After a largely choppy session, the 30-share BSE index ended 37.87 points or 0.06 per cent higher at 60,298 after starting the trade on a weak note.

The CBIC circular asked GST officials to avoid issuing summons to seek statutory documents which are already available online on the GST portal

While shipments of 5G phones grew 163% year-on-year in the last quarter, less than 10% of all smartphones active in India, are already 5G capable.

The feature, called Inspire, allows customers to like, save and share posts of products, and purchase products directly from the feed, according to Watchful Technologies, an artificial intelligence firm from Israel, news agency AP reported.

The world's best-known crude benchmark, Brent was trading at USD 94.91 per barrel on Thursday after concerns of a global recession led to it slipping to a six-month low of USD 91.51 on the previous day.

The Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas recently increased the allocation of domestic gas which certainly helped Adani Gas to cut the prices of PNG and CNG.

Markets opening bell: Sensex at 60,292 in early trade; Nifty above 17,900

There was a lot of confusion regarding which day was Janmashtami this year. The festival is being celebrated on August 18 and 19 as the time of the Ashtami Tithi overlapped on both days, according to Vedic Panchang.

In its latest bulletin, the article by experts said that the public sector banks have performed better in terms of promoting financial inclusion.