Indian women's hockey team would now be aiming to secure its first World Cup semifinal spot in 44 years by extracting revenge from giant-killers Ireland in the last-eight stage on the ongoing World Cup on Thursday.

The Indian women will also look to avenge the group stage loss they suffered on July 26.

Benchmark Sensex snapped its seven-session record setting spree to end 85 points lower today after the RBI hiked the policy rate on inflation concerns.

The Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee raised the benchmark lending rate by 0.25 per cent for the second time in two months.

Indian Railways will soon launch over 200 new lines across the country. Presently, the lines are in diffrent stage of execution. The information about the number of railway lines in each state was given by Minister of State of Railways, Rajen Gohain, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

After struggling for a few years in India, the world's largest consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) appears to be getting its mojo back in a market it considers key. On Wednesday, P&G's Global Chief Executive Officer David Taylor said India was among two markets, the other being Turkey, that grew in double-digits for the year ended June 30. P&G follows a July-June accounting year.

The ministry of petroleum and natural gas has sought legal opinion on an arbitration ruling that went in favour of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries (RIL) in the gas migration dispute.

The government is likely to appeal against the 198-page final award in the Delhi High Court within the next 90 days.

Signalling a quantum leap in mobile technology, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Wednesday gave its recommendations for the auction of eight bands, including the fifth generation (5G) ultra high speed telephony. 5G auction, a first for India, is expected to be a catalyst for internet of things (IoT) innovations that would speed up machine learning and artificial intelligence. Airwaves worth around Rs 5.06 trillion will be on offer for telecom operators in the next round of auction.

Life Insurance Company (LIC)’s acquisition of 51 per cent stake in IDBI Bank will be a “win-win” situation for both the government-owned entities, Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.

This comes after the Union Cabinet gave nod to bring down its majority stake in the bank. “The move will make IDBI Bank strong, improve its capital adequacy and bring it out of prompt corrective action (PCA).

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has won a case against the PACL group in an Australian court.

According to sources, the regulator had appealed in Federal Court of Australia to recover dues worth Rs 4 billion stashed away by the PACL Group using several shell entities. The victory assumes significance since it forms a precedent for Sebi in approaching foreign courts to recover money of the collective investment schemes (CIS) frauds stashed overseas.

The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Wednesday reported a marginal decline in sales at 1,64,369 units in July.

The company had sold 1,65,346 units in July last year, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement.

Ashok Leyland total sales up 27 per cent at 15,199 Units in July 2018 from 11,981 units, a year ago.

The M&HCV sales up 22 per cent to 10,996 Units from 9,026 Units, while Light Commercial Vehicle Sales rose by 42 per cent to 4,203 units from 2,955 units.

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