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Kerala Floods: Many trains are regulated at different stations.

Indian Railways operated Southern Railway has mentioned a list of trains (on its twitter handle- @GMSRailway) that are terminated/rescheduled/cancelled today in view of the unprecedented floods and landslides in Kerala. As a result of heavy rains, landslides, opening of dams over Kerala

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The National Union of Journalists welcomed the move but said it "does not go far enough".

The chief executive of the Financial Times, John Ridding, is to return some of his pay from last year following staff criticism, the business daily reported on Thursday.

In a note to employees, he said he would return a 2017 pay increase which took his total

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Reliance Jio is offering JioPhone 2 in a flash sale on jio.com.

Reliance Jio has made the new high-end model of JioPhone - JioPhone 2 - available for purchase on its website from 12 pm today. Reliance Jio is offering JioPhone 2 in a flash sale on jio.com, the website of Reliance Jio said. JioPhone 2 has a horizontal screen display and a full

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Kerala floods: Reliance Jio has announced free services for seven days.

Telecom operators have announced free calls and data, extension in bill payment due dates and other relief measures for subscribers in flood-hit state of Kerala where nearly 167 people have died since August 8, following torrential rain and related floods and landslides. "We

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INR Vs USD: A sharp surge in trade deficit too impacted the Indian rupee today.

The Indian rupee slipped 26 paise to close below the 70-mark for the first time, reported news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). The fall in Indian currency was due to strong US dollar demand amid growing concerns over widening trade deficit. The Indian rupee collapsed

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Stock Market on Thursday: Twenty-nine out of 50 Nifty stocks gained in trade.

The domestic equity markets traded off their day's lows in late morning deals and started trading in the green on Thursday. At 11:11 am, the S-P BSE Sensex traded at 37,877.79, up 25.79 points or 0.07 per cent and the broader Nifty50 was at 11,445.15, with a gain of

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However, Air India's offer is only available on bookings made via carrier's website - airindia.in

State-run Air India has come up with a discount offer on international flight tickets. Under the offer, Air India is offering 15 per cent discount on flight tickets to Europe in the business class and the offer is valid till August 23, 2018. One needs

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Jet Airways' 'Seat Select' sale is valid till August 31, 2018 only.

Jet Airways announced a 'Seat Select' sale scheme, offering an opportunity to select preferred seats at Rs 200 for economy class passengers, said the airline in a press release issued today. Jet Airways' new offer is applicable for travelling across airline's domestic network of 45

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INR Vs USD: Experts believe that the rupee is unlikely to recover soon.

The rupee hit a fresh record low of 70.32 against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday. Experts believe that the rupee is unlikely to recover soon. Asia's currencies also remained under pressure, with the dollar holding near 13-month

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Jet Airways currently operates flights to 66 destinations.

Shares of full-service carrier Jet Airways Ltd rose as much as 4 per cent in morning trade on Friday after the airline's board decided to meet on August 27 to approve financial results for the quarter ended June 30. At 11:08 am, shares in the company were trading at 305.25 with a gain of

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Jeff Bezos, meet Mukesh Ambani.

It’s time the Amazon.com Inc. boss took notice of his real rival in India, the only billion-strong consumer market open to Western tech firms. While Walmart Inc.’s acquisition this year of Flipkart Online Services Pvt., a homegrown e-tailer, might have given the impression that the battle for India would be an all

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RAC tickets ensures certainty of travel but does not guarantee a berth, said IRCTC.

IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) offers online ticket booking and cancellation facility on it's official website- irctc.co.in.  At the time of ticket booking, if all the confirmed berths are sold out, the passenger might be placed on a RAC

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INR VS USD: Indian rupee has been one of the worst performing currencies this year.

Domestic currency and debt markets are closed on Friday on account of 'Parsi New Year', reported news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). Trading will now resume on Monday. However, local stock markets are functioning as normal. On Thursday, the Indian rupee slipped

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Stock markets today: Kotak Mahindra Bank closed nearly 4 per cent lower.

Domestic stock markets closed Thursday's session on a negative note. The S-P BSE Sensex tanked 188.44 points, or 0.50 per cent, to end at 37,663.56. The NSE's Nifty50 index tripped 50.05 points or 0.44 per cent to settle at 11,385.05. The equity indices were down today,

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SBI's Holiday Savings Account: Premature closure of this e-RD account is allowed.

State Bank of India (SBI) in association with Thomas Cook, offers 'Holidays Savings account' for holiday goers. Under this scheme, customer can save monthly amounts in the form of a recurring deposit (RD) with SBI and avail a

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Diesel can be bought today at Rs. 68.86 per litre in Delhi.

Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) hiked prices of diesel in four metro cities on Friday whereas petrol prices were left unchanged. Fuel rates were hiked on Thursday. Petrol can be purchased at a price of Rs. 77.20 per litre in Delhi, Rs. 84.63 per litre in Mumbai, Rs. 80.14 per litre in

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The Indian Railways runs about 3,500 reserved trains.

Indian Railways in its new time-table has announced that it will introduce more of its niche trains -- Antyodaya Express, Uday Express and Tejas Express -- in the next 12 months. According to the Ministry of Railways' new 'Trains at a Glance' (TAG), includes the name of one new Antyodaya Express

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Country's macro fundamentals remain resilient and strong, said Arun Jaitley.

A day after the rupee plunged below the historic 70-level, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said India has comfortable foreign exchange reserves to deal with any undue volatility in the currency market and developments are being closely monitored. The Indian currency yesterday

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Stock Market on Friday: Asian shares won a modest reprieve on Friday.

The domestic stock markets started Friday's session on a green note, supported by broadly positive cues from the global markets. At 11:45 am, the S-P BSE Sensex was trading at 37,965.78, up 302.22 points or 0.80 per cent. The broader

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JioPhone 2is available at a price of Rs. 2,999.

Reliance Jio's high end model of the JioPhone, the JioPhone 2 went on a flash sale today at 12 pm on it's official website- jio.com. However, it soon went out of stock. The second flash sale will be held on August 30 at 12PM on jio.com only. JioPhone 2, which is an upgraded version of existing

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Country's macro fundamentals remain resilient and strong, said Arun Jaitley.

A day after the rupee plunged below the historic 70-level, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said India has comfortable foreign exchange reserves to deal with any undue volatility in the currency market and developments are being closely monitored. The Indian currency yesterday

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The cancellation of waiting list passengers are done by IRCTC after chart preparation.

IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) offers the facility of online booking of train tickets. The advance booking for train ticket opens 120 days before the date of journey, said IRCTC on it's official website- irctc.co.in. Passengers in a

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Sovereign also declined by Rs 100 to Rs 24,500 per piece of eight grams.

Gold prices tumbled by Rs 290 to Rs 30,340 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Thursday, driven by weak global cues amid fall in demand from local jewellers, reported news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). Silver followed suit and dropped by Rs 715 to Rs 38,000 per kg due

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The travel period of AirAsia's offer starts from February 19, 2019.

AirAsia is offering up to 45 per cent discount on international flight tickets under it's special 'Buy More, Save More' promotional sale scheme, said the carrier on it's official website- airasia.com. AirAsia's all-new discount offer on international flight tickets is available

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For 2018-19, the imports are pegged at almost 227 MT.

India's crude oil import bill is likely to jump by about USD 26 billion in 2018-19 as rupee dropping to a record low has made buying of oil from overseas costlier, government officials said today. Besides, the rupee hitting a record low of 70.32 to a US dollar in the opening deal today will also

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Revised FD interest rates: Before ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, PNB, Canara Bank and SBI hiked FD rates.

Private sector lender ICICI Bank is the latest bank to hike fixed deposit or FD interest rates. Before ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Punjab National Bank (PNB), Canara Bank and the largest lender of the country, State Bank of India or SBI had hiked FD

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Ayushman Bharat scheme is atechnology driven scheme.

In Independence Day speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that his government will launch the ambitious Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme on September 25, 2018. Modi's Ayushman Bharat scheme, touted as the world's largest healthcare scheme, aims

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Fixed deposits (FDs) are secure financial instruments, which offer guaranteed returns.

State Bank of India (SBI) offers a number of deposit schemes under it's personal finance portfolio.  Fixed deposit (FD) scheme is one of the most popular deposit scheme offered by the bank. Fixed deposits (FDs) are secure financial instruments, which offer

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SBI Zero Balance Account: Minimum balance charges on both these accounts have been waived till next year.

If you are planning to open an account in SBI (State Bank of India), you can do so via SBI's YONO app, which enables to open two types of accounts. SBI Insta Savings Account and SBI Digital Savings Account are the two kinds of savings bank

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Petrol, Diesel prices today: Delhi charges a VAT of 27 per cent on petrol.

Petrol and diesel prices were unchanged in four metro cities on Wednesday, August 15, on Independence Day. The fuel rates today are applicable from 6:00 a.m, as stated by the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). Petrol can be purchased at a price of Rs. 77.14 per litre in Delhi,

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