Bitcoin rocketed to a lifetime high well above $16,000 on Thursday after climbing some 67 percent over one week, intensifying the debate about whether the cryptocurrency is in a bubble about to burst.

The largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange struggled to keep up with record traffic as the price surged, with an upcoming launch of the first bitcoin futures contract further fueling investor interest.

After the Narendra Modi-led government announced a massive Rs 2.11 lakh crore for recapitalisation of banks in October this year, former SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya called for a three-pronged approach to solve India’s NPA mess. Speaking to ET Now, on the sidelines of an event, Arundhati Bhattacharya said, “ The NPA mess needs a three-pronged approach. There has to be recognition, resolution and recapitalisation. All three must go together. The recognition and resolution were over, and now the recapitalisation has also come.”

Coal India reported 5% y-o-y growth in dispatches for the month of November 2017, a drop from the strong-double digit growth of the preceding few months as the favorable-base effect catches up. A demand-supply mismatch and lower inventories led to sharp improvement in supply to the power sector, as well as reflected in improvement in e-auction premiums for October 2017. Maintain REDUCE rating with target price of Rs 255/share.

Observing that a lot of improvement is needed in corporate governance framework, Sebi whole time member G Mahalingam has called for more research work on this issue particularly in the area of board evaluation. “Lot more research and work can be done in the area of corporate governance. Recently Uday Kotak came out with its set of regulations. What are the areas in corporate governance that need improvement is a fertile area for research,” Mahalingam said here late last evening? “Board evaluation guidelines has been issued by Sebi but how is it functioning now is great area of interest.

Vodafone and Idea Cellular seem to be racing against time as they head for a merger that will create the biggest telecom firm in India.

The Street is watching with trepidation the timelines for the merger, which are critical to prevent further erosion in market share and Ebitda of Idea Cellular. The businesses of both Vodafone-Idea has deteriorated since the merger announcement three quarters back.

Gold prices today dipped below the Rs 30,000-mark, falling by Rs 100 to trade at over three-month low of Rs 29,950 per 10 grams at the bullion market, tracking a weak trend overseas amid muted demand from local jewellers.

Silver also went down by Rs 375 to Rs 38,125 per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Private lender ICICI Bank today said it has launched a digital service to allow customers to open a PPF account online, eliminating the need for furnishing paper documents. The digital service will enable customers to open a public provident fund (PPF) account instantly and in a completely online and paperless manner. “With this new facility, customers of the bank are no longer required to visit a branch and submit physical documents to open a PPF account.

Many citizens can have a sigh of relief as the Government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will extend the deadline for linking Aadhaar with bank accounts, mobile numbers and other services. The Centre told the three-judge bench that it will extend the deadline for those who did not apply for the Aadhaar card yet and do not possess any id proof.

Riding on his career-best 243 in the third Test against Sri Lanka, India captain Virat Kohli today jumped three places to grab the second position among batsmen in the ICC Test rankings.

Kohli's double ton was followed by a 50 in the second innings as he finished with 610 runs in the series, which India won 1-0 after the first and third Test ended in draws in Kolkata and New Delhi.

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed to permit Mutual Funds (MFs) and portfolio managers (PMs) to participate in the exchange-traded commodity derivatives market. Sebi on Thursday issued a consultation paper seeking public views on this proposal, besides how they should be allowed and what regulatory framerwork should be put in place for this.

This is the second move by Sebi to allow institutional participants in commodity derivatives.

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