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President Ram Nath Kovind will co-host the summit with French President Emmanuel Macron. It will focus on various aspects of promoting solar energy in the 121 countries associated with International Solar Alliance (ISA).

The finance ministry told parliament that state banks lost a total of Rs 19,533 crore to 2,718 cases of fraud in the fiscal year that ended on March 31, 2017.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said, if the people are taking disadvantage of all the construction that is taking place in the country by making a cartel then it is time for the government to take stern action against them.

The 30-share barometer, which had gained 318.48 points in the previous session, was trading higher by 138.52 points, or 0.41 per cent, at 33,490.09. Sectoral indices led by Metal, IT, Teck, Consumer Durables and FMCG led the gains, rising by up to 0.64 pe...

The 30-share Sensex rose by 273.75 points, or 0.82 per cent, to 33,306.84 in early trade.

The latest reduction risks another row with the US company, the world's biggest seed maker, which threatened to leave India in 2016 when the government cut its royalties by more than 70 percent.

All the three have invited bids on Wednesday from eligible banks, financial institutions, asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) to prune such non-performing assets from their respective balance sheets.

The regulator had carried out inspection of currency chests of two branches of the country's largest lender and noticed violation of its instructions issued on the detection and impounding of counterfeit notes.

Out of the total notified area of 45,629 hectares in respect of 375 notified zones, 21872.71 hectares have been utilised and 23,779.19 hectares are lying vacant in these SEZs, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry C R Chaudhary said.

During a panel discussion in New Delhi, Power Secretary A K Bhalla said that the Electricity Amendment Bill will provide for 24X7 power for all from April 1, 2019.

Speaking at the India-Korea Business Summit organised jointly by CII and DIPP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government has worked towards creating a stable business environment and removed arbitrariness in decision-making.

U.S. crude oil output rose above 10 million barrels per day (bpd) late last year for the first time since the 1970s, overtaking top oil exporter Saudi Arabia.

Arun Jaitley slammed lack of ethics in certain sections of businesses and said multiple layers of auditing system chose to either look the other way or did a casual job.

PNB's Chief Information Security Officer T.D. Virwani has confirmed it was working with the government to contain the fallout from the release of the data. The data available for sale includes names, expiry dates, Personal Identification Numbers and Card...

The Oxfam report noted that India ranks among the most unequal countries in the world on all parameters of income, consumption and wealth and the reason behind this is the "lopsided" policy choices made by successive governments.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had asked the think- tank to look into the viability of sick state-run companies. The Aayog has already recommended strategic divestment of 40 sick public sector units.