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In a meeting with agri-startup firms held on Wednesday, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said farmer-friendly technologies are the need of the hour and some specific technologies are required for each of its key schemes.

The seven companies are Bio Green Papers, Gujarat Carbon & Industries, Malwa Cotton Spinning Mills, Suryachakra Power Corporation, Unimers India, VKS Projects and Visu International, a notice issued by the exchange said on Tuesday.

Under the stricter regulatory framework, stockbrokers have to compulsorily "use telephone recording system to record the instructions and maintain telephone recordings," in case the client is giving the orders on phone.

News18 breaks down the economic jargon and explains why everything related to economy and business is suddenly focused on fiscal stimulus.

Ratings agency Moody's said the outlook for public finances had weakened significantly as Theresa May's government softened the austerity drive of former prime minister David Cameron and his finance minister George Osborne.

The dollar's overseas strength against some currencies and a sharply lower opening in the domestic equity market held the rupee tight, forex traders said.

On the sidelines of the 10th International Gold Summit organised by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) in New Delhi, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor C. Rangarajan on Friday attributed fall in GDP growth to dem...

The benchmark Sensex recovered by 59.52 points, or 0.18 per cent, to 32,460.03 in the opening trade

Reliance Industries, L&T, Tata Steel, Adani Ports, M&M, ITC Ltd, SBI, HDFC Bank, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's and ONGC gained up to 2.26 per cent.

After finalising a detailed roadmap for the economy, Arun Jaitley and finance ministry officials would make a presentation to the Prime Minister on steps that could be taken to rejuvenate the economy.

SBI Managing Director (National Banking Group) Rajnish Kumar said that cost of lending would be high with the provisioning cost of 2.4 percent which needed to be brought down.

Under the pact, tax authorities will now relay audit reports of corporates and specific information from their I-T returns along with PAN data to MCA.

The government gave the green light to sell Air India, which has struggled under losses and its debts, in June, and officials have said they want the process to offload all or parts of the airline by early 2018.

Stock markets opening with gains also backed the rupee.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also talked of the need for Indian audit firms growing to join the ranks of global giants.

The council is likely to take up fixing of tax anomalies on a number of common use items as well as the quantum of cess to be hiked on luxury and mid-size cars.