Cybersecurity tops corporate priorities in India now: Study

Organisations in India are seeing a significant increase in the cybersecurity challenges they face amid the shift to mass remote working, a new study by Cisco shows. According to the study, 73 per cent of organisations in the country have experienced a 25 per cent or more jump in either cyber threats or alerts since […]
Gold gains on renewed hopes of US stimulus deal, weaker dollar

Gold rose on Wednesday as optimism that U.S. lawmakers could reach an agreement on a pre-election coronavirus relief package weakened the dollar and bolstered bullion’s appeal as a hedge against inflation. Spot gold gained 0.6% at $1,918.56 per ounce by 0742 GMT, after hitting a one-week high earlier in the session. U.S. gold futures were […]
China on road to economic recovery as consumption boosts

China’s economic recovery accelerated in the third quarter as consumers shook off their coronavirus caution, although the weaker-than-expected headline growth suggested persistent risks for one of the few drivers of global demand. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 4.9% in July-September from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday, slower than the 5.2% forecast by […]
Punjab, Haryana, Himachal in fray for drug park

All northern states, except J&K, will compete with each other besides southern and western states for a bulk drug park to reduce the country’s dependence on China. The last date to apply for the same was October 15. We have appealed to the government to do away with minimum investment cap on availing production-linked incentive […]
Satisfactory progress on implementation of business revival package: Govt

SRINAGAR : In order to provide assistance to business entities, the LG administration had recently announced a number of measures to provide growth momentum in various sectors of the economy. A comprehensive package of Rs 1350 crore was announced by the LG, Manoj Sinha in the previous month responding to the demands put forth by […]
Lucrative integrated farming new attraction for Saffron cultivators

High returns of integrated farming have become another attraction for the cultivators of high end Saffron crop in this mountainous district of Kishtwar. Together with the Saffron, a high-value commercial/export crop being grown in a few pockets, the farmers are undertaking mushroom cultivation, Bee Keeping, Protected Vegetable growing with special focus on local specialties for […]
Indian partner Future Group broke pact after Ambani sale deal, says Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. said its Indian partner Future Group violated a contract by entering into a $3.4 billion sale agreement with billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd., a spat that could derail the country’s biggest retail deal. “We have initiated steps to enforce our contractual rights,” a spokeswoman for the Seattle-based e-commerce giant said in an […]
Fearful of untimely snowfall, apple growers begin early pruning of trees

Shopian: Haunted still by memories of last year’s untimely snowfall in early November and its resultant havoc in the horticulture sector, apple growers in south Kashmir have gone for early pruning of fruit trees, in the beginning of October itself; something which has never been done at this stage before. Even as this season’s e […]
Rupee settles 17 paise lower at 73.46 against US dollar

The rupee pared initial gains and settled for the day 17 paise lower at 73.46 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.17 tracking positive domestic equities and weak greenback, but soon pared the gains and finally closed at 73.46, down 17 paise over its […]
Rupee settles 16 paise lower at 73.29 against US dollar

The rupee depreciated by 16 paise to close at 73.29 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday even as the domestic equity market was trading with significant gains. The Indian currency opened at 73.16 at the interbank forex market and touched an intra-day high of 73.08 and a low of 73.41 against the greenback. It […]