IT, FMCG and manufacturing sectors are less attractive to foreign portfolio investors
The steep depreciation of rupee will not give an immediate advantage to the country's exporters.
Images from Day 8 of the 2022 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Monday.
Tokyo 2020 organisers held an earthquake drill on Thursday at Ariake Gymnastics Centre, a newly built venue for next year's Olympics, to test their readiness
There is growing acceptance of the idea in the international community that engaging the Taliban government is a far better approach than ostracising it, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Dustin Johnson led throughout, though only by one stroke early, and did not drop a shot in the final 13 holes on his way to a four-under-par 68 and an unprecedented 20-under-par 268 total.
29-year-old fashion entrepreneur Ritika Walia who came to India from London during the global economic meltdown to give entrepreneurship a try, speaks about the odds in her journey and how she overcame it.
The Olympic torch relay set off from Fukushima on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the summer Games in Tokyo
Kishore Singh draws up a list of terms he never wants to hear or read again.
Leicester pushed forward after the interval but were caught out on the break in the 64th minute when Ritchie's pass released Wilson who coolly rounded Schmeichel before sliding home.
Ruud, who did not take kindly to Kyrgios's tweet then about how he had celebrated the victory, said the hot-headed 24-year-old was "completely crazy" and had behaved like an "idiot" on the court.
'I'm an extrovert, but there is a facet to me that I closely guard.' 'I just think that there has to be something that you keep for yourself.
Overall, the MF industry saw nearly Rs 5 trillion, or 18 per cent, of asset erosion in March, with the asset base shrinking to Rs 22.26 trillion from Rs 27.22 trillion at February-end.
For two decades the US paid in blood and blood money for dependence on Pakistan to carry out one president's boast. Now, having been defeated by its proxies, another president will go into Rawalpindi's embrace to satisfy his constituents, predicts Shekhar Gupta.
It is important for working professionals to not get attached to a designation or title or brand or a company name, asserts Aditya Malik, MD & CEO, Talentedge.
Indian boxing got the first glimpse of Dingko's talent at the 1989 sub-junior nationals in Ambala where he became a champion as a 10-year-old.
Apostolos immediately got up from his chair in shock and went up to the stands to sit with the rest of the Greek team while Tsitsipas, who was docked a point and warned by the umpire, received an earful from his mother Julia Apostoli.
Top Indian IT firms, such as TCS, Infosys, and Wipro, have signalled taking aggressive cost take-out measures, including reduction in sub-contracting costs, travel expenses, freeze in salary hikes, and holding back variable payments, among others.
Kyrgios earned a suspended six-month ban in September for those transgressions but it only applies to the ATP Tour and not the Davis Cup.
Stock market crash: TCS sheds $21 billion in market capitalisation, Infosys $7 billion and Wipro around $3 billion
There is little doubt that the global economic crisis has worsened Indias growth prospects, but the slowdown began long before the US financial meltdown began.
The global financial meltdown has pulled down India's economic growth to 6.7 per cent during 2008-09 from about 9 per cent a year ago. During the current fiscal, as per the Planning Commission estimates, growth rate may fall to 6.3 per cent.
'I always gave my best, even to what people considered to be trashy content.'
Other measures being considered include relatively stringent KYC norms and a separate standard operating procedure for approval, renewal, and fresh investment from India's neighbouring countries.
At a recent brainstorming session on 'After effects of Financial Meltdown: World Economy', held at the Amity Campus in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, Lord Meghnad Desai expressed his views through a written message, as he could not make it to the event.
With the global financial crisis affecting Indians in the Gulf region, Vice President Hamid Ansari has said the Indian government was mulling steps to ensure the welfare of expatriates reeling under the meltdown.
Both indices are down nearly 9 per cent from their all-time highs in mid-January. A sharp reversal seems difficult this time as the peak impact of the virus is yet to play out.
The economic slowdown in India preceded global meltdown due to stoppage of reforms by the UPA government, former union disinvestment minister Arun Shourie said.
Who is to take their place? Will a new generation of entrepreneurs start up with better business sense, or at least better luck? But the so-called unicorns are mostly copy-cat entrepreneurs whose cash flow is funded by overseas (including Chinese) money, notes T N Ninan.
This action would affect approximately 3,500 employees over the indefinite period at US Steel's Keewatin, Detroit and St Louis plants, the company said. According to the company, due to continuous business review, analysis of market conditions and their impact on customers' orders, it had to take further steps to consolidate operations.
'Sincere request to the Nobel winner, to spend some time speaking with the minorities of Pakistan'
Company officials have maintained that the closure is a routine exercise and is not a fallout of the ongoing global meltdown. "There will be no production at the company's Halol unit for about two weeks," said P Balendran, vice-president, GM India. The company has shut production from December 13 to December 30.
It was meant to be the start of a triumphant march to the Tokyo 2020 Games: the torch relay would begin on Thursday in Fukushima, battered by the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster, as a poignant symbol of the "Recovery Olympics." But instead, it was like any other day for this prefecture in northeast Japan after the relay was scrapped following the Games' postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tokyo 2020 organisers received the Olympic flame in a scaled-down handover ceremony in the Greek capital on Thursday, amid the coronavirus spread that has cast doubt on the global, multi-billion dollar event. In a brief ceremony closed to spectators in Athens' Panathenaic stadium, site of the first modern Games in 1896, the torch was received by Tokyo Games representative Naoko Imoto.
The 36-year-old, talked about what she has been going through since giving birth to her daughter, Alexis Olympia, who turns one this September.
Kumbalangi Nights is one of those movies that will put you in a good mood every time you watch it, promises Anita Aikara.
The US dollar strengthened against the world currencies after the Turkish lira dived almost 8 per cent, sparking a sell-off in global markets.
"There would be some resetting of expectations", president of Nasscom, Som Mittal, said on the sidelines of 'TiE Entrepreneurial Summit 2008 (TES 2008)' in Bangalore. He indicated that the Nasscom would come out with a clear view vis-a-vis the growth forecast in Junuary first week, saying 'it may happen before the quarterly results start coming out'.
The Index of Industrial Production (IIP), GDP figures, current account data, foreign direct investment and exports-imports data are very dismal. They do not show the extraordinary 9 per cent growth, says Amreek Singh Sandhu, CFO, Gati Ltd.
Even while the entire world is grappling with a downturn, we are maintaining a solid growth rate of 6 to 7 per cent. That's simply commendable.
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