New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Following are the top business stories at 1930 hours: DEL46 BIZ-BANK-LD STRIKE Banking services hit as PSU bank employees go on two-day strike New Delhi: Banking operations were impacted across the country on Thursday as lakhs of public sector bank (PSB) employees began their two-day strike to protest against bank privatisation.
DEL40 PAR PANEL-DATA PROTECTION Par panel moots greater accountability for social media platforms, non-personal data regulation New Delhi: A parliamentary committee on Thursday recommended widening the scope of proposed data protection legislation to include both personal and non-personal data and sought greater accountability for social media platforms by treating them as publishers.
DEL39 BIZ-LD STOCKS Sensex snaps 4-session slide amid firm global cues; IT stocks shine Mumbai: Equity indices eked out modest gains on Thursday after a four-session losing streak, in tandem with an upmove in global markets despite a hawkish tilt by the US Federal Reserve.
DEL53 BIZ-LD RUPEE Rupee posts first rise in 7 days, ends 23 paise higher at 76.09 a dollar Mumbai: The rupee on Thursday clocked its first gain in seven sessions, rebounding 23 paise to close at 76.09 against the US dollar as participants took note of weakening of the greenback after US Fed turned hawkish.
DEL35 BIZ-GOLD-PRICE Gold jumps Rs 209; silver zooms Rs 617 New Delhi: Gold price in the national capital on Thursday jumped Rs 209 to Rs 47,405 per 10 gram amid gains in precious metal prices in the international market, according to HDFC Securities.
DCM68 BIZ-LITERACY-EAC-PM-REPORT Foundational literacy index: West Bengal tops chart, Bihar at bottom in large states category New Delhi: West Bengal topped the chart and Bihar languished at the bottom in the ‘large states’ category on the ‘Index on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy’ — an indicator of literacy among children below 10 years.
DCM55 BIZ-MINES-JOSHI Govt may come out with some more reforms in mining sector ‘very shortly’: Joshi New Delhi: Coal and Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday said the government might come out with some more reforms in the mining sector “very shortly”.
DCM44 LSQ-DISCOMS-DUES Power discoms owe gencos more than Rs 1.56 lakh cr: Power min New Delhi:Total outstanding dues owed by power distribution utilities or discoms to generation firms (gencos) are estimated to be more than Rs 1.56 lakh crore, Parliament was informed on Thursday.
DCM11 BIZ-PE-VC REPORT PE/VCs invest USD 6.8 bn in Indian cos in November: Report Mumbai: Investments by private equity and venture capital funds in November stood at USD 6.8 billion across 102 deals, which is double by value when compared with the pandemic-impacted year-ago period but half of the bets in the preceding month of October, as per a report. PTI SHW SHW