Mutual funds are increasingly launching schemes to take advantage of the infrastructure boom, both within the country and globally. The schemes will invest in companies that will benefit from the multi-billion dollar investments required in ports, roads, telecom, construction, engineering and aviation across the world in the coming years.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about Katrina Kaif.
'When things are going your way, it's important to stay in the present and not to overdo things.'
More than 85 skyscrapers are set to adorn the Mumbai skyline in a few years.
The K-shaped economic recovery in India from the pandemic slowdown shows in corporate results as well. The automobile sector, which represents big-ticket consumption, continues to do well and has increased its share in corporate revenues and profits while fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies that sell low-ticket consumer goods are struggling with poor sales and earnings growth. The share of the automobile sector, including makers of auto ancillaries, in corporate net sales rose to a 10-quarter high of 10.05 per cent during July-September 2023 (Q2FY24) from 8.94 per cent a year earlier and 9.75 per cent in Q1FY24.
Nextbillion Technology (Groww), the venture capital-backed broking platform, has dislodged Zerodha Broking as India's largest brokerage in terms of number of active clients. Groww had 6.63 million active clients at the end of September, as against Zerodha's 6.48 million, ending the latter's long run at the top. AngelOne and RKSV Securities (Upstox) were ranked third and fourth with 4.86 million and 2.19 million active clients, according to data available on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
The other trend is towards the big and bigger, especially in the retail sector. Take The Great India Place in Noida, Unitech's 15 lakh sq ft "shoppertainment" destination which opened earlier this year.
'Work and you'll get what you need; work hard and you'll get what you want,' Boom Boom captioned his Instagram video.
An increasing number of contractors managing parking lots at malls, multiplexes and five-star hotels are buying parking insurance covers
CapitaLand, the Singapore state-owned developer, is set to make one of the biggest bets by a foreign company on India's retail property boom, investing in 15 shopping centres worth S$2.1bn ($1.46bn) in association with two Indian construction and property groups.
Companies, which are jumping into the bandwagon, include MNCs. For instance, the world's leading component company Bosch has committed an investment of Rs 2,650 crore (Rs 26.50 billion) through four subsidiaries in India. Funds will be used to set up manufacturing facilities for gasoline systems, electronic control units and ABS systems.
Among the international companies that are increasing their investments is the Japanese paint major, Nippon, which is putting in about Rs 80 crore (Rs 800 million) for manufacturing facilities in Gurgaon and a 25-acre unit in Chennai.
The government informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that it is keeping a watch on a person who is suspected to have used the booming Indian share market for terror funding. "Recently, a case has come to our notice. It is suspected that it may be linked to a person under watch. I cannot divulge further details," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.
Can you survive in the job market only with a graduation degree? A reality check.
The demand for aircrafts and hospitality industry is poised to treble by 2009.
Textile industry is all set for a big boom. According to Central government sources, the textile industry will require an investment of Rs 1.94 lakh crore by 2012 to become an overall sector worth $110 billion.
India and England have played with contrasting approaches in the World Cup so far, producing contrasting results. That is unlikely to change when the teams meet in Lucknow on Sunday.
Indian Navy Public Relation Officer (PRO) Cdr M C Joshi has said that the residents may hear sonic boom sounds and they need not panic as it is associated with the training of MiG-29K aircrafts, which is happening off Goa coast.
As more Indians go online, a boom in the Internet advertising industry is waiting in the wings with the digital medium poised to rule over all other media in the coming years, say experts.
China's poverty line of $85 per capita net income a year is too low for subsistence and fails to deliver to 100 million poor the benefits of the country's unprecedented economic boom, a senior official has said.
The film is achingly stupid and beyond ludicrous.
India's HS Prannoy showed nerves of steel, advancing to his third successive quarterfinals at the World Championships.
In the midst of an unprecedented stock market boom, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday cautioned that markets can at times lead to marginalisation of the poor
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty earned India's first-ever badminton gold medal at the Asian Games
Commerce Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday that the country is poised for a grey revolution or construction boom, fuelled by road development initiatives, which have generated huge employment opportunities in villages.
It's not rare for Hansika Motwani's fashion posts to receive over 200,000 likes on Instagram.
The BSE Realty index-a gauge of real estate stocks-rose 4.2 per cent on Monday, extending its two-day advance to 7.8 per cent. The latest gains came on the back of robust sales posted by realty developers in the March quarter of financial year 2022-23 (Q4FY23). On Thursday, the rate-sensitive index had gained 2.9 per cent following the Reserve Bank of India's decision to pause interest rate hikes in its latest monetary policy review.
Farmer Ishwar Gaykar (36), from Pachghar village in Junnar tehsil of Pune district, had faced a difficult decision of dumping a large quantity of harvested tomatoes in May this year due to low prices.
The Indian stock market boom saw the rise of many wealthy investors. However, some of the high profile companies did not live up to the expectations of investors.
From show business to sports stories, you'll find plenty to keep you busy on OTT this week.
This year, IIM Ahmedabad, the largest and most prestigious of the institutes, has seen a 50 per cent slowdown in placements on the coveted "day zero" (the first day), probably for the first time since the dotcom bust in 2000.
The booming East China region as well as Shanghai metropolis has wooed top Indian firms like Infosys, Satyam, TCS, NIIT, State Bank of India and Reliance to set up software development centres or representative offices.
The domestic retail industry is expected to attract about Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) investments in the next two-three years and the retail boom will percolate to smaller cities with population less than 10 lakh, according to a new study by consu
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