The Competition Commission of India (CCI), the anti-trust regulator -- has imposed a total penalty of Rs 38 crore on 18 sugar mills and two associations for rigging the bids of a joint tender floated by oil marketing companies.

The top gainer among sugar stocks was Avadh Sugar and Energy which hit the upper circuit of 19.99% to 567.15 level on BSE today. The stock of sugar manufacturer Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar rose up to 19.95% to 10.22 level on the BSE.

The Sensex had rallied 677.51 points in the previous two sessions on sustained buying by domestic institutional investors. At 10: 37 am, the Sensex was trading 442 points lower at 37,647. The Nifty was down 125 points to 11,390.

All sectoral indices ended in the green, led by realty, power, consumer durables and metals. Brokers said sentiment was bullish on continuous recovery in the rupee amid reports that the government may announce steps to prop up the domestic unit.

The top gainer among sugar stocks was Avadh Sugar and Energy which hit the upper circuit of 19.99% to 472.65 level on BSE today. On Wednesday, the stock closed 6.47 per cent higher at Rs 393.90 on the BSE.

The controversy-hit lender has invited bids for the e-auction to be held through the bank's portal on September 20.

Defaulting companies in the power sector as well as some sugar, shipping and textile companies that had seemed destined for bankruptcy court under the RBI's new norms on stressed assets got a last-minute breather from the Supreme Court yesterday.

The SC order will also buy the stressed shipping and sugar companies, which had approached the top court against the order, some more time.

Polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, is the most prevalent cause of infertility among women.

According to a study published in 2017 by the New England Journal of Medicine, India has 14.4 million obese children - to put this in perspective this is greater than the population of ten Indian states.

Understanding the triggers or the underlying cause could be the first step towards a cure.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a new agriculture export policy will be unveiled soon to boost farm income as the government is on track to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022.

With additional discounts up to 23% exclusively for Prime members on select Amazon Devices, customers can look forward to saving more on Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Spot, Fire TV Stick and Kindle during the Amazon Freedom Sale.

Affordable housing is picking up pace, thanks to proactive policies and savvy investors/developers. But sustaining the momentum is a tall order.

India's sugar stockpile is at a record high, after a good monsoon and a bumper crop in 2017/18.

Sugar sector is in a bear cycle. Wait for some more correction before bottom-fishing.

AI-powered, personalised 'digital drugs' are a reality now in health interventions.

In its 28th meeting, the GST Council rationalised tax rates on consumer electronics among other items, while exempting sanitary napkins and small handicraft items from the ambit of the unified indirect tax regime.

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) had recommended Rs 20 per quintal hike in the FRP of sugarcane at Rs 275 per quintal for next season.

Top IITs, IIMs students bag up to 137% higher salary packages than other institutions this year: ReportTop IITs and IIMs bagged 137% and 121% higher salary packages, respectively, compared to other institutions, says the Campus Hiring Report 2018 released by assessment and skill-measurement company Mettl. The survey was conducted across 114 engineering and 80 management institutes during the recently concluded campus placement season across different regions. In a region-wise anal...