Photo: McKay Savage from London, UK / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0The Civil Supplies Department found underweight bags, higher price stickers and hoarded ration rice in a week-long drive against rising prices.
Photo: Riskyishwar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0The 600 MW plant in Kalahandi district, the State’s first of its kind, is to be ready by 2030–31; Megha Engineering will build it.
Photo: Pinakpani / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0The bank’s elected board has been out of office since November 2023 over poor governance; the Supreme Court upheld the RBI’s powers in September.
Photo: Mohammad Anees Qamar / Wikimedia Commons, CC0Fresh paddy is too wet to store, so farmers sell within a day at low prices. The Civil Supplies Minister wants scientific drying and storage that lets them wait for better rates.
Photo: BSEINDIA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Buying in bank and financial shares lifted both indices on 9 November, the first full trading day after Deepavali.
Photo: Gordon Leggett / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0The board has approved buying a few vessels, the company says; spot rates for carrying crude have risen to as much as four times its long-term charter costs.
Photo: BSEINDIA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0The dip in the special session that opens Samvat 2083 ended a seven-day rise, with Infosys, Axis Bank and Mahindra & Mahindra among the biggest losers.
Photo: A S M Jobaer / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Jewellers report a 10 to 20% rise in sales value from last year, helped by prices well below January’s record. Lighter jewellery sold best.
Photo: BSEINDIA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0Record foreign buying, cheaper oil and strong bank results drove the biggest rise in months, even as Wall Street fell sharply. Markets hold the special Diwali session on Sunday.
Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0A decade after the note ban, India pays digitally like never before but still holds more cash than ever. Almost all the banned money came back, and fake notes did not go away.
