Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, except for IT and pharma index, all the other indices ended with decent gains. Private, PSU Bank and financial indices closed 3% higher today.

A significant spike in prices of key raw materials post lockdown has thrown a curveball at the revival story of India Inc

The company is also pushing ahead for increased production, committed to shoring up the supplies to coal-fuelled power plants

Stocks to watch today on December 11: Kotak Mahindra Bank, TCS, Bank of Baroda, Muthoot Finance, Coal India, United Spirits among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Friday's trading session

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, in a letter handed over to Goyal personally by MPs, assured safety and security of railway property and personnel

Domestic demand is largely driven by auto and white goods sectors, besides marginal uptick in government infrastructure projects

Despite an ambitious target, public expenditure on infrastructure - the only functional engine of the economy - is dwindling. That spells bad news for economic recovery

With government purchases on hold for more than a month now, ventilator manufacturers have raised concerns over a supply glut which may bleed the industry. AIMED in its letter to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has said that Centre, as well as the states, are not placing orders and manufacturers have unsold inventory due to falling demand and crashing prices. The letter says manufacturers should be allowed to export ventilators. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Need to be Atma Nirbhar in sectors like electronics, coal; cut down imports, says ASSOCHAM

With the post-lockdown economy still to pick up, highly leveraged companies are looking at ways to reduce debt

India's solar capacity addition is slowing as viability of projects and host of other issues trouble developers

In the absence of demand, government spending has to accelerate and move towards rural areas as most of the workforce, out of jobs, have headed back to villages

Though the government's SAUBHAGYA scheme claims to have provided connections to 100 per cent households, that is not sufficient. Under this scheme, the beneficiary households were provided only one LED light and one power plug, says Shailendra Roy

Coronavirus update: The slump would lead to a drop in carbon dioxide emissions of 8%, six times larger than the biggest fall of 400 million tonnes recorded in 2009 following the global financial crisis, according to the IEA, which described its estimate as conservative

Car companies are making ventilators, sugar mills and liquor producers are bottling hand sanitisers, apparel makers are diversifying into masks and protective clothing, drug and drone makers are witnessing a surge in demand. The war against Covid-19 is already a Rs 12,000 crore economy

Leading Indian companies such as IPCA, Zydus Cadila are manufacturing anti-rheumatoid arthritis drugs like hydroxychloroquine and anti-malaria medicine like chloroquine. Cipla and Aurobindo are making anti-HIV medicines

Kerala Chief Minister Pinararyi Vijayan on Saturday tweeted that his government had come up with a solution to the problem. The CPI(M) government in Kerala has deployed convicted prisoners in state prisons to manufacture masks, thus maintaining a steady supply, he said

Sensex Live updates: After recovering from multi-year lows, BSE Sensex ended 1,325 points higher at 34,103 and Nifty closed 433 points higher at 10,023.

India's aspirational market, young demographics and rising demand driven by digitisation have made it an attractive market for businesses across the globe

The industry believes that there would be a surge in demand for cement due to requirements of a strong infrastructure framework that the nation endeavours to put in place through its government as well as housing projects

Stock Market Updates on Delhi Election Result Day: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is all set to retain power in the national capital. AAP has breached the psychological mark of 63, while BJP has been reduced to just 07 seats. The Congress Party, however, is nowhere in the race.