CDS Is A China Specialist

In an army that favours officers who have spent the bulk of their service years doing counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir, General Anil Chauhan is that rarity: A China specialist who......

Pvt hospitals must make their own security arrangement, can't burden govt: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Centre and the state governments cannot be expected to provide security cover to private hospitals, which are business enterprises and have to make their......

Centre to announce 4-year military recruitment scheme

The Centre is likely to announce the Agnipath recruitment scheme for the defence forces under which troops would be recruited only for four-year tenures. IMAGE: Indian Army, Indian Air Force (IAF)......

Will A Retired General Become CDS?

'Being a serving officer or wearing a uniform does not make an officer more competent than one who has retired.' IMAGE: Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, Chief of the......

Valuation worries loom over smallcap stocks

It has mostly been a one-way street for smallcap stocks that have taken it on their chin thus far in February. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The Nifty Smallcap 250 index has shed 3.2 per......

90% of Nifty 500 stocks trade above 200-DMA; time to be selective: Analysts

Nearly 90 per cent of the stocks comprising the National Stock Exchange Nifty 500 Index and 49 of the 50 stocks that make up the Nifty50 are trading above their respective 200-day moving averages......

What does Fitch downgrade of US credit rating to AA+ mean for the markets?

Rating agency Fitch recently downgraded the US government's top credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing fiscal deterioration over the next three years and repeated debt ceiling negotiations. IMAGE:......

43 Nifty, 27 Sensex stocks trade above 200-DMA. Analysts see more upside

With the markets scaling new highs, as many as 43 stocks from the Nifty50 index and 27 of the 30 scrips that are part of the S&P BSE Sensex are trading above their respective 200-day moving average......