Israel and the United States had a plan. Iran punched back. And now the Gulf is reeling, the world is beginning to feel the pain and, as on date, no one in Washington or Tel Aviv appears willing to admit that the punch has landed, notes Prem Panicker, continuing his must-read blog on the war in the Middle East.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended down 371 points at 24,966 and the Nifty50 closed 101 points lower at 7,615.
In politics, if your objective is only winning elections, just Chanakya neeti might do. For governance you need both, Chanakya neeti and Ram Rajya. You can neither beat up the farmers into submission, nor dismiss them as 'Khalistanis', asserts Shekhar Gupta.
In the metal pack, Tata Steel was up 3.7% while Vedanta was up 1.8% .
Financials were among the top losers along with Sun Pharma and index heavyweight Reliance Industries
The market players are expected to react to the better than expected factory output data for the month of August, which revealed that the industrial production grew by 6.4%.
The upcoming July derivatives expiry later in the week would also add some volatility to the market proceedings.
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
Delhi is a year-round health hazard that visitors shun like the plague, says Sunil Sethi.
Entrepreneurship hasn't been a cakewalk for him, says Sinha.
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