Rupee  

Gambling is said to be protected by the police at Goravanahalli in Bangarpet. No raids are conducted as police get paid in lakhs of rupees per month, allege residents.

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi's declaration on Tuesday that GST for most goods will be brought in the sub-18% slab, good news keeps pouring in, as RBI governor Shatikanta Das is now working on enhancing liquidity even as the rupee climbed an impressive 110 p against the US dollar on December 18

Japan's Nikkei, Hong Kong's Hang Seng, Shanghai Composite Index, Korea's KOSPI, Paris CSCV 40, Frankfurt's DAX, London's FTSE, US Dow Jones Industrial Average — are all down, but the India's Sensex, Nifty etc are constantly rallying

Petrol prices have been cut by more than Rs 5.49 per litre and diesel by Rs 3.82 in the past one month in Mumbai.

In October, India introduced a second set of tariff hikes owing to burgeoning current account deficit and the fall in the rupee. 

The bank posted a net profit of Rs 908.88 crore for the three months ended September 30 compared to Rs 2,058.19 crore in the year-ago period. Profit was marginally lower than the ₹949.30 crore estimated by experts

The rising cost of petrol and diesel due to increasing crude oil prices globally along with a weak rupee is the latest setback for drivers already operating on thin margins

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 831 points, its worst loss in eight months, which triggered the morning crash in BSE
 

Traders said the sudden fall is due to Brent crude oil breaching the $84 mark and the US currency strengthened overseas. Unabated foreign fund outflows also weighed on the local currency.