Jewellers' strike in India ends, US job data disappoints

After 21 days, jewellers across the country called-off their strike after assurances from the Finance Minister demanding a rollback of the hike in excise and import duties on gold. Ahead of the RBI's monetary policy, the country's top bankers meet the Reserve bank of India and demand to cut repo rate and the Cash Reserve Ratio. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee bans chapters on Marx and Engels in the history syllabus of West Bengal. US employment figures fell short of expectations.