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News of the release came as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rebounded after two days of losses partly related to regulators toughening rules on digital currencies in an effort to curb excessive speculation. Many digital currencies surged in value this...

On a sequential basis, total external debt at end-September 2017 increased by $10 billion (2.1 percent) from the end-June 2017 level.

In a significant move, the regulator has decided that no CRA should, directly or indirectly, hold more than 10 percent of shareholding and/ or voting rights in another CRA and would not have representation on the board of the other CRA, SEBI Chairman Ajay...

The minister said a ministerial committee headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is looking into the matter of disinvestment of Air India and anyone, including MPs, are welcome to give their suggestions to this panel.

A News18 investigation, on Wednesday, found that spurious manufacturers and counterfeit sellers are using loopholes in the Information Technology Act to their favour and making unaccounted money from the same. Meanwhile, online retailers are shrugging off...

"In the next calendar year 2018, we (Niti Aayog) will focus even more on agricultural transformation, malnutrition, higher education and employment generation," Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar Kumar told PTI.

After taking charge, Chandrasekaran has been focusing on reducing cross-holdings among group companies and exiting from businesses that are not significant.

The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill, 2017, introduced in the Lok Sabha in August this year, has a 'bail-in' clause, which some experts say brings potential harm to deposits in the form of savings accounts.

Dubbed as the biggest overhaul of the US tax code in 30 years, the Bill slashes taxes for corporates as well as the middle class.

"Farm income which includes providing proper remunerative prices to farmers and ensuring crop security is going to be a primary agenda in the days to come," said a member of the committee under conditions of anonymity.

Automobile industry body SIAM has proposed all new vehicle sales in India to be pure electric by 2047 while the same for intra-city public transport fleet can be achieved by 2030.

Asian stocks traded mixed as the final vote on US tax-cut legislation entered a crucial phase.

Addressing a CII conclave, Suresh Prabhu said the idea behind the mini-ministerial was that WTO must focus on some of the very relevant issues of the world today.

The Financial Sector Regulatory Appointment Search Committee (FSRASC) headed by the Cabinet Secretary, had its meeting in this regard on Monday to select a suitable candidate to succeed SS Mundra.

It has also revised downward the GDP outlook for next fiscal beginning from March 2018 to 7.3 percent from 7.4 percent mainly due to rising global crude oil prices and soft growth in private sector investment.

Cotton production could touch 37.7 million bales in the year that began in October, up from 34.5 million bales produced in 2016/17, Kavita Gupta, India's textile commissioner, told a news conference.