Continuing their surge, India's exports touched $70 billion for the first time in the country's trade history.
'My film will not only be a reminder for all of us who have gone through these hellish two years, but also a reference point for future generations and for the four-five year olds who would have forgotten everything by the time they grow up.'
Small-cap stocks raked in big gains in fiscal 2021-22 by giving up to 36.64 per cent returns, outshining the bigger benchmark gauge and experts believe that they may continue to outperform in FY23. Markets faced many headwinds in the latter part of the last fiscal with the emergence of geopolitical tension, inflation concerns and FII selling. Analysts said that the first half of the last fiscal was very good, while the market entered into consolidation in the second half, combined with high volatility.
Namrata Thakker takes a peek at their travel diaries.
Investors' wealth jumped over Rs 59.75 lakh crore in the 2021-22 fiscal, helped by a largely buoyant trend in domestic stocks with benchmark index Sensex surging over 18 per cent during the period. Braving many headwinds in the latter part of the current fiscal, Sensex closed the 2021-22 financial year with a gain of 9,059.36 points or 18.29 per cent. Mirroring optimism in equities despite worries related to geopolitical tension, inflation concerns, FII selling, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed firms rallied by Rs 59,75,686.84 crore to Rs 2,64,06,501.38 crore in the entire 2021-22 fiscal.
Food inflation is back in double digits after a gap of a month-and-a-half and stood at 10.60 per cent for the week ending October 8 on the back of costlier vegetables, fruits, milk and protein-based items.
Salaries in the information technology sector went up by an average of 19 per cent in 2004 with senior level professionals gaining the most, according to Dataquest-IDC survey.
New patented products with significant therapeutic advantage over the existing ones may see higher pricing.
Continuing his strong show in the Auto GP series, Indian racer Narain Karthikeyan recorded his third win of the season when he triumphed from pole in round six of the series in Nurburgring.
Car sales went up by an 18 per cent in July 2004 for the fourth consecutive month this fiscal buoyed by Maruti, Hyundai and Tata Motors.
In 2020, Indian users went up by 400 per cent, making it the fastest growing market in the world for Duolingo, with China coming in second.
The rise in illegal imports of the yellow metal has caught the eye of the finance ministry.
Maruti Udyog on Monday said its net profit soared by 42.1 per cent to Rs 170.9 crore during the quarter ended June 30, 2004 against Rs 120.2 crore during the year-ago period, buoyed by a 19 per cent jump in sales volume.
Amid stiff competition from private and foreign players, the country's 27 public sector banks logged 35 per cent growth in profit at Rs 16,546 crore (Rs 165.46 billion) while their bad assets fell below 3 per cent during 2003-04.
Driven by the top three carmakers -- Maruti, Hyundai and Tata Motors -- the car sales surged by 25 per cent in June 2004 over the same month last year.
Investors' wealth has jumped by a massive Rs 9.41 lakh crore during three successive days of gains in the domestic equity market. The Sensex and the Nifty continued their upward journey for the third straight session on Wednesday, as the BSE benchmark surged nearly 1,148 points to breach the 51,000-level and the NSE benchmark index recaptured the 15,200-mark by rising 326.5 points. At the closing bell, the 30-share Sensex was up 1,147.76 points or 2.28 per cent at 51,444.65, the biggest single-day rise since February 2.
Having kick-started their preparations for the remainder of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021, Delhi Capitals is looking to make a fresh start for the final phase of the season, which is scheduled to begin from September 19 in UAE.
Axis Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging over 13 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Maruti, TCS, Kotak Bank and Reliance Industries. On the other hand, Nestle India, HUL, Tech Mahindra and Sun Pharma ended in the red. NSE Nifty zoomed 273.95 points, or 3.03 per cent, to finish at 9,266.75.
Rural Postal Life Insurance, a scheme administered by the Department of Post for the rural populace, has grown manifold to develop business worth Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) for the 2003-04 fiscal from Rs 550 crore (Rs 5.50 billion) in 1999.
The NSE Nifty ended at 3142, up 98 points. The market breadth was fairly positive - out of 2,655 stocks traded, 1,809 advanced, 777 declined and the rest were unchanged on Tuesday.
'I am most excited about a new video production solution for large organisations -- think Fortune 500 companies -- that have distributed teams, many of which are based in India.'
Biotech firm Biocon India on Friday reported net profits of Rs 138.63 crore (Rs 1.39 billion) for the year 2003-04, a growth of 219 per cent over Rs 43.51 crore (Rs 435.1 million) recorded for the previous fiscal.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton was observed enjoying a ride in a 600 mph Red Arrows Hawk jet, sailing over Lincolnshire, ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix.
Foreign exchange reserves climbed further by $ 402 million to a new record high of $109.998 billion during the week ended March 19 from $109.596 billion a week ago.
Sensex zooms 200 points in Muhurat trading, Nifty regains 7,800.
Accelerated by top three automakers -- Maruti, Hyundai and Tata Motors -- the car sales posted a phenomenal 73.1 per cent rise in February, promising an impressive performance during 2003-04.
'We go through 18 years of school and college, but we lack many necessary skills.' 'The biggest lessons we need, to live life, are somehow not taught, and they are only learned on the job.' 'My intention, through my content, my books, and my start-ups, is to make college kids become life ready.'
Private lenders HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were the top gainers along with index heavyweights
E-commerce companies that fall within the scope of the equalisation levy include Adobe, Uber, Udemy, Zoom.us, Expedia, Alibaba, Ikea, LinkedIn, Spotify, and eBay.
A debate is again raging in the Congress over uncertainty related to its leadership, with a section of party leaders, including some MPs, asking Rahul Gandhi to return to the helm.
Markets extended gains led by financials and capital goods shares coupled with a rebound in IT shares.
BSES Ltd, a Reliance group entity, has reported a massive 539.04 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 93.3 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2003, compared to Rs 14.6 crore in the same quarter last fiscal.
While prevalent web conferencing apps have been charging fees for getting a large number of users in a session, Jio is neither charging any fee nor has put any time limit on the sessions at present.
Honda Siel Cars India on Friday said its sales soared by 195 per cent in December 2003 to 2,760 units on the back of strong demand for the recently-launched all-new mid-size car City.
Market breadth was positive, 1072 stocks advanced for 1683 stocks which declined.
The Sensex opened with a gain of 23 points at 4,845. Steady buying across the board pushed the index to a high of 4,861.
The Sensex opened flat at 4,771. It has now gained 10 points at 4,781.
NIIT has reported a 347 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 5.86 crore (Rs 58.6 million) for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2003 as against Rs 1.31 crore (Rs 13.1 million) in SQ02.
The Sensex has bounced from lows, and is now up 27 points at 4,675.
