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Besides paddy, cotton procurement has also begun from October 1. As on September 3, state-run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has procured a cumulative quantity of 147 bales at Rs 40.80 lakh MSP value benefiting 29 farmers, it said.

In the Union Budget for 201920, the government had proposed to separate the NPS Trust from the pension regulator in order to address issues over conflict of interest.

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday it will take up a longrunning legal dispute over whether the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) can loosen U.S. media ownership rules.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) resumed normal trading on Friday, with the main index starting slightly higher a day after the worstever outage brought the world's thirdlargest equity market to a standstill.

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Thursday:

U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday, but only after pinballing through another shaky day of trading, as Wall Street waits to see if Washington can get past its partisanship to deliver another economic rescue package.

The pandemic-induced lockdowns, resultant loss of business and fall in tax collections have forced states to borrow at almost 10 per cent. While their revenues have plunged, expenses have only gone up.

Wall Street's main indexes were set to jump on the first day of the fourth quarter on Thursday as investors remained hopeful of a new coronavirus fiscal aid package, while data showed weekly jobless claims hovered at recession levels.

SoftBankbacked usedcar platform Kavak has become Mexico's first tech "unicorn" after reaching a $1.15 billion valuation in its latest funding round last month, Chief Executive Carlos Garcia told Reuters.

Health insurer Anthem has agreed to another multimilliondollar settlement over a cyberattack on its technology that exposed the personal information of nearly 79 million people.

The price of new gas from difficult fields such as deepsea has also been cut to USD 4.06 per mmBtu from USD 5.61, the order said.

The U.S. economy plunged at a record rate in the spring but is poised to swing to a record increase in the quarter that just ended.

Gold dipped on Wednesday as the dollar ticked up after Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden sparred in the first U.S. presidential debate ahead of the Nov. 3 election.

General Atlantic will pick up a 0.84 per cent stake in exchange and the deal values Reliance Retail at a pre-money equity value of Rs 4.28 lakh crore, RIL said in an exchange filing on September 30.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.31 to $39.29 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for November delivery fell $1.40 to $41.03 a barrel.

In a statement, the coal ministry said two or more bids have been received for 20 coal mines.