The BSE Sensex on Monday fell by over 97 points in early trade, retreating from its record highs, on profit booking in metal, oil & gas, banking, teck and PSU stocks after a recent rally.

Besides, capital outflows by foreign funds and a mixed trend at other Asian bourses and caution ahead of earnings from some more bluechip companies this week influenced the sentiment, brokers said.

Nearly 25 years after ONGC's prime discovered oilfields were privatised, the oil ministry has identified 11 more producing oil and gas fields of the state-run firm for handing over to private firms to raise output.

The ministry is approaching the Cabinet to allow private companies take 60 per cent stake in producing oil and gas fields of national oil companies, ONGC and OIL, with the view that they would raise production above the baseline estimate.

The bench said that the banks and telecom service providers should indicate the last date of linking bank accounts and mobile numbers with Aadhaar in the messages sent by them to their customers.

Seeking the government’s response on four petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar Act, the Supreme Court on Friday said the banks and telecom service providers should indicate the last date of linking bank accounts and mobile numbers with Aadhaar in the alert messages sent by them to their customers.

The hole in Earth's ozone layer that forms over Antarctica each September was the smallest observed since 1988, NASA satellite measurements from this year have revealed.

The hole in Earth’s ozone layer that forms over Antarctica each September was the smallest observed since 1988, NASA satellite measurements from this year have revealed. The ozone hole reached its peak extent on September 11, covering an area about two and a half times the size of the US – 7.6 million square miles in extent – and then declined through the remainder of September and into October, according to scientists from NASA.

The funding will be provided to around 100 food processing projects with an average ticket size of Rs 10 crore each, the bank said in a statement.

Private sector lender Yes Bank today signed an agreement with the government to provide Rs 1,000 crore financing for food processing projects.

The initial public offering (IPO) of New India Assurance (NIA) was subscribed by 1.07 times on Thursday, the second day of issue, with investors bidding for 12.87 crore shares against 12 crore shares on offer.

The initial public offering (IPO) of New India Assurance (NIA) was subscribed by 1.07 times on Thursday, the second day of issue, with investors bidding for 12.87 crore shares against 12 crore shares on offer. The qualified institutional buyers (QIB) bid for 12.57 crore shares against 5.82 crore shares on offer.

Indian stock markets extended the record-breaking run with the key equity indices Sensex and Nifty opening at lifetime highs led by the optimism following a positive round of corporate earnings.Indian stock markets extended the record-breaking run with the key equity indices Sensex and Nifty opening at lifetime highs led by the optimism following a positive round of corporate earnings. The early indicator of NSE Nifty was also trading 0.16% higher at 10,472 on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

Diversified conglomerate ITC on Thursday forayed into the fresh fruit and vegetables market with a new brand Farmland. Beginning its journey in the highly untapped packaged fresh vegetables market in India with four variants of potatoes, the company plans to come up with more such offerings every quarter in line with its new-found focus on branded fresh and processed food and beverage market.

According to S Sivakumar, head of agri business, ITC, the product category is currently the largest among all fresh fruit and vegetables in India, seeing a total business of Rs 70,000 crore. The new products will be priced at up to 15 per cent premium to unorganised market prices. And their retailers will be allowed to adjust prices depending on retail market prices.

As part of the Lokshahi Bachao Abhiyan, or the campaign to save democracy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha will address public meetings in Gujarat in mid-November.

The campaign is led by former Gujarat chief minister Suresh Mehta. Gujarat is scheduled to vote on December 9 and 14.

Facing same predicament like most public sector lenders, Punjab National Bank’s credit costs might stay elevated for the second quarter ended September 2017. Credit cost is the amount set aside for bad loans. However, the pace of slippages, advances becoming bad loans, is expected to moderate.

While operating profits will see traction or improvement, the tepid demand for credit will be a drag on interest income, a key component in revenues, said an analyst.

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