In eight cases, the banks would violate the minimum public shareholding norms if their promoter, the Government of India, infused capital as announced.
Women are opting out of high-flying career due to family responsibilities, says a study.
The Department of Post, Tech Mahindra, Videocon Group and stock exchange NSE have joined big corporates like Ambanis and Birlas to seek entry into banking business through newly created niche category of Payments and Small Finance Banks.
The new 10 per cent dividend tax will be payable only on dividend income over and above Rs 10 lakh threshold in a year, according to an amendment to the Finance Bill 2016 approved by Lok Sabha.
Private lenders were among the top losers along with RIL.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 371 points at 24,966 and the Nifty50 closed 101 points lower at 7,615.
Within hours of rate cut announced by RBI, United Bank has reduced the benchmark lending rate by 0.25 per cent, while other banks including market leader SBI have indicated that they would follow suit.
For fast-moving consumer goods, growth is likely to be tepid.
IIP for November 2015 and CPI for December 2015 will be announced today.
Reliance Industries and ONGC were down 4-6% each contributing the most to the Sensex losses
The move assumes significance because a go-ahead from the US Food and Drug Administration for the new unit in Visakhapatnam is likely to give a huge boost to the company's revenues in upcoming quarters.
ICICI Bank extended yesterday gains, rising 10% in two trading sessions
The rupee fell back sharply against the pound sterling at 83.28 from Monday's close of 82.49 and also reacted downwards against the euro to 71.59 from 71.29.
Sharp fall in capital goods production and manufacturing activity also dented sentiments.
Keep at least one family member in the know of all your investments
The Zee saga will see a long-drawn-out court battle before shareholders get any chance to vote on any proposal by the management or Invesco, says Prosenjit Datta.
SBI was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 8 per cent. Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, NTPC, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank also ended with firm gains. On the other hand, TCS, HUL, Bajaj Auto and Infosys were among the laggards.
'The person who carried out the London attack... was a fighter from the Islamic State, and did so in response to calls to target citizens of coalition countries,' the ISIS statement read.
The Competition Commission of India and the US Federal Trade Commission are yet to give their nod to the biggest pharma merger and acquisition deal this year in the Asia-Pacific region.
The top gainers on the Sensex were Cipla, Bharti Airtel, Maruti Suzuki, Hero Moto & Sesa Sterlite.
Bayern Munich have signed 18-year-old Portuguese midfielder Renato Sanches from Benfica and Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels, the Bundesliga club said on Tuesday.
'If you are ready to stomach the loss, you may invest 3-5 per cent of your portfolio in crypto assets.' 'Of this, 80-90 per cent should be in Bitcoin.'
Market regulator also announces measures for mutual funds sector.
The 30-share Sensex ended 271 points higher to end at 28,930 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 76 points to close at 8,776.
Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
The rupee rose by 11 paise to 53.36 against the US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange today on continued selling of the American currency by exporters and banks.
Real estate investment trusts may not be attractive enough.
The broader markets also ended lower in line with the benchmark indices
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Inflows cross $10-billion mark for 3rd consecutive year.
It had strengthened by 45 paise on Tuesday to close at one-month high of 55.07 against the dollar, tracking a jump in local shares.
In addition, dollar's weakness against other currencies overseas also supported the rupee.
Markets recovered in late trades, amid firm European cues, led by rebound in financials and gains in IT shares.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
The partial withdrawal would mean that Iran would stop exporting enriched uranium stocks as stipulated by the 2015 agreement.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is watching trends in the domestic stock market, after the capital market regulators in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia imposed a temporary ban on short-selling of financial stocks.
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India's hydroelectric power generation grew 17.5 per cent to 7.5 billion units in January this year from 6.4 billion units in the same month of 2012.
Market breadth on the BSE ended firm as 1,908 shares advanced and 1,156 shares declined
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
Rumours about a spike in taxes for equity investors are flying thick and fast.
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