The gap between Nifty's price-earnings multiple and economic growth is at a 12-year high
Even if you get a bit late in buying things you need, it is always better to avoid debt traps, advises Vishwajeet parashar
'While GST and demonetisation are likely to cause disruption for longer than the market currently expects, they can have meaningful positive impact over the medium-term.'
The theory that all banned notes will come back into the system may not be true. Anup Roy finds out.
Fascinating predictions for the years ahead. A revealing excerpt from Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde's Cricket 2.0: Inside The T20 Revolution.
Bupa and Axa have already declared their intention to raise stakes.
The accountancy giant said the rapid rise of the Indian economy with its young workforce would push it up from being the 10th largest economy in 2013 to the third largest by 2030.
Reliance Industries has made drastic changes in gas supply contracts that will jack up its KG-D6 gas price by 10 per cent over and above the new rate of $8.3 coming into effect from next month.
Rush to offload bad loans indicates a revival in asset-sale market
'I am not minimising either the seriousness or the complex nature of the current situation.' 'Naturally, we have to do what it takes to secure our borders.' 'We are talking to the Chinese, both through military channels and diplomatic ones.'
'In fact, they work in tandem.' 'When it comes to finding a solution, this must be predicated on honouring all agreements and understandings.' 'And not attempting to alter the status quo unilaterally.'
In fact, given the current tensions and massed troops on both sides, there is a danger that the LAC will become more like the Line of Control with Pakistan, a heavily fortified and strongly defended border where weapon fire exchanges regularly occur. Indeed, Stratfor Worldview research has listed a sharp increase in new Chinese facilities along the LAC in 2019-20.
The one national GST unifies the country's $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion people into a common market, an exercise that took 17 tumultuous years.
The market players were expecting that if long-term gains are taxed, the STT would go. But this has not happened, says Debashis Basu.
The WTO has resumed work at Geneva from September 1 after a month long vacation.
Chirag Mehta, senior fund manager -- alternative investments at Quantum AMC, shares his views.
To be fair, one year is too short a period to judge the schemes' performance.
While the central bank had publicly cited only Rs 15.55 trillion of high value notes were cancelled, in an RTI reply to PTI, it had said the actual quantum of bills cancelled was much higher at Rs 20.51 trillion.
They can be used as collateral for loans and can be sold or traded on stock exchanges
Competition is intense and with the blurring of differences in service proposition and fares, it becomes imperative that airlines use their on-time performance for messaging and brand building.
With at least three IPOs in the offing this year, stock market investors have a lot to look forward to.
The new numbers did not apparently pass consistency checks with production, inputs, or movements in the National Stock Exchange.
The RBI wants to include shares and options within the variable salary of the CEOs, proposed to be capped at 200 per cent of their fixed salary; the floor for it is 50 per cent.
It is after the GST Network tallies invoice details with shipping bills that the refund claims can be processed. So, the refund could be delayed by over a month.
The greatest disconnect lies in the estimates of industrial growth.
'While high-level interventions may help smoothen inter-State relationships, they cannot fundamentally change the alchemy of such relationships, which are firmly rooted in mutual benefits and mutual interests,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Mr Modi must now work to win over the governor as a friend and learn to influence people credibly.
'I don't remember the last time I was this invested in the characters of a story since Doordarshan's golden age or early days of cable television boom,' applauds Sukanya Verma.
Besides making property more expensive, these also affect the existing owners with higher taxes
Designer Namrata Lodha has been winning hearts with her sustainable hats.
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
The non-oil, non-finance sector of the economy is under severe stress.
Abhijit Chaudhari, Director, GATEFORUM tells you what to expect in the entrance exam this year and how you can prepare for it.
But lower growth numbers in the quarters to come may not mean renewed weakness in the economy at the ground level, says Pranjul Bhandari.
In good times, analysts justify valuations giving interesting investment rationale.
With aggressive brand-building initiatives, the companies' advertising budgets ahead of Diwali is understood to have seen a 15% spike
Traders believe the RBI will step in more strongly, if the rupee starts falling towards 65
'Amartya Sen is a citizen of the country who has every right to criticise or give his opinion on a policy decision.' 'Get back at him! Why get back at Harvard?'
DoT plans to initiate move that might lower the revenues telcos share with government.
There has been no reboot of the private investment cycle.
The Rs 51 per GB data versus industry norm of Rs 250-plus comes with the caveat of an upfront payment of Rs 1,498 for a year
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