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Ladakh has taken a major step towards promoting commercial floriculture as Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena flagged off the first air consignment of 15,000 A-grade Lilium stems from Leh to national markets. Cultivated at an altitude of 10,600 feet, the flowers will be marketed in Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh, with the initiative aimed at creating sustainable livelihoods and new economic opportunities in the region.

Sensex and Nifty opened flat on Wednesday as foreign investors sold equities for the fourth straight day amid mixed global signals.

New regulations on UPI transactions, LPG Aadhaar authentication and tax deadlines will come into effect from October 1.

Groww has started rolling out US stock investing on its platform after securing a GIFT City licence for global investments. Partnering with Alpaca Securities, the platform will allow users to invest in over 10,000 US-listed stocks and ETFs, including major technology companies, with fractional investing options

Gold and silver prices in India witnessed a sharp drop during early trading hours on Tuesday. Check retail rates of the precious metals in top metro cities of the country.

Gold and silver prices dropped up to 1% on MCX due to elevated US yields and US-Iran geopolitical tensions.

Indian equity markets opened subdued with Sensex and Nifty down amid rising crude prices and weak global cues.

AIMRA has called for merchant UPI payments to continue under the existing zero-MDR structure. AIMRA Vice President and Delhi-NCR President Tarvinder Singh said the association had chosen October 2 for the protest to draw attention to the concerns of mobile retailers.

Shares of National Stock Exchange of India fell below their IPO price and traded over 6 percent lower from the peak after listing.

The decision was taken after a meeting between the IBA and UFBU at 9:30 pm on Sunday, during which the two sides discussed the demand for a five-day banking week along with other pending issues raised by the unions.

Domestic markets opened lower on Monday as global factors like crude oil and US yields weighed on investor sentiment.

Sensex and Nifty recovered after recent falls, but sustaining above key levels is vital to strengthen the market recovery.

The Centre will launch the Livestock Insurance Portal to streamline insurance services and enhance risk protection for livestock farmers.

Several public sector banks and 28 regional rural banks are open today, September 27, giving customers a chance to complete branch banking work before the proposed three-day nationwide bank strike from September 28 to 30. The special Sunday opening does not automatically apply to private sector banks.

India's foreign exchange reserves fell $14.9 billion to $765.9 billion in the week ended September 18, marking their sharpest weekly decline since November 2024. The drop was driven mainly by lower foreign currency assets, including a $10.9 billion dollar sale by the RBI and revaluation losses

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India can achieve more than 10 per cent economic growth by embracing technology and innovation across sectors, while stressing greater efforts from all stakeholders to realise the Viksit Bharat 2047 vision

The US is restricting Chinese-made advanced robots to prevent espionage risks and develop its own AI infrastructure.

The RBI Bulletin stated that a high credit-deposit ratio may not indicate vulnerability in the banking system amid strong credit growth.

Indian equity benchmarks declined for the seventh consecutive week due to high crude prices and rising US bond yields.

As of 9.24 am, the Sensex was up 96 points, or 0.13 per cent, at 73,676, while the Nifty gained 20 points, or 0.09 per cent, to 23,084.