SBI was the biggest loser in the Sensex pack, diving 3.79 per cent, after the lender reported a hefty loss of Rs 4,876 crore for the June quarter.

Replying to question whether the government is considering withdrawal of Rs 2,000 notes shortly, Minister of State for Finance Pon Radhakrishnan in the Lok Sabha said, “there is no such proposal.”

Harendra, who was appointed in May, coached India to a second straight runners-up finish at the Champions Trophy last month.

Nadella will continue to divest shares in the next year through the structured plan in which he doesn’t control the timing or amounts sold, the company said Friday. He will sell fewer than half his Microsoft shares through the plan, according to the company.

The consortium outbid others such as GAIL Gas, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, H-Energy East Coast and Bharat Gas Resources to win the rights to offer piped natural gas to the residents as well as CNG to autos and other vehicles in Burdwan.

However, its asset quality profile improved with a fall in bad loans and improvement in provision for stressed assets. Also, its net interest income (NII) and margins were better in Q1 compared to the same quarter last year.

India’s largest real estate firm reported a 56 per cent increase in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1.72 billion for the first quarter. Its net profit stood at Rs 1.1 billion in the year-ago period, the company said in its BSE filing.

After rigorous training of around 15 months from specialists all across India and abroad, 36 women commandos from the northeastern states have been inducted into this squad. While 13 members are from Assam, rest of them hail from Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Manipur.