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Vistara said bookings under the sale will begin from 12:01 am on September 19, 2018, and will close at 11:59. The 24-hour sale from the airline comes amid high competition in the country's civil aviation market.

The rupee plunged further against the US dollar, to close 46 paise lower at a record 72.97 on Tuesday. That marked a fresh all-time closing low registered by the rupee against the greenback. Extended weakness in the rupee came on the back of rising crude oil prices and concerns on the intensifying US-China trade war front. The government had the previous day reiterated that global phenomena occurring owing to squeeze on oil production and the US-China trade war led to rupee depreciation. Analysts say that the measures announced by the government last week to support the rupee were particularly underwhelming for market participants.

Gold prices advanced by Rs 10 to Rs 31,610 per 10 gram at the bullion market. The precious metal had gained Rs 180 in Monday's trade.

Share market on Tuesday: Top laggards on the 50-scrip Nifty index were SBI, Indiabulls Housing Finance, Tata Motors, Hindustan Petroleum and Bajaj Auto.

Billionaire Anil Ambani said he is confident of getting a resolution in the next few months, and added that other monetisation measures, including sale of telecom infrastructure and fibre to Reliance Jio, are at an advanced stage of closure.

Infosys said on Monday that a tribunal has ruled in favour of ex-chief financial officer (CFO) Rajiv Bansal's severance package, rejecting the company's claim for a refund. According to the arbitral tribunal's order, the IT company is now required to pay Mr Bansal the outstanding severance amount of Rs.12.17 crore along with interest. The move comes after co-founder NR Narayana Murthy had last year, in a public spat, questioned the heavy package approved to Mr Bansal by the then management led by Vishal Sikka, who was at the time the chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director.

Shannon Liss-Riordan on Monday filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan on behalf of three former IBM employees who say the tech giant discriminated against them based on their age when it fired them.

Bank merger: Brokerages were, however, not very hopeful about the prospects for Bank of Baroda on its merger with smaller peers Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank.

IL&FS and its associates have $12.5 billion in debt, of which $500 million is due over the next six months.

Rupee Vs US Dollar: The rupee gained 10 paise to 72.41 against the US dollar amid volatility in early trade on fresh selling of the US currency by exporters and banks.

The S&P BSE Sensex opened at 37,660.19 and the Nifty50 index of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) at 11,381.55.

Rupee Vs US Dollar: Economy is recovering from two transitory disruptions - Goods and Services Tax and notes ban, says IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the two factors coupled with the internal economic decisions in the US were leading to strengthening of the dollar. The government had on Friday announced a series of steps to support the rupee and curb the widening current account deficit including relaxing overseas borrowing restrictions and limiting non-essential imports.

In order to avail the special all-inclusive airfares offered under the sale, bookings are required to be made in advance. The offer, GoAir said, is applicable on travel between October 1 and October 20, 2018, and bookings under the scheme are open till September 18.

While most banks today offer higher interest rates to senior citizens than the general public, the investor can choose from a number of maturity periods available as per his or her investment goal. Top banks today, from state-run State Bank of India to its private sector peers ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, pay an interest rate of 3.5-7.75 per cent on deposits of below Rs 1 crore in a fixed deposit of maturity period up to one year.