Heads of leading Japanese car makers -- Toyota President Akio Toyota and Suzuki Chairman O. Suzuki -- on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said an official. ....

A rise in the prices and import volumes of crude oil and gold is likely to weigh on India's current account deficit, taking it up by 50 per cent to $30 billion in 2017-18 from $20 billion in the current fiscal, domestic rating agency ICRA said on Thursday. ....

The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday said it will shortly issue new Rs 10 denomination currency notes, while clarifying that the old Rs 10 notes will also remain valid. ....

India's gold market, facing short-term headwinds following the demonetisation and introduction of excise duty, will recover on the back of gold demand, which is expected to be around 650-750 tonnes in 2017, a World Gold Council (WGC) report said on Wednesday. ....

India's pensions regulator in India has allowed members of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) option to move their retirement savings to the National Pension System (NPS) giving effect to a proposal mooted by the government two years ago in the Union Budget for 2015-16, an offcial statement said on Tuesday. ....

The CBI has booked two Union Bank of India employees here for allegedly violating the RBI guidelines by depositing in the bank's chest over Rs 84 crore in old currency notes of three private firms, an official said on Tuesday. ....

The Finance Bill will be passed by Parliament before March 31 to enable ministries to avail funds from April 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday. ....

Fiji Airways and Jet Airways have formed a codeshare partnership which offers convenience and seamless connectivity to guests travelling on both carriers, it was reported on Tuesday. ....

The Indian cabinet on Monday gave post facto approval to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on renewable energy between India and Portugal. ....

An SBI-led consortium's attempt to auction properties of industrialist Vijay Mallya in order to recover loans made to his Kingfisher Airlines, failed again on Monday as these had no takers despite around a 10 per cent cut in their reserve price. ....