ITC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, tanking nearly 6 per cent, followed by Axis Bank, Titan, Bajaj Auto, Maruti, M&M, L&T and IndusInd Bank.

India's April gasoil exports closed at a four-month high of 2.73 million tonnes, compared with 2.53 million tonnes in March, according to Refinitiv oil research assessments.

After swinging over 800 points during the day, the 30-share index closed 232.24 points or 0.74 per cent higher at 31,685.75.

Indian stocks slid on Thursday, with declines led by banks and Hindustan Unilever, as coronavirus cases in the country crossed 50,000 despite a strict weeks-long lockdown.

GSK has agreed to sell its entire stake in Unilever's Indian business for about 254.8 billion rupees ($3.35 billion) on the open market, cashing in late from the sale of the Horlicks brand.

ONGC was the top loser in the Sensex pack, slumping over 4 per cent, followed by NTPC, Kotak Bank, Titan, Bharti Airtel and PowerGrid.

With five months still left for 2019-20 marketing year to end, the association feels the mills have the potential to fulfil their exports commitments.

Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 600 points in opening session on Friday as strong gains in index-heavyweight Reliance Industries, massive foreign fund inflow and positive global cues boosted market sentiment.

After rallying 645.13 points during the day, the 30-share index surrendered most gains to settle 199.32 points or 0.63 per cent higher at 31,642.70.

Despite crude prices trading at a two decades low, the government had earlier this week hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 10 a litre and on diesel by Rs 13 a litre to mop up nearly Rs 1.6 lakh crore in additional revenue this fiscal.

Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund also issued an apology to Sebi and said that comments of its top executive Jenny Johnson were wrongly interpreted, diluting her responses about the reason for winding up of schemes.

According to the Tamil Nadu government, the committee comprises economists, industrialists, vice chancellors, bankers, government officials and others.

Georges Laraque, who is asthmatic, developed pneumonia in both lungs and was hit by nightly fevers post hospitalisation after testing positive for Covid-19.

PGA Tour decided to ensure status for all players, exempt in 2019-20, to retain their status for 2020-21, too.

SAI has made electricity, water, housekeeping, hostel free for IOA and NSFs and the organisers will now have to make only food and beverages arrangement for an event.

Manu Bhaker was being touted to shine for India at the Tokyo Olympics before coronavirus forced the summer games to be postponed by a year.

On the work front, Madhuri Dixit will be back as a judge on reality TV, when she returns on the new season of Dance Deewane.

In an earlier interview, Courtney Cox opened up about going through a rough time in her personal life after she had multiple miscarriages.

Chris Hemsworth, who played the Australian mercenary Tyler Rake in Sam Hargrave's Extraction said that single-take non-stop action sequences help retain physical momentum.

Madhuri Dixit will reportedly be working in a web show directed by Anand Gandhi for Disney+Hotstar.

Actress Adah Sharma, who has worked in both southern cinema and Bollywood, says that the casting couch exists everywhere.

Esha Gupta will be entering the web show domain with Goldie Behl's REJCTX 2. The Bollywood actress will be playing the role of a cop.

Karanvir Bohra's The Casino will unfold the mystery and conspiracy in high society. The actor will play a rich, humble boy, who is heir to his father's multi-billion-dollar casino.

Madhur Dixit, who is a trained Kathak dancer, posted her fondest memory with her favourite dance buddy, her sister.

The recent Bois Locker Room controversy sent shockwaves across social media.We find out how complicit is cinema in harbouring entitlement and sexism in young minds.

Kartik Aaryan had a fitting reply for a netizen who posted a negative comment on Instagram.

After Four More Shots Please season 2 received a phenomenal response, makers have announced a new season.

Micromax has announced a new range of televisions running on Android TV and will be available starting this week.

The new Redmi K20 seems to have all the muscles to flex over the OnePlus 7.

The Redmi K30 will be launching next month with 5G support, punch-hole display and 60-megapixel camera.

The investigation brings to light the issue of unverified sellers cashing in on keywords and marketing products against the policies of e-commerce sites.

This Partner Support Fund for SMBs in logistics will be available to Delivery Service Partners (DSP) and select Transportation partners in India.

India's new digital tax has caught the industry off guard as it was not part of the main proposals which the finance ministry had presented in parliament in April.

Short credit services such as LazyPay or Simpl do not mandate auto repayment to their users, unlike Amazon — that too via a third party company.

The companies say the first seeds of the exposure notification Application Programming Interface (API) to select developers associated with public health authorities (PHAs) around the world.

The proposed solution will work in two stages. The first are the APIs that are now available on iOS for iPhones and Android OS for Android phones. The second will be an integration of contact tracing tech within Android and iOS.

Cyber security researchers have found that a number of Xiaomi phones are regularly sending browsing history, app usage and music patterns to remote servers.

The lunar landers will carry the astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon’s surface and back again.

The MeitY deadline extension only applies to registration of startups, while the idea submission deadline remains the same.

HUL said that is also planning to serve its customers through any channels, be it format stores, Kirana stores or online.

The launch is scheduled for May 27 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will arrive at the ISS the following day.

Museums, art exhibitions across the world are offering virtual tours to help people overcome the lockdown blues during the coronavirus pandemic.

Xiaomi India MD Manu Jain issued a statement saying that any data it collects from its #MiFans in India stays within rented servers in the country.

The new OxygenOS features will be rolling out to eligible OnePlus phones some time in late 2020.

The SGR 1935+2154, a dead star that is around 30,000 light-years away from earth, registered for the radio observatories around the world with a single and millisecond-long burst of incredibly bright radio waves.

There might be some over-enthusiastic implementations of contactless dining which may or not work as well as they should but remember that there will be a learning curve for everyone. But is it sustainable for everyone involved? And what about user privacy?

The prices for the Surface Pro 7 line-up start at Rs 72,999 while the Surface Laptop 3 costs upwards of Rs 98,999 and the Surface X is also priced at Rs 98,999.

The smartphone is priced at Rs 1,24,999 for the sole 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant.