and closure of personal loan accounts. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467626 BNE The index of industrial production jumped to five month high. As per the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data, IIP grew by 5.7 percent in July this year as compared to 3.7 percent in June 2023. It was 2.2 percent in July 2022. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467627 BNE Retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index (CPI), slipped to 6.83 percent in August this year. According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data released today, rural areas saw a slightly higher inflation rate at 7.02 percent compared to urban areas at 6.59 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467593 BNE National Stock Exchange's (NSE) benchmark index, Nifty 50, hit the 20,000 mark for the first time today, on the following day of the G20 Summit. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467511 BNE A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore collaboration opportunities on 6G wireless technologies in India and other parts of the world was signed between Bharat 6G Alliance and Next G Alliance, an initiative of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS). https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467470 BNE RBI has decided to discontinue Incremental Cash Reserve Ratio which was put in place to absorb surplus liquidity following the withdrawal of 2,000 rupees currency notes, in a phased manner beginning tomorrow. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465074 BNE The key domestic share indices witnessed gains of more than half a percent on 7th Sep 2023. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467365 BNE The US share indices closed lower yesterday. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467087 BNE Asian stock markets today closed mixed. Japan's Nikkei-225 appreciated 0.6 percent and China's Shanghai Composite index added 0.1 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467156 BNE Indian Railways has achieved freight loading of over 634 million tonnes between April and August this year which is over 13 million tonnes more than the corresponding period last year. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467090 BNE Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that the total value of ₹2000 banknotes received back from circulation is ₹3.32 lakh crore up to August 31, 2023. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467086 BNE On Wall Street yesterday, key indices ended mixed, after US inflation data matched estimates, underscoring expectations the Federal Reserve could pause its monetary tightening, while shares of Sales force climbed following an up upbeat forecast. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467084 BNE Gold fell 100 rupees, to 60,150 rupees per ten grams at Delhi's bullion markets, today, amid weak global cues. Silver lost 400 rupees, to 77,100 rupees per kilo. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467083 BNE The gross GST revenue collected in August is 1,59,069 crore rupees. This includes CGST of 28,328 crores, SGST of 35,794 crores, and IGST of 83,251 crores. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=467020 BNE India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) registered a growth of 7.8 percent in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal (2023-2024), compared to a growth of 6.1 percent in the previous January-March quarter of fiscal 2022-23. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466842 BNE On Wall Street, key indexes ended sharply higher yesterday (29 August 2023), lifted by Tesla, Nvidia and other mega-cap growth stocks after a drop in monthly job openings cemented expectations of a pause in interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466843 BNE Asian stocks today witnessed gains. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index climbed 1.9 percent and China's Shanghai Composite index surged 1.2 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466840 BNE Gold jumped 300 rupees, to 60,100 rupees per ten grams at Delhi's bullion market, on Wednesday(30 August 2023), amid strong global cues. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466841 BNE Oil prices today rose more than half a percent. In intra-day trade, Brent crude was trading at 85 dollars per barrel. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466838 BNE In the forex market, the rupee closed at 82 rupees and 70 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466691 BNE Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that India has showcased an accelerated pace of economic reforms in the last nine years. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466699 BNE The sowing area of rice and coarse cereals have increased under Kharif crops this year as compared to last year. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466634 BNE In a recent episode of Akashvani's program "Spotlight," the spotlight was on India's remarkable progress towards equitable and collective prosperity. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466529 BNE Gold prices today declined 50 rupees at Multi Commodity Exchange for October contracts. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466475 BNE Asian stock markets gained today after blockbuster results from tech giant Nvidia boosted Wall Street, while a retreat in government bond yields eased pressure on borrowing costs, further boosting sentiment. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466629 BNE U.S. stocks closed higher yesterday, as tech giant Nvidia jumped 8 percent in trading after the bell, hitting an all-time high. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466477 BNE In the forex market, the rupee closed at 82 rupees and 58 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466528 BNE Global stocks today extended their comeback rally. The US benchmark Treasury yields touched a 16-year high on concerns those interest rates could stay higher for longer and the safe-haven dollar nudged lower from recent 10-week highs. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466527 BNE The three major US share indices jumped as investors were optimistic amid gains in technology-related stocks gaining. The Nasdaq ended more than one and a half percent higher yesterday. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466484 BNE In a dynamic discussion on Akashvani's Spotlight program, economic analyst Sushma Ramachandran and anchor Lalima Aneja Dang delved into the significance and key priorities of the G20 Meeting on the Digital Economy, highlighting India's burgeoning digital prowess and global leadership. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466483 BNE Gold prices today rose by three rupees at Multi Commodity Exchange for October contracts. The precious metal was trading at 58,378 rupees per 10 grams. