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After touching a record high of 52,235.97 during the day, the 30-share BSE Sensex ended 609.83 points up at its new closing peak of 52,154.13.

The iPhone maker, at the seventh slot in the India smartphone tally, exited 2020 with year-on-year growth of 93 per cent, driven by iPhone 11, iPhone SE (2020), and iPhone XR.

In an investor presentation, the company also said categories such as skin care and colour cosmetics, which slowed down last year will also rebound.

India's hospitality industry witnessed a decline of 54.9 per cent in revenue per available room (RevPAR) during January to December 2020

The observation came as senior advocate Shyam Divan, representing petitioner Karmanya Singh Sareen, sought direction to restrain WhatsApp from implementing its new privacy policy in India.

Users of the service can now add the BitPay Prepaid Mastercard to their Apple Pay wallets. The card allows users to convert cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin into spendable fiat currency, and then load it onto the prepaid card for payments

The collaboration aims to develop a research and training centre focused on promoting the use of natural or CO2-based refrigerants, a company statement said.

This agreement will enable Foragen to amplify its domain expertise, strengthen its standing in the forage business and rapidly expand its footprint.

The eight-member panel will take stock of the regulatory measures taken by the Reserve Bank and other authorities

Covishield is the brand name for the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine.

The SoundSticks 4 is priced at Rs 25,999, is now available across leading retail stores across the country and on the company's online store.

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold prices for the April delivery slipped by Rs 11, or 0.02 per cent

Gadkari said various components of the Union Ministry of Textiles are also working to promote the country's handicrafts and handloom products.

The country ended last year with a total 11.85 million 5G subscribers, with SK Telecom Co., the country's largest wireless carrier, leading the pack with 5.48 million users, followed by KT Corp. at 3.62 million and LG Uplus Corp.

Galaxy F62 is priced at Rs 23,999 for the 6/128GB variant and Rs 25,999 for the 8GB/128GB variant

"They have come up with new differentiating privacy policy for the Europeans and different set of rules applicable to Indians," argued Divan.

Accordingly, oil marketing companies raised the pump price of diesel by a high level of 29 paise per litre and petrol by another 26 paise per litre in Delhi.

The challenge by Apple's national distributors (Redington/Ingram) and authorised resellers will run from February 15 to March 14.

Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency invented by software engineers Billy Markus and Jackson Palmer, who decided to create a payment system. Nearly 113 billion coins have already been mined.

The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.16 per cent to 90.33.

"Microsoft has significant concerns about this authority and would welcome the opportunity to better understand specific risks the government seeks to address as well as discuss alternative solutions that introduce less risk," the company said

IndusInd Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 2 per cent, followed by Axis Bank, HDFC, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Bank and SBI.

ICAI is teaching students as part of the curriculum, aspects such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, cyber security and data analytics, said Biswarup Basu, president, ICAI.

This growth indicates that occupiers are likely to expand their operations owing to investment-friendly policies of the State government, CBRE said.