NATIONAL Equities suffer setback, SENSEX falls by 17 pts
Mumbai: After a smart rally during morning trading, equities later met with a strong resistance and some of the heavyweighted counters suffered a sharp setback pushing the SENSEX in negative territory at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on July 4 on late sell-off by operators and local funds.
Disinvestment panel gets one-year extension
New Delhi: Despite a slowdown on the disinvestment front with no major privatisation case coming through during the past one year, government has extended the tenure of the Disinvestment Commission by another year.
INTERNATIONAL India, South Africa to boost economic cooperation
Pretoria: Observing that the strategic partnership between India and South Africa has gradually taken shape, the two countries on July 4 agreed to give a boost to economic cooperation, particularly in mining, information and communications technology and pharmaceuticals.