Dibrugarh: Assam’s bought-leaf factories may stop accepting green leaves from Aug 3 over pesticide-residue concerns.The Assam Bought Leaf Tea Manufacturers’ Association (ABLTMA) on Tuesday said the suspension would apply unless small growers certify their produce is free of banned and unauthorised pesticides. The measure will be enforced only if talks with Assam govt, the Tea…
A rough week on Dalal Street wiped out Rs 2.74 lakh crore from the combined market value of nine of India’s 10 most-valued companies, as weak investor sentiment weighed on equities. HDFC Bank took the biggest hit, while Hindustan Unilever stood out as the only company in the top-10 pack to end the week with…
Kolkata: ITC chairperson Sanjiv Puri said the company aspires to become India’s number one FMCG player, telling shareholders at the annual general meeting that its non-tobacco FMCG business has already crossed Rs 24,000 crore in revenue.The milestone makes it the second-largest FMCG company by revenue after Hindustan Unilever, ahead of Nestle (Rs 23,200 crore in…
Ahmedabad: Computer and IT engineering branches remained the top earners for students during the recently concluded placements at LD College of Engineering (LDCE), one of Gujarat’s premier govt-run institutes. The highest package of Rs 25.9 lakh was offered to a student from the IT engineering stream, officials said. For computer engineering, the top offer stood…
Benchmark equity indices gave up most of their intraday gains on Wednesday, with the Sensex ending marginally higher and the Nifty closing in the red as renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran dampened investor sentiment.The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 64.42 points, or 0.09%, to settle at 73,983.18.The index had surged as much as…
