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Home-cooked meals get expensive in June as tomatoes get dearer

Home-cooked meals get expensive in June as tomatoes get dearer

Mumbai, Jul 8 (PTI) The price of a home-cooked meal or a thali increased in June compared with the preceding month on dearer tomato prices, a report said on Tuesday. A vegetarian thali’s cost moved up 3 per cent to Rs 27.1 in June as compared with Rs 26.2 in May, while the same for a non-vegetarian thali was up 4 per cent to Rs 54.8 per thali in June as against Rs 52.6 in May, as per the report. The monthly ‘Roti, Rice, Rate’ report by an arm of domestic rating agency Crisil explained that an 8 per cent

Rupee rises 26 paise to close at 85.68 against US dollar

Rupee rises 26 paise to close at 85.68 against US dollar

Mumbai, Jul 8 (PTI) The rupee rose 26 paise to close at 85.68 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday on the back of a decline in global crude oil prices and a weaker greenback. Foreign fund inflows and firm domestic equity markets further boosted the rupee, according to forex traders. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 85.75 against the US dollar and traded in a narrow range of 85.64-85.80 before settling at 85.68 (provisional), up 26 paise from the previous close. The local unit logged a steep fall of 54 paise to settle at 85.94 against

Sensex advances 270 pts on fag-end buying in banking stocks, gains in Asian peers

Sensex advances 270 pts on fag-end buying in banking stocks, gains in Asian peers

Mumbai, Jul 8 (PTI) Benchmark BSE Sensex closed higher by 270 points on Tuesday, helped by late-day buying in banking and select IT shares as well as positive trends in the Asian markets. The 30-share barometer rose by 270.01 points or 0.32 per cent to settle at 83,712.51 with 18 of its constituents ending higher and 12 lower. Sensex hit a high of 83,812.31 and a low of 83,320.95, gyrating 491.36 points. The 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 61.20 points or 0.24 per cent to settle at 25,522.50, after a muted trading session. Stock markets moved in a range for most

When will PM break his silence: Congress after Trump repeats ‘stopped India-Pak conflict’ claim

When will PM break his silence: Congress after Trump repeats ‘stopped India-Pak conflict’ claim

New Delhi, Jun 8 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday said US President Donald Trump has for at least the 21st time repeated his claims on bringing about a “ceasefire” between India and Pakistan, and asked when will Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his “silence” on this issue. In his remarks on Monday, Trump repeated the claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan by telling the two neighbours that Washington would not do trade with them if they continued the fighting. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said, “For at least the 21st time in the last

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