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In his speech, President Ram Nath Kovind focused on social welfare schemes for women and farmers.

Coincheck said it was investigating "unauthorised access" of the exchange that appeared to result in a loss worth half a billion US dollars of NEM, the 10th biggest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation.

Forex dealers said the dollar was trading weak against major world currencies in global markets which supported the rupee.

Despite a modernisation push by the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the growth rate of the defence budget has fallen. Even its share of the Central Government Expenditure has come down.

Besides a series of meetings with the world leaders and business chiefs after addressing the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum (WEF) here, Modi also interacted with the international business community of the Geneva-based organisation.

Commodities like pan masala are prone to tax evasion as they are available in small sachets and are bought mostly in cash and hence tracking their final supplies is difficult for tax authorities.

The state-owned airport operator is preparing to develop a number of aerodromes in different parts of the country, including as part of the ambitious regional air connectivity scheme.

The ministry in its recommendations to the finance ministry has also suggested to bring down the import duty on steel scrap to nil, the secretary said.

It's all about financial planning.

The government aims to leverage this money majorly via an issue of recapitalisation bonds (1.35 Lakh Crores) and rest via budgetary allocation over the upcoming two fiscal years.

To support and strengthen the Start-up culture in India, the Government has launched various schemes in the past few years.

AirAsia India expects a fleet of 21 aircraft by the yearend, which will make it eligible to operate overseas flights, managing director and chief executive Amar said in Mumbai on Tuesday.

The 30-share index, which gained 410.44 points in the previous three sessions, rose further by 92.52 points, or 0.26 per cent, at 34,936.03.

The benchmark BSE Sensex edged higher by 51.78 points or 0.15 per cent to 34,484.85 in opening trade.

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Wednesday said that the current government had "never made a populist budget, will never make a populist budget and will never like to buy votes".

The 30-share Sensex was trading higher by 201.57, or 0.59 per cent, at 34,355.42 at 1155hrs. The BSE barometer bettered its previous intra-day high of 34,188.85 hit on January 5.