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The meeting was attended by chairpersons of three important PSUs, NTPC, SAIL and Cochin Shipyard Ltd.

The benchmark BSE Sensex fell by over 94 points in early session Friday after sentiment was dampened by Reliance Industries' second quarter earnings numbers, which were announced on Thursday.

Moody's Investors Service on Thursday said PPP model in India's infrastructure needs to be developed further to attract more private investment for the sector that would help propel growth.

Strong global cues helped the Sensex climb over 80 points on Wednesday, which extended its previous day's rally amid signs of a firming trend at Asian markets after data showed China's economy is stabilising.

The development bank set up by the BRICS group of emerging economies will ramp up lending to $2.5 billion next year after making its first loans to back green projects, its president KV Kamath told Reuters.

Consumption of smuggled cigarettes has increased by over 90 per cent, equivalent to 12.5-23.9 billion sticks, in the last 10 years in India, revealed a new report on Thursday.

The rupee was trading lower by 29 paise at 66.82 against the American currency in early trade on Thursday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market as the dollar strengthened overseas amid a lower opening of the domestic equity market.

Recent skirmishes on the Line of Control have cast a shadow on any further pick-up in trade between the nations.

Symphony Technology founder Romesh Wadhwani, co-founders of outsourcing firm Syntel Bharat, Syntel's Neerja Desai, airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal, entrepreneur John Kapoor and Silicon Valley angel investor Kavitark Ram Shriram figure in Forbes' 'The Riche...

India strongly supports the capital increase in the World Bank, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said and expressed the country's readiness to take a larger share in the global lender than the dynamic formula.

The pound slumped to a 31-year low against the dollar on Tuesday.

At 2.30 pm on Tuesday (October 4, 2016), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will put out its fourth bi-monthly monetary policy review.

A good monsoon, reforms and timely decision making at the Centre will definitely push India's growth beyond the 8% mark: Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya

Global brokerage UBS has taken a contrarian line to the general view that the 7th Pay panel award would boost demand, saying the move is expected to drive savings more than consumption.

Market regulator Sebi has told the Supreme Court that no useful purpose would be served by proceeding with the auction of Sahara properties in the second phase as most of them were in provisional attachment of Income Tax department.

The CAD for Q1 accounts for 0.1 per cent of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) as against 1.2 per cent of the GDP in the same quarter in 2015.