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Delhi onion supply drops further, price high

New Delhi: Onion supplies further dropped by about 20 per cent in wholesale markets of the national Capital today, but a fall in demand kept the prices at Rs 60 per kg, little changed from previous da

Pakistani onions arriving to wipe off India's worries

Amritsar: Some relief in the sky-high prices of onions in India is expected with truckloads of the commodity arriving from neighbouring Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah land border check-post, trader

ArcelorMittal ups bid for Canadian giant

Toronto: ArcelorMittal's battle to take over Canada's Baffinland Iron Mines took an interesting turn on Sunday after it was forced to raise its friendly bid by 14 per cent to $1.25 per share when riva

Sensex in positive; Hero Honda surges

Mumbai: A benchmark index of Indian equities moved into positive territory in the afternoon session on Monday on strong buying support in auto and technology stocks.

The 30-share sensitive index (Sen

Violence as Bangladesh exchange tumbles

Dhaka: Hundreds of investors went on the rampage in the commercial heart of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday after the stock exchange suffered its steepest ever fall.

The benchmark DSE general

Iran reels as fuel prices soar

Tehran: Iran levied up to a five-fold hike in fuel prices from Sunday as the government started scrapping subsidies as part of a long-awaited economic overhaul, despite stiff resistance from conservat

Chinese media harps on ties with India

Beijing: The Sino-Indian pledge to promote bilateral ties was splashed across the Chinese media on Friday, with reports emphasising the positives from the Manmohan Singh-Wen Jiabao meeting.

China's o

Moody's slashes Ireland credit rating

Colombo: Sri Lanka's authorities have been forced to step in to control the spiralling price of coconuts - a dietary staple - by setting a ceiling price and arranging imports to ease supply and demand

China PM hoping to improve ties with a suspicious India

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Thursday tackles the tough task of bridging rifts with India over borders and Pakistan after wooing his hosts with deals worth more than $16 billion during a visit to New

RBI keeps key rates unchanged

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India left key interest rates on hold on Thursday, as expected, after six increases since March.

Most of 23 economists surveyed had expected the Reserve Bank of India to k

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