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Bajaj Finance, a non-banking finance company (NBFC), said it booked 7.3 million new loans during quarter ended June 2019 against 5.6 million in same period last year.

According to CNBC TV18, TCS is expected to report highest revenue growth among its tier-I peers, with a constant currency growth of 3% over the previous quarter aided by robust deal wins.

A highest of 98,999 people claimed to have been recruited by the Ministry of Railways alone. Its strength of around 12.7 lakh in March 2017 rose to 13.69 lakh as on March 1, 2019

The announcements mark another setback for Boeing, whose global fleet of 737 MAX planes has been grounded since mid-March following two crashes which claimed 346 lives.

The government on Friday reiterated its intent to exit Air India with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman stating in the budget speech that government will go ahead with privatisation of the flag carrier.

While Sitharaman said that India was set to become USD 3 trillion economy in the current fiscal and hoped to reach USD 5 trillion in the next few years, opposition parties called it anti-poor and a complicated play of numbers.

The government proposes to increase the interest deduction on home loans taken for affordable housing and moots the inter-changeability between PAN and Aadhaar to boost transparency.

The 2019 Union Budget lowered fiscal deficit projection for the current financial year to 3.3 per cent from 3.4 per cent targeted in the Interim Budget.

Union Budget 2019: The BSE group ‘A’ stock of face value Re 1 has touched a 52-week high of Rs 1,164.00 on 25 April 2019 and a 52-week low of Rs 731.70 on 9 October 2018.

Ahead of the budget, silver prices fell by Rs 45 to Rs 37,030 per kg in futures trade Friday amid profit-booking by speculators at current levels.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden budget speech said that the government should move beyond 'women-centric politics to women-led initiatives'.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2019 in Parliament on Friday, announcing quick Aadhaar for NRIs on arrival in India, public-private partnership in railways and a Re 1 per litre cess on petrol and diesel.

India has potential to become education hub, Nirmala Sitharaman said while proposing Study in India programme to attract foreign students.

Presenting her maiden Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman broke away from the brown Budget briefcase as she held a red parcel like bag with a key hole on the emblem.

Quess Corp shares had taken a hit after the company, at its board meeting held last week, deferred a decision on a fund-raising proposal.

Union Budget 2019: Grasim shares have fallen over 6% in the last one year compared with a 12% rise in the benchmark Nifty 50 index.