The UK MP Peter Bone says: \"It is up to them (India) how they spend their money but if they can afford this statue, then it is clearly a country we should not need to be giving aid to.\"

12 agreements worth 200 million euro have been signed between French and Indian firms and these had the potential to create 3,000 jobs in Maharashtra.

Market commenced the session on a strong footing on easing concerns around the rift between the government and RBI. However, emergence of profit-booking at every rise reversed early gains.

The stock rose up to 6.2% to Rs 1,382 in intra day trade on BSE.  It opened with a gain of 2.91% at Rs 1336.15. At 9: 51 am, the stock was trading 4.59% or 60 points higher at Rs 1,358 on the BSE.

The statue has been built to withstand winds of 180km/hour and earthquakes of up to 6.5 Richter scale.

Around 3,000 workers and 250 engineers worked together to create this statue.

In the early days we based it on the market cap of the companies as on March 31. Like in everything else, there is change.

Forbes' best employer in the world list also includes Mahindra & Mahindra (rank 55), Grasim Industries (59) and HDFC (91).

The salary offered to the top 50% of the batch saw an upward trend. It rose to Rs 21 lakh per annum in 2018 from Rs 20.1 lakh per annum in 2017.