Hours after civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri's remark in parliament on Thursday that the present economic environment is not conducive for stake sales in Air India, the ministry issued a statement contradicting it. The ministry release said that the non-conducive environment was last year. However, things have improved now and the government plans to go ahead with privatisation.

In the wake of the BJP taking over half-a-dozen municipalities in the state after Trinamool Congress leaders switch sides, the ruling party is likely to bring in a new bill to enable administrators of municipalities to have a longer term in civic bodies.

NASA said Thursday that it's sending a drone called Dragonfly to explore Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

Using propellers, the drone will fly and land on several spots on the icy moon to study whether it can support microbial life.

The Reserve Bank of India's financial stability report (FSR) has pointed at the risk of concentrated exposures in fixed maturity plans (FMPs) of mutual funds (MFs) in light of certain FMPs 'defaulting' on the date of their maturity.

As part of its analysis of 'risky' investment profiles of FMPs and open-ended debt schemes, the FSR said, "For FMPs, top-five holdings across schemes formed at least 40 per cent of the aggregate corporate debt portfolio,

The ISRO has formed the NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a public sector undertaking (PSU) that will commercially exploit the research and development work of the space agency, co-produce PSLV and launch satellites through SSLVs, the government said on Thursday.

Amazon.com has steadily added options for customers to receive their packages including in car trunks, inside home garages and potentially by drone. On Thursday, Amazon added another alternative for U.S. customers: Walk into a nearby retailer and pick up an Amazon package over the counter. The new option, called Counter, will launch with pharmacy Rite Aid Corp offering the service in 100 stores, with an expansion to 1,500 stores by year’s end, the companies said.

Paytm Money — the mutual fund investment arm of Paytm has partnered with independent investment research firm Morningstar’s India subsidiary Morningstar Investment Adviser India to offer ‘Morningstar Investment Packs’ to its users on the Paytm Money app.

The offer brings a portfolio of five mutual funds, which are supported by Paytm Money’s ‘risk suitability assessment’, and customers (investors) are recommended right ‘pack’ based on their individual risk profiles, the company said in a statement.

State Bank of India (SBI) shares were trading 1 per cent higher at Rs 362 on the BSE, after the state-owned lender said its board will consider raising capital additional tier-1 capital. The stock was trading close to its all-time high of Rs 364 touched on May 23, 2019 in intra-day trade.

The meeting of the bank's central board is scheduled to be held on Monday, July 1, to consider raising capital via Basel-III compliant debt instruments during the financial year 2020, SBI said in the filing after market hours on Wednesday.

Benagluru: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft regulations aiming to mandate packaged food companies to label high fat, sugar and salt contents in the front of the package itself in red colour.

Alarmed by rising rates of obesity and diabetes, India has been planning rules from as early as two years ago, requiring food manufacturers to display fat, sugar and salt content on their labels and was also considering a nationwide “fat tax” on so-called “junk food”.

Mumbai: Domestic equity benchmark BSE Sensex rose over 100 points in early trade on Thursday tracking positive cues from global markets ahead of the G-20 summit.

The 30-share index was trading 88.07 points, or 0.22 per cent, higher at 39,680.15 at 0930 hours. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty was quoting 25.20 points, or 0.21 per cent, up at 11,872.75.

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