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The performance of India Inc. for the quarter ended December and the Interim Budget 2019 in the first week of February 2019 would dictate the near-term movement of the market.

WEF gave a global call for companies to operationalise the UN standards of conduct to tackle the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) discrimination at workplace by 2020.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who is currently in the United States for a medical check-up, is expected to announce the target while presenting an interim budget on Feb. 1, said one of the sources.

Addressing a seminar on exports at Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Gandhinagar, Prabhu said his department had prepared a road map to make this possible by focusing on manufacturing, service sector and agriculture.

The RBI's monetary policy review is slated in February.

Bansal, who is also setting up a $1 billion fund, has invested here in his individual capacity.

The survey is based on interactions with chief executive officers, chief financial officers, chief operating officers and heads of strategy from the Indian manufacturing sector, among others during July-October 2018.

The participation of Tesla in trade talks after the end of a tariff battle between China and the US has projected the company as a pillar of stability between the two countries

For now, this facility will be offered only through mobile phones and tablets and its extension to other devices will be examined by the regulator later, based on experience gained, RBI said.

Appearing for R Com advocates asked the court to accept Rs 118 crore towards outstanding dues to Ericsson India to establish its bonafide.

The goods and services, which will attract the 1 per cent cess, would be decided by Kerala, Modi said, adding that if any other state wants to levy the 'calamity cess' it has to approach the GST Council for approval.

The notification said for 'fixing or revising the ceiling price for formulations, the government may, if it is necessary so to do, consider market based data available for any month, as deemed fit.'

The CITU alleged that the proposed amendments reveal the government's dubious intent in total departure from existing mutually-agreed practices being followed for the last couple of decades.

The standing committee on finance also asked the RBI to evaluate the efficacy of its own guidelines on dealing with frauds.

Marketmen attributed the recovery in gold prices to the building up of fresh positions by speculators on the back of a firming trend in overseas market.

Forex traders said the dollar strengthening against major global currencies overseas and fall in domestic equities dragged down the local unit, while falling crude oil prices capped rupee's losses.