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Talking to reporters in Kolhapur, around 375km from here, the former Union agriculture minister noted that the agitating farmers have rejected the Centre's offer to suspend the new laws for 18 months.

Maharashtra Board Exam 2021: Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Varsha Gaikwad said the practical exams for Class 12 will be held between April 1 and 22, and for Class 10 between April 9 and 28.

World stocks advanced on Wednesday after US Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen called for a hefty stimulus to protect the US economy.

Many countries have started the process of vaccination and travellers who have already been vaccinated are desirous of travel to India, the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) said in a release.

At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 73.07 against the US dollar, registering a fall of 3 paise over its previous close.

Therefore, RBI by an order on Tuesday imposed a penalty of Rs 2 crore on Deutsche Bank AG.

It, however, said the value of GDP in the next financial year will only mildly surpass the level that had been recorded in FY2020.

There will be no compromise on safety and a fire audit of hospitals in the state has been ordered, he said in a statement.

His statement comes amid Congress's stiff opposition to renaming Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar, after the elder son of warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji.

There were also persistent/repeat complaints about recovery and collection methods adopted by the company, RBI added. It further said a show cause notice was issued to the company as to why penalty should not be imposed for such non-compliance.

The narrowing of the current account surplus in the second quarter of 2020-21 was due to a rise in the merchandise trade deficit to $14.8 billion from USD 10.8 billion in the preceding quarter, the central bank said.

After a volatile session, the 30-share BSE Sensex closed up by 133.14 points or 0.28 per cent at a record high of 47,746.22. The barometer scaled its all-time intraday high of 47,807.85.

Under the current dispensation, the RBI has been mandated by the government to maintain retail inflation at 4 per cent with a margin of 2 per cent on either side.

Senior Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said some builders were getting windfall gains at the cost of the exchequer due to the state government's policies and threatened to move the Bombay High Court over it.

The Shiv Sena had alleged that the mass contact initiative to collect funds from the public for the Ram temple construction in Ayodhya is akin to "canvassing" for the 2024 general elections in the name of Lord Ram.

In the whole of FY20, total foreign direct investment (FDI) by domestic companies was USD 13 billion, while FDI inflows had hit a record USD 76 billion, according to the ratings agency.