India Stock Market Highlights Today: HDFC twins, Reliance Industries were among the top losers and Tata Steel, Titan and Asian Paints were among the top gainers

Taking to Twitter on Friday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh critiqued the government for chasing bogus rankings over the years while India's MSMEs continued to languish

\"What sort of a law is this which does not allow the local community, impacted the most by the project, to protest?\" the Congress leader said

\"The job of the Union Minister for Environment and Forests is not that it clears as many industrial projects as possible. It is to ensure that forest land and the environment are protected and saved,\" says Jairam Ramesh

In a letter to Prakash Javadekar, Thackeray red-flagged the provision for allowing up to 50 per cent expansion of any existing project without public consultation and expansion of up to 25 per cent without going through an EIA process

GST intelligence officials also conducted multiple searches in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh from August 5 to August 11 at various premises belonging to the cement manufacturer located at Maihar, Satna and their registered dealers and distributor

Sensex, Nifty Live News Today: Indian indices were the top laggards amongst the key global indices, since the average peak achieved in February 2020. Since then, Brazil index has fallen 40%, followed by India, where the decline stands at 36%. Compared to this, other key indices average decline stands around 31-28% from peak.

While delivering a lecture in Hyderabad, Sanjaya Baru stated that courts are not the biggest impediment to the ease of business. The executive at the centre and states have contributed more to the problems of the economy. Here's what this exactly means

Share Market Update: During the day, Sensex hit a record high of 41,614 and Nifty rose to 12,237, a fresh peak for the index

Jindal Steel Q2 results: The total income in the July-September 2019 quarter declined to Rs 8,940.33 crore, over Rs 9,983.16 crore in the year-ago period

In a meeting with top state government officials, JSPL Chairman Naveen Jindal emphasised the need to give preference in iron ore auction to companies which have already invested in Odisha