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‘Indian hospitality industry declined 39% in RevPAR during Q1 2021’

New Delhi, May 20 (IANSlife) The Indian hospitality industry witnessed a decline of 38.7 per cent in Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) during the...

Bitcoin tumbles after China warning

New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The price of bitcoin tumbled below $40,000 for the first time in months and other cryptocurrencies were pressured on...

IFA 2021 cancelled over health concerns

San Francisco, May 19 (IANS) After the "full-scale return" of global consumer electronics show IFA was announced last month, organisers on Wednesday said that...

Microsoft board wanted Bill Gates to resign amid alleged ‘affair’

San Francisco, May 17 (IANS) Some of the Microsoft board members last year wanted Bill Gates to step down amid an internal investigation into...

Musk impersonators steal more than $2M in cryptocurrency

San Francisco, May 18 (IANS) Over the last six months, consumers have lost over $2 million in cryptocurrency to scammers impersonating Tesla and SpaceX...

Amazon may acquire film giant MGM for $9B: Report

San Francisco, May 18 (IANS) Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire movie giant MGM for $9 billion, at a time when the world's...

Lower Covid numbers lift equities, banking, auto stocks shine

Mumbai, May 17 (IANS) Decline in new Covid positive cases, along with healthy buying in banking as well as automobile stocks, lifted India's benchmark...

Base effect, commodity prices lift India’s April WPI to 10.49%

New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) The base effect, along with high commodity prices, especially those of transportation fuels, lifted India's annual rate of inflation...

India imports $6.2bn gold in April

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) India's gold imports in April stood at $6.2 billion on the back of strong consumer demand. During the same period...

India’s April exports rise to over $30 bn

New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) The low base effect powered India's merchandise exports to grow by over 195 per cent on a year-on-year basis...