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466482 BNE Oil prices rose today as global supply is tightening with lower exports from Saudi Arabia and Russia. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466455 BNE The EPFO has added 17 lakh and 89 thousand members on net basis in June this year. As per the Labour Ministry data, month to month comparison of the payroll data shows an increasing trend in the enrollment with adding up of 9.71 per cent net members over previous month of May 2023. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466442 BNE Foreign Investors pumped in over 13,000 crore rupees into the Indian capital markets so far in August. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466333 BNE Oil prices fell today as China's economic woes results in signs of tight supply. In intra-day trade, Brent crude was trading at 83 dollars and 77 cents per barrel. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466330 BNE Wall Street's main indexes closed lower yesterday as losses in healthcare stocks outshined the gains in Cisco and energy stocks. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466327 BNE In the forex market, the rupee closed at 83 rupees and 10 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466314 BNE Reserve Bank issued guidelines to banks, NBFCs on levying of penal rates of interest on loans. RBI in a circular dated 18th Aug 2023 mentioned that there shall be no capitalisation of penal charges i.e. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466243 BNE State Bank of India is planning to open 300 new branches across the country in the current financial year. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466237 BNE Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met the Governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Hayashi Nobumitsu in New Delhi today. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465820 BNE Gold prices today declined 130 rupees at Multi Commodity Exchange for October contracts. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466216 BNE Asian stock markets today ended with losses. South Korea's Kospi tumbled 1.8 percent, Japan's Nikkei-225 plunged one and a half percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index declined 1.4 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465821 BNE Oil prices were little changed today as investors weighed worries about China's embattled economy against expectations of tighter supply in the United States. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466098 BNE In the forex market, the rupee closed at 82 rupees and 95 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466200 BNE In a recent discussion on Akashvani's program "Spotlight," the spotlight was on the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act 2023, a game-changing policy reform aimed at revitalizing India's mineral sector. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466165 BNE Russia has hiked interest rates to 12 percent after the rouble fell to its lowest value in 16 months. The currency fell past 100 per dollar yesterday, prompting Russia's central bank to hold an emergency meeting. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466105 BNE India’s overall exports in July this year are estimated at 59.43 billion dollars, despite global headwinds. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=466063 BNE The Centre has decided to release 50 Lakh Metric Tonnes of wheat and 25 LMT of rice through E-auctions under the Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) or OMSS (D) scheme. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465983 BNE The index of industrial production grew by 3.7 percent in June 2023 from 5.3 percent in May this year. As per the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation data released today, manufacturing sector's output grew by 3.1 percent and Mining output rose by 7.6 percent for the reported peri https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465824 BNE Asian stock markets today ended in red. China's Shanghai Composite index declined two percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index depreciated 0.9 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465904 BNE Wall Street's main indices ended in green yesterday, due to milder-than-feared inflation data as investors worried about the U.S. economy's longer-term prospects. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465696 BNE In the forex market, the rupee closed at 82 rupees and 84 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465823 BNE All three major US benchmark stocks finished lower yesterday in a broad sell-off after the downgrading of several lenders by credit rating agency Moody. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465701 BNE Gold prices today fell 40 rupees at Multi Commodity Exchange for October contracts. The precious metal was trading at 59,380 rupees per 10 grams. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465699 BNE Asian stock markets today traded mixed. Japan's Nikkei-225 gained 0.4 percent and Singapore's Straits Times index rose marginally by 0.1 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465702 BNE Oil prices on Monday (07 August 2023) surged to their highest levels since mid-April, after top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia pledged to extend supply cuts through September, further tightening supplies. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465656 BNE Global crude oil prices rose for the sixth straight week, after top producers Saudi Arabia and Russia extended supply cuts through September, adding to undersupply concerns. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465545 BNE The Centre has clarified that there is no ban on the import of IT Hardware like tablets and laptops as such devices can be imported after obtaining a valid license by companies or traders. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465227 BNE Oil slid further today after dropping sharply from more than three-month highs in the previous session. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465462 BNE In the forex market, the rupee closed at 82 rupees and 73 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465232 BNE Asian stocks lost except China's Shanghai Composite which gained 0.6 percent. Japan's Nikkei-225 declined 1.7 percent, Singapore's Straits Times index fell 0.6 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.5 percent and South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.4 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465456 BNE US stocks slumped yesterday after Fitch's downgrade of the United States' sovereign credit rating. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465231 BNE Gold prices today fell a meagre 40 rupees at Multi Commodity Exchange for August contracts. The precious metal was trading at 59,088 rupees per 10 gram. Silver declined 710 rupees to trade at 72,250 rupees per kilogram for September Contracts. