Following are the business news highlights at 2100 hours today:
DEL47 BIZ-PRASAD-2ND LD FACEBOOK
New Delhi: India today warned social media giant Facebook of "stringent" action for any attempt to influence polls by allowing data theft and even threatened to summon its CEO Mark Zuckerberg if needed.
DEL33 BIZ-NOTEBAN-PAR PANEL
New Delhi: Political faultlines have split a parliamentary committee looking into demonetisation, with more than half of its members belonging to the ruling BJP and its allies moving a dissenting note terming as "politically motivated" the draft report of the panel headed by Congress leader M Veerappa Moily.
DEL22 BIZ-LD STOCKS
Mumbai: Stocks found firmer ground for the second straight session today, with the benchmark Sensex reclaiming the key 33,000-mark, ahead of US Federal Reserve's policy meet outcome.
DCM99 BIZ-CAB-ITI-FPO
New Delhi: The Cabinet today cleared selling of 18 crore equity shares of ITI Ltd through a follow on public offer (FPO), which will help the telecom PSU meet the minimum 25 per cent public shareholding norm.
DCM97 BIZ-CAB-TCIL
New Delhi: The government today approved the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary company of Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) in the US for ICT related work.
DEL28 BIZ-RUPEE-CLOSE
Mumbai: The rupee ended little changed at 65.21 against the US dollar today ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy meet outcome.
DCM96 BIZ-CAB-INDIA-GUYANA-MOU
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet was today apprised of an MoU between India and Guyana on bilateral cooperation in renewable energy.
DEL10 BIZ-BULLION-CLOSE
New Delhi: Gold prices softened by Rs 40 to Rs 31,350 per 10 grams at the bullion market today owing to slackened demand from local jewellers despite a firm trend overseas.
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