Mumbai, The Indian rupee ended Monday's session on a fresh closing low of over 74 to a US dollar.

The Indian rupee closed at 74.07 (74.0650) per US dollar, 30 paise weaker than its previous close of 73.77.

It opened the day's trade at the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market at 73.96 against the greenback.

Mumbai, Belying market expectations of a hike, the RBI on Friday held its key lending rate unchanged in the context of an uncertain global economic scenario but turned hawkish, moving to a "calibrated tightening" from the "neutral" stance it has maintained over its six previous policy reviews.

Announcing the fourth bi-monthly policy review of the fiscal, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel said the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the repo, or the short term lending rate for commercial banks, unchanged at 6.5 per cent.

Mumbai, The Reserve Bank of India is widely expected to increase its repurchase rate by 25 basis points (bps) when it unveils the monetary policy on Friday, as it seeks to curb the potential inflationary impact from rising crude oil prices and a weakening currency.

At its bi-monthly review in August, the central bank lifted the key short-term lending rate, also called repo rate, by 25 basis points for a second straight time to 6.5 per cent, citing upside risks to inflation on account of an increase in the minimum support price for crops, and higher crude oil prices.

Kolkata, The Centre is working on a revival package with four elements, including financial assistance for Air India, and it will be made ready for approval soon, Union Minister of State for Aviation Jayant Sinha said here.

"Air India is on its way to become a strong, vibrant and globally competitive airline. We are working on the revival package for Air India which has four elements," he said.

Mumbai, Key equity indices slipped into the red for the second consecutive session on Thursday as the S&P BSE Sensex closed 218 points down and the NSE's Nifty50 closed lower at 10,978 points as investors turned cautious ahead of the September futures and options (F&O) contracts expiry.

New Delhi, Terming data privacy and cyber security concerns as biggest barriers to digital transformation, almost half of Indian businesses say they will struggle to meet changing customer demands within five years, a survey by Dell Technologies revealed on Tuesday.

The other half of Indian businesses believe they will disrupt rather than be disrupted, said Dell Technologies' "Digital Transformation Index" completed in collaboration with Intel.

Kolkata, India has the potential to more than triple its trade in goods with its South Asian neighbours to $62 billion against its actual trade of $19 billion, said a World Bank report released here on Monday.

"A Glass Half Full: The Promise of Regional Trade in South Asia" pointed out that intra-regional trade in South Asia falls short of its potential because of significant barriers, including tariff, para-tariff barriers, non-tariff barriers and trust deficit among the countries in the region.

Indore Our country has so many unemployed people who are struggling to find a way to space their careers. People with great potential are holding themselves down due to the low economy in the country, where renting a office space to establishing everything required in an office requires a lump sum amount which not everyone can afford. There has been an evolution in the kind of office spaces that a corporate house would require. People want a different kind of set up according to their preferences, some like a confined space and want to work peacefully in a private space and some like to work in groups so that there is an interaction between them so they are motivated by one another. The new way of office space

Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-Hyderabad)-incubated start-up PuREnergy on Monday said it would launch its affordable range of lithium batteries at the Renewable Energy Expo 2018 that begins at Greater Noida on Tuesday.

The lithium batteries developed by PuREnergy may find applications in diverse fields ranging from agriculture to aerospace.

Mumbai, Continuing its free fall, the Indian rupee touched a new low of 72.67 on Monday, depreciating by almost a rupee from its previous close of 71.73 per US dollar.

Around 12.30 p.m., it traded at its lowest-ever level of 72.67, after opening at 72.18 per greenback.

Along with the decline in global currencies against the dollar and persistent trade tensions, a wider current account deficit of India also weighed on the rupee, analysts said.