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465350 BNE Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that 28 percent GST on casinos and online gaming will be levied on face value. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465389 BNE The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed weaker yesterday. The three major US indices traded in a narrow range, on the first day of seasonally slow August, ahead of U.S. jobs data and major companies' earnings reports later this week. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465379 BNE The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) is paving the way towards becoming a 100 Million Tonnes (MT) mining company. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465376 BNE India's exports, which include merchandise plus services, have increased phenomenally in recent times. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Anupriya Patel said the government has taken many steps to improve the country's exports. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465374 BNE More than 6 lakh villages, including tribal villages, are covered with broadband connectivity. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Communications, Devu Singh Chauhan said as on March 2022, around 6 lakh 384 villages are connected with broadband out of 6 lakh 44 thousand 131 vi https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465348 BNE A record over six crore 77 lakh Income Tax Returns, ITRs have been filed for 2023-24. The Central Board of Direct Taxes, CBDT said, the total number of ITRs filed till yesterday is 16 per cent more in comparison to the previous financial year of five crore 83 lakh. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465371 BNE Union Minister of Textiles Piyush Goyal said the government has envisioned partnerships and international collaborations projects to globalise the country’s textiles industry. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465338 BNE A record of over 6.77 crore Income Tax return, ITR have been filed for 2023-24. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465313 BNE The Reserve Bank of India has informed that almost 88 percent of the two thousand rupee banknotes have been received back from circulation. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465310 BNE The gross goods and services tax, GST, revenue collection for the last month stood at one lakh 65 thousand 105 crore rupees, which is 11 per cent higher than the same month last year. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465305 BNE All public sector banks in the country are in profit and the government has no plans to merge or disinvest public sector banks in the current financial year. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465270 BNE Income Tax Department has said that more than 6.50 crore Income Tax Returns have been filed so far. It said 36 lakh 91 thousand ITRs have been filed till 6 PM yesterday. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465238 BNE The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 8.2 percent provisionally in June this year as compared to the Index of June 2022. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465237 BNE In the forex market, the rupee closed at 82 rupees and 25 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465206 BNE The Income Tax (IT) Department has achieved a new milestone with over six crore Income Tax Returns (ITRs) filed this year so far. Around 26 lakh 76 thousand ITRs have been filed till 6.30 pm yesterday. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465089 BNE The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of 30 lakh rupees on Indigo Airlines for certain systemic deficiencies in documentation pertaining to operations, training procedures, and engineering procedures. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465081 BNE U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday after news that the Bank of Japan will allow long-term interest rates to rise sent U.S. yields higher, snapping the longest winning streak for the Dow since 1987. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465080 BNE Asian stocks rose except Japan's Nikkei-225, which fell 0.4 percent. Singapore's Straits Times index climbed 1.0 percent, South Korea's Kospi up 0.17 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index gained 1.3 percent and China's Shanghai Composite rose 1.8 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465077 BNE In the forex market, the rupee closed at 82 rupees and 24 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465076 BNE In intra-day trade, Brent crude was trading at 83 dollars and 88 cents a barrel. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=464590 BNE Gold prices today rose 60 rupees at Multi Commodity Exchange for August contracts. The precious metal was trading at 59,525 rupees per 10 grams. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=465020 BNE Asian stocks gained except China's Shanghai Composite which fell 0.2 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index led the rally, surging 1.4 percent, Singapore's Straits Times index rose one percent, Japan's Nikkei-225 added 0.7 percent and South Korea's Kospi gained 0.4 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=464583 BNE In the forex market, the rupee appreciated five paise to close at 81 rupees and 95 paise against the US dollar. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=464963 BNE U.S. stocks ended mixed yesterday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to their highest level in more than two decades. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=464579 BNE Brent crude price climbed more than half a percent, recouping losses from the previous session. Its rise was supported by supply tightness owing to OPEC production cuts and renewed optimism on the outlook for Chinese demand and global growth. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=464889 BNE Key domestic benchmark closed with losses of more than half a percent. The BSE Sensex tumbled 440 points, or 0.66 percent, to finish at 66,267. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=464962 BNE The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed higher yesterday before earnings reports from megacap technology companies Alphabet and Microsoft. The Nasdaq Composite index gained 0.6 percent. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=464911 BNE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised India’s growth forecast, projecting a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 6.1 per cent in the current fiscal. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=464886 BNE The Indian Pharmaceuticals Industry turnover has increased from 2.26 lakh crore rupees in 2017-2018 to over 3.44 lakh crore rupees in 2021-22. https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=463431 BNE The Key domestic share indices today fell marginally in the afternoon trade. The BSE Sensex fell 51 points to trade at 66,333.