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Diesel can be market-priced by September as crude falls to $100
New Delhi, Aug 19 :
With the losses of state-run oil marketers on diesel sales below cost falling to under a rupee per litre, brokerage firm Goldman Sachs Tuesday estimated the monthly price hikes would end after September assuming oil…
States drop compensation hurdle for proposed GST
New Delhi Aug 19 :
With state finance ministers having dropped the issue of compensation in lieu of a cut in the central sales tax from the agenda of their upcoming meeting on implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the major…
Markets hit record high; Nifty crosses 7,900-mark
Mumbai, Aug 19 :
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets touched a record high of 26,526.62 points Tuesday surpassing its previous high of 26,413.11 point that was touched Monday.
All the sectors were trading in green and the rally…
No contradiction in being pro-business, pro-poor: Finance minister
New Delhi, Aug 18 :
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley changed his Facebook cover photo and wrote that there is no contradiction between being 'pro-business and pro-poor'.
"Unless the government gets revenue, it cannot build infrastructure…
Government, watchdog want ONGC plea against Reliance quashed
New Delhi Aug 18 :
Terming it as infructuous, the government and the oil regulator have asked the Delhi High Court to dismiss a petition by the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) which alleged that Reliance Industries had pumped…
MCA’s new norms: Clarity needed on norms for relaxing related party transactions’
Chennai, Aug 18 :
Welcoming the new norms exempting corporates from need to get shareholders' nod in the case of related party transactions valued lower than Rs.100 crore or 10 percent of net worth, experts say there are still some grey…
Sensex, Nifty hit new record highs
Mumbai, Aug 18 :
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Monday surged 244.11 points or 0.94 percent and hit record high of 26,396.89 points.
Good buying was observed in capital goods, banking, oil and gas, consumer durables,…
Sensex trades flat; auto stocks gain
Mumbai, Aug 18:
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Monday was trading flat at 14.25 points or 0.05 percent up as auto stocks rallied.
Good buying was observed in auto and capital goods, while marginal selling pressure was…
Odisha’s Paradip Port begins export of seafood
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Paradip, Aug 17:
One of the leading ports in the country in terms of cargo export, the Paradip Port in Odisha, for the first time, has exported seafood worth 100 tonnes.
Talking to the media,…
India in advanced talks for gas export to Pakistan
New Delhi, Aug 17:
State-run gas utilities from India and Pakistan are in advanced talks for export of gas via a pipeline running from Jalandhar in India to the Attari border and to Lahore in Pakistan.
Negotiations between the sides…