A financial turnaround in Tata Steel and Tata Motors has come as a shot in the arm for Chandra.
After years of losing money on two of the group's biggest bets - global steel business and domestic passenger cars - there are strong signs of a revival in both businesses.
Sensex seems to be under pressure on weak cues.
Motherson Sumi, Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover will face higher cost.
Sensex may remain under pressure this week due to weak global factors.
Some investors warned of a coming British or even global recession as sterling collapsed to hit its lowest since 1985.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
23 Nifty companies reported an annual decline in net profit.
Despite the odd time, hordes of enthusiasts had reached the island, some of them travelling long distances on two wheelers, to witness the historic moment.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
'In a part of the world where the government tells people what not to eat and what slogans to shout and not shout, it is beneficial to develop a mentality that is science minded and therefore open-minded.' 'That is possibly why the space programme has always had support from all sides of the political divide,' says Aakar Patel.
India Inc is ready to diversify into unchartered areas.
A century-old European bicycle brand gets a makeover under its new Indian owner. But is there room for yet another premium commuter bike?
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
'Till date, 90-95 per cent of the mission objectives have been accomplished' 'Future programmes will go as planned' After the moon landing mishap, K Sivan, chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation spoke to T E Narasimhan/Business Standard of the future and the mood among his scientists. Edited excerpts:
The government is scheduled to release index of industrial growth for November and consumer price inflation for December later today.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,543.
Sivan asserted that though Chandrayaan-2 did not go as per script, it will have no bearing with on the 'Gaganyaan' mission.
Seeking to strengthen Indo-UK economic ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Britain on his first visit to the country during which he will have a hectic schedule that will start with talks with his British counterpart David Cameron.
India and the United Kingdom are set to sign a "package of deliverables" during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit here that will also see discussions over cooperation in sectors like nuclear energy and defence.
"In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II," said Mylaswamy Annadurai, Project Director of Chandrayaan-I. Annadurai visited Russia late last month to hold initial technical discussions on Chandrayaan-II, which is expected to be a much shorter mission than Chandrayaan-I, scheduled for launch on April 9, 2008.
The $100 billion Tata group conglomerate is a major beneficiary of the decision to open up aviation in India.
At the end of 2018-19, the Tata group had a consolidated debt of Rs 2.77 trillion. Tatas not only plan to avoid big-ticket acquisitions for now, the group's main focus will be on improving key metrics and reduce debt, say Shally Seth Mohile & Dev Chatterjee.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
Led by a team of scientists of Indian-origin, NASA's Curiosity rover has found new evidence of water on Mars, indicating that the planet most like Earth in the solar system was suitable for microbial life.
Nano remains a cautionary tale of misplaced ambitions and a drag on profit.
In first half of year, firms raise more than banks on low US treasury rates.
Mars rover Opportunity has found evidence indicating that the planet had water. But no signs of life have been found far.
'If Chandrayaan 1 had a launch with GSLV, we need not have an orbiter for Chandrayaan 2.' 'We could have gone straight round the moon and landed on the moon.'
The 30-share Sensex is down 359 points at 26,378 and the Nifty has dropped 78 points to trade at 7,883
The upbeat earnings from Reliance Industries will set the tone for the truncated week ahead
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Benchmark share indices ended lower on profit taking after they touched record highs in the previous session.
Sensex gained nearly 0.4% or 96 points at 26087 level while Nifty ended up by 42 points or 0.5% at 7,791.40 level.
The list of corporations publishing biographies has lengthened steadily as companies have realised the effectiveness of story telling as a brand building tool. Kanika Datta investigates the rising trend.
Here's an Indian whose has proved that the sky is not the limit! Dr Amitabha Ghosh was the only Asian to serve on NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission. At present, he is on the Mars Odyssey Mission and the Mars Exploration Rover Mission.
This is the car major's second coming in India.
The WPI inflation stood at negative 2.4% in May 2015, compared with a negative 2.65% in April 2015.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
Audi India launched the second generation 2016 Audi R8 at the show.
The index had risen over 585 points in the previous three sessions.
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