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Kolkata airport gets DigiYatra, check-in with facial recognition tech

Passengers travelling through the Kolkata airport will now be able to check in for their flights and board planes with facial recognition technology as DigiYatra was rolled out

Compliance period extended from 2 to 3 yrs for 'large corporates': Sebi

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Friday extended the compliance requirement to three years for 'large corporates' to raise at least 25 per cent of their incremental borrowings

Financial, IT stocks aid Indian shares snap three-month losing streak

The Nifty 50 index closed 1.63% higher at 17,359.75. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 1.78% to 58,991.52. Both the indexes logged their best day in since Nov. 11

Shriram General Insurance bets big on EVs, join hands with several OEMS

Company targets 40% growth in gross direct premium in 2023-24

India objects to $280-billion US programme to promote chipmaking

India and the US have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier this month

Sensex soars 1,031 pts, ends FY23 0.7% up; Nifty regains 17,350; RIL shines

CLOSING BELL: Nestle India, Infosys and ICICI Bank were the other major gainers among the Sensex 30 on Friday, up over 3 per cent each.

Excise policy case: Delhi court dismisses Manish Sisodia's bail plea

A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a bail plea of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case lodged by the CBI

Awaiting Centre nod to new action plan on climate change: Assam minister

The Assam government is awaiting the Centre's approval for its action plan for 2021-30 to tackle climate change, state minister Keshab Mahanta said in the assembly on Friday

ICICI to double wealth bankers, boost assets to $60 billion in 2 yrs

ICICI Securities Ltd. aims to double its wealth managers and boost the assets from rich clients to $60 billion in the next two years, as competition ramps up in India's rapidly growing wealth industry

India unveils 'dynamic' foreign trade policy, eyes $2 trn exports by 2030

India on Friday came out with a 'dynamic and responsive' foreign trade policy with the objective of raising the country's outward shipments to USD 2 trillion by 2030

This summer, NASA puts four humans on Mars with their feet on Earth

The experiment that simulates Mars habitat may put humans on track to be an interplanetary species

Protecting investors

Sebi's decisions will improve transparency

Europe's inflation eases to 6.9% as energy prices fall, food still up

Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency slowed to 6.9 per cent in March, the lowest level in a year, with food costs still on the rise while energy prices fell

Urbanrise purchases 9.24 acre land parcel from Mahindra Life Spaces

Real estate developer Urbanrise has acquired a land parcel of 9.24 acre from Mahindra Life Spaces to develop a two million sq ft luxury highrise apartment community at Mahindra World City

Why has Donald Trump been indicted and can he run for 2024 elections?

With his indictment on Friday, Trump has become the first former US president to face criminal charges

RBI likely to follow Fed, keep rates higher for a while, says economist

The RBI's six-member rate-setting panel will meet April 3, 5 and 6 to likely raise the benchmark rate for a seventh successive time

IFFCO-Tokio crosses Rs 10,000 crore gross written premium in FY23

IFFCO-Tokio General Insurance on Friday said it has achieved a milestone of generating Rs 10,000 crore of gross written premium for the current fiscal

OYO pre-files draft paper for IPO; likely to list around Diwali: Report

Oravel Stays - which operates hospitality tech firm OYO - on Friday pre-filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with stock market regulator Sebi, sources said

Indian-origin engineer to lead NASA's latest Moon to Mars Programme

Amit Kshatriya, a decorated Indian-American software and robotics engineer was appointed as the first head of NASA's newly-established Moon to Mars Programme

World Bank says recoveries in developing Asian economies losing steam

Developing economies in Asia have mostly regained ground lost during the pandemic but are seeing their recoveries stall as productivity lags, the World Bank said in a report released Friday