Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's office on February 1 said that his government has decided to run the Colombo Port's Eastern Container Terminal (ECT) as a fully-owned operation of the state-run ports authority

With regards to increasing allocation for the rural job guarantee scheme, the finance minister said the government will allocate more funds for MGNREGA scheme for 2021-22, if needed, as against a Budget estimate of Rs 73,000 crore

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Hardeep Singh Puri said the equalisation levy collection stood at Rs 338.6 crore in 2016-17, Rs 589.4 crore in 2017-18, and Rs 938.9 crore in 2018-19

Sectorally, indices ended on a mixed note today. Gains in realty, IT, banking and financial stocks were capped by losses in pharma, FMCG, metal and auto scrips

The panel - Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce - wants the rate of GST to be reduced from 28 per cent to 18 per cent for all categories of vehicles and auto components in addition to incentive-based vehicle scrappage scheme

Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex hit a record high of 51,804 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,243

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Stock Market News Updates Today: RIL, Bajaj twins, Airtel were among the top gainers while, Nestle, TCS, Axis Bank, L&T traded as the top losers

Cryptocurrency exchanges in India have witnessed multifold jump in their daily trades after Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, soared over 310 per cent in 2020

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GAIL buys 5.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG from the U.S.-based projects

Ruchi Soya Q3 results: The edible oil manufacturer, which has Baba Ramdev, his younger brother Ram Bharat and close aide Acharya Balkrishna on its board, posted 20.13 per cent YoY and 12.15 per cent QoQ rise in total income at Rs 4,475.60 crore

Exporters organisation FIEO pointed out that the new scheme provides refund of all taxes and duties hitherto not refunded through any other mechanism and hence should not be limited to the budget constraints

Indices erased opening gains and settled flat as profit booking was witnessed in FMCG, metal, banking and financial stocks

SpiceJet Q3 results: Consolidated revenue from operations fell by 53.73 per cent to Rs 16,916.48 crore as against Rs 36,563.63 crore in the same period last year

Stock Market News Updates Today: Tata Motors, L&T , Infosys, Airtel, SBI, ONGC, ITC, Nestle were among the top losers today while HUL, Titan, M&M, TCS, Bajaj Finance, HDFC traded among the top gainers.

India is one of the most important partners in the Indo-Pacific region to us. We welcome India's emergence as a leading global power and its role as a net security provider in the region, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference

Reliance Industries, TCS and HDFC Bank are the only companies in the $100 billion market capitalisation club; number of companies with a market cap of $10 billion and above is now 54

Asian Paints, Axis Bank, ONGC, HDFC, Titan, L&T were the top gainers while SBI, Kotak Bank, Dr Reddy, NTPC, TCS were among the top losers

The enhanced trade partnership is expected to address several trade barriers that currently exist. Britain is keen to see India reduces barriers on import of agriculture and food items