Thanking Prime Minister Modi, May said she looked forward to working closely with him for developing stronger bilateral ties.
The overall message to the middle class is: the days of freebies are over.
Formal negotiations are due to start in Athens on Friday.
The winter session of Parliament will commence on November 26.
The sentiment-driven rally also got support from stock specific earning results and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's statement that the Centre will step up reforms to attract more investment and fill up infrastructure deficit.
India will need to 're-examine' and 're-negotiate' the trade access with the European Union and the United Kingdom which she noted may or may not be 'good' for India.
Switzerland, long known as a place with unbreakable banking secrecy, has come under intense global pressure, including from India, to crack down on illicit fund flows.
In his latest response to his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry's fresh invitation of August 19 for talks, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar once again emphasised on the need for earliest possible vacation of Islamabad's illegal occupation of PoK and conveyed that not just India but the larger region is aware that Pakistan is actually a "prime perpetrator" of terrorism.
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China is the top greenhouse gas emitter, ahead of the United States, the European Union and India.
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change is vital in order to respond to the impacts of climate change that are already happening, while at the same time preparing for the future.
'By the time the goods that were sent from December onwards reached stores in Europe, they became dead inventory as the stores there were closed by then.' 'Those that were in the warehouse there also became dead inventory. Those that reached the ports there also became dead inventory.' 'And what Tirupur produced in March is still here, and they have also become dead inventory.'
It also receives large investments from the Europe.
India is the second largest buyer of Iranian crude, after China.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices gained 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively.
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Opposition parties on Wednesday alleged that selective leak of information on demonetisation of 500 and 1000 rupee notes to 'friends of BJP' and demanded making public the names of those who had bought gold and foreign exchange of over Rs 1 crore since April.
As part of their joint efforts to fight terrorism, India and the European Union today decided to work towards blocking access to terrorist financing and to cooperate in the fight against money-laundering
ONGC was the top gainer which surged over 4% followed by Axis, SBI, CIL
Earnings growth is expected to accelerate as lingering toxic effects of note ban ease off and GST settles down. However, stock valuations are high and that means market is also overdue for correction, says Devangshu Datta.
Positive cues from the global market front aided the rally.
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India's software and engineering exports may take a hit and the country may also face larger capital outflows.
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The S&P BSE Sensex gained 115 points to end at 24,338 and the Nifty50 climbed 42 points to close at 7,404.
German prosecutors launched an investigation on Monday into fraud allegations against former Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn.
In the Financial year 2013-14 there were encouraging signs on the foreign trade front as India's trade deficit recorded a sharp fall.
'While Piyush Goel, Dharmendra Pradhan, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and a clutch of former bureaucrats including R K Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri and K J Alphons are loyal BJP members, none of them fit the mould of party apparatchiks.' 'In fact, many of the latter kind have been shown the door or have been given reduced charges.' 'That goes to show the prime minister's comfort level in dealing with professionals and administrators and the trust he reposes in them,' says Shreekant Sambrani.
Trump was good for world peace. He didn't start a war anywhere, which is not something that can be said for most of his predecessors, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
This is the BJP's first full-year Budget.
Infosys, Tata Motors, ONGC, TCS and GAIL are the top 5 losers.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices added 0.6% and 1.3%, respectively to touch their fresh lifetime highs.
The Budget will obviously be crucial. But US President Donald Trump may have even more of an influence than Finance Minister Arun Jaitley when it comes to sentiment, argues Devangshu Datta.
The market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 2,086 shares declining and 893 shares advancing.
Investors booked profits at higher levels after the Sensex and Nifty hit all-time highs in the previous session.
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The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
In several areas, the Indian government has put out a model law.
Speaking on Friday at the 44th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, warned that while the Eurozone was showing strong signs of recovery, the crisis was far from over.
Markets are also watching a meeting in Moscow of G20 finance ministers for signs of an orchestrated approach to the end of US money-printing, which could help defuse volatility in global markets.
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