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GameStop frenzy prompts SEC to weigh more short sale transparency FILE PHOTO: REUTERSPremium Dave Michaels , The Wall Street Journal House lawmakers meeting Thursday plan to examine the GameStop trading and discuss the dearth of short-sale data Share Via Read Full Story Wall Street’s main regulator is weighing whether to require more transparency of short selling and the opaque network of stock lending and borrowing that facilitates it, according to people familiar with the matter. The Secur...

Petrol, diesel rates in Delhi hiked for eleventh day in row. Check reviced price Premium (ANI) In Anuppur of Madhya Pradesh, petrol was priced at ₹100.25 per litre and diesel at ₹90.35 Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had blamed output cut by oil-producing nations for the rally in international oil prices that have translated into higher retail rates in India Share Via Read Full Story Hitting record high, the petrol and diesel prices in the national capital were hiked again on Friday for t...

South Africa wary of Sputnik, CanSino shots due to HIV risk Photo: ReutersPremium . Updated: 18 Feb 2021, 09:18 PM IST Bloomberg Any heightened susceptibility to the virus that causes AIDS is of particular concern in South Africa, which carries the world’s heaviest HIV burden with as many as 7.8 million people infected CanSino acknowledged the HIV background when it published early clinical results in The Lancet in May Share Via Read Full Story Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, CanSino Biologic...

The US had raised concern over possibility of the Chinese governments interference in the WHOs investigation.WHO investigators had said earlier last week that signs of the outbreak were much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought

Cryptocurrencies have been on a rising spree despite the talks of a ban in India. The Indian government last month listed a bill in Lok Sabha to ban all private cryptocurrencies

To set up shop at IFSC, aircraft lessors need $200k corpus IFSCA puts out regulations to set up aircraft leasing operations at Gift CityPremium 1 min read Share Via Read Full Story New Delhi/Mumbai: Corporations looking to set up aircraft leasing businesses at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat’s GIFT City must maintain a minimum corpus of $200,000 or its equivalent in foreign currency, and be ready to pump in more capital depending on the scale of the business, the...

Blockchain mustn’t get blocked: Regulate but do not ban Bitcoin FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin are placed on U.S. Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (REUTERS)Premium Share Via Read Full Story Since I started writing this column on technology a couple of years ago, two things have been eminently predictable. One is Elon Musk, the richest man in the world now, doing unpredictable things: Boring tunnels, ...

Botched vaccine rollout in US: Fragmented communication, misallocated supply Vaccinations are now picking upPremium 11 min read Sarah Krouse, , The Wall Street Journal The pace of Covid-19 vaccinations is picking up, but distribution sites are still recovering from initial errors in nursing-home plans, limited supplies and a balky flow of information Share Via Read Full Story The record-fast creation of Covid-19 vaccines was a triumph. So why is it taking so long to vaccinate Americans? The an...

Petrol touches ₹100/litre in some cities, here’s why it’s so costly A petrol pump attendant waits for customers (ANI)Premium Share Via Read Full Story Fuel prices are on the rise again. On Tuesday, petrol cost Rs89.29 a litre in Delhi, while diesel cost Rs79.70 a litre. In some parts of India, for example in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, petrol even crossed the Rs100 mark for the first time. Part of the reason is recovering crude oil prices, even as central and state taxes remain a pain...

Stocks to Watch: Ambuja Cements, ACC, IDFC First Bank, NMDC, BPCL, Dish TV Top stocks that could be in focus on Friday. Photo: PTIPremium 1 min read Share Via Read Full Story NEW DELHI : Here’s a list of top 10 stocks that could be in focus on Friday: Ambuja Cements: The cement manufacturer has reported an increase of 34.06% in consolidated net profit at ₹968.24 crore for December quarter 2020, helped by volume growth. The company, which follows January-December financial year, had clocked...