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BASIC countries meet in New Delhi to hold talks on climate change

New Delhi, Aug 8 (ANI): The ministers of the BASIC nations - China, Brazil, South Africa and India held talks on environment change in New Delhi on Friday and discussed the future course of action on climate negotiations. The leaders, along with their negotiators, held strategic talks with India's Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar ahead of the forthcoming rounds of climate negotiations aimed at forming the global 2015 agreement. BASIC Group is a platform of the four countries for coordination on issues related to climate change. Javadekar emphasized on the importance of developing nations in initiating steps towards climate change. During the news conference, Javadekar also stressed on India's plan to go solar and informed about the large amount of funds being put into solar projects. Aug 8, 2014
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BSE closes points 242.74 down n on August 6

New Delhi, August 6 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 242.74 points down to stand at 25,665.27. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 74.50 points down to stand at 7,672.05. Suzlon Energy and Sobha Dev were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 4.79% and 4.53% along with Piramal Enterprises and Berger Paints with an increase of 4.43% and 3.84% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include Bhushan Steel and Apollo Tyres with a decrease of 20.00% and 7.15% along with IDBI Bank and Indiabulls Real Estate with a decrease of 6.85% and 5.81% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is down 123.66 points at 15,763.15 while the banking sector is down 318.64 points at 17,179.85 and the reality sector is down 24.23 points at 1,919.32. The Indian currency is down 0.96% at Rs 60.43 per dollar. Aug 6, 2014