India has a history of successful mascots. The adorable Amul Girl has been gracing hoardings with topical punch lines. And Maharaja, launched way back in the 1940s, continues to represent the Air India with a new look since 2015.
The Reserve Bank of India has already reduced the policy rate by a total of 75 basis points, or 0.75 per cent, since January.
All passengers were evacuated safely via slides.
Brokerage firm CLSA says in its interactions with government officials, measures such as the dollar-deposit scheme were under consideration.
'Virat is the captain of the Indian side and Anushka is an A-list Bollywood actor. Something like this has not happened before.'
The main reason was that CPI inflation would likely remain below 4 per cent till July.
The Indians killed in the incident have been identified as Debashish Dev, Arup Roychaudhury, Sunil Sen and Indranil Ghosh, the Indian Embassy said.
Better supply management and check on hoarding should be able to prevent food price spikes
Five years into retirement, the little master is the third highest paid sports endorser. How did he script his return to relevance?
Two PAAS members were given tickets in the released list, while the Hardik Patel-led organisation had demanded 20 seats.
As many as 80 brands are riding the digital and television broadcast this year.
Rituparno Ghosh's neighbour Sujoy Naskar talks to us about his famous filmmaker.
The growing interest in alternative sports is encouraging Ronnie Screwvala to extend the U Mumba brand from kabaddi to football and volleyball.
'Women's cricket just had a huge boost with the way our team performed in the World Cup.' 'Why not take advantage and lay the groundwork to launch a women's IPL?'
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
There is a near consensus that at least a 25 basis points cut, if not 50, can be expected in the June policy.
While the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has given tickets to 76 'crorepati' candidates, the opposition Congress has fielded 60 such nominees. They are followed by seven from the Nationalist Congress Party, six from the Aam Aadmi Party and two from the Bahujan Samaj Party.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Mamata Banerjee was on Friday sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the second consecutive time, heading a 42-member ministry.
Instead of a rate hike, or even a pause, there could be a window for the RBI for an interest rate cut
Following the World Cup, companies queue up to sign Mithali Raj and Harmanpreet Kaur.
Inflows from Europe, falling crude oil to come to the rescue if rupee cracks against the dollar.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Prince William and Kate Middleton arrived in Mumbai on Sunday as part of their seven-day tour of India and Bhutan, aimed at building up strong bonds with the two countries.
The party is set to rule the state for the sixth term.
Voters from different sections of society queued up on Saturday morning outside the polling boots in 89 seats spread over south Gujarat and Saurashtra.
'People can relate to him much the way they did with a young Sachin Tendulkar 30 years ago.'
Last week, the Consumer Price Index-based inflation for the month had contracted to 4.4 per cent.
While rate cuts may increase churn between banks, these may not boost credit offtake meaningfully.
The rupee will largely remain stable but with a mild depreciating bias in the next one year
Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton enjoyed a game of cricket with Sachin Tendulkar.
The BJP took a dig at Gandhi, saying the Congress vice president was visiting temples as his party has failed to win elections in the state for long time.
A rising rupee is a tailwind for dollar investors.
On Friday, the euro weakened to a near 14-month-low against the dollar, after the European Central Bank announced a fresh round of stimulus and promised more if required.
As in all successful comebacks, strong leadership will be key for the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals.
A day after Sania Mirza was accused of not attending Madhya Pradesh awards ceremony owing to her unacceptable demands, the agency which looks after the tennis star issued a statement saying that she didn't ask for any money to attend the event. The Indian Express reported on Wednesday that after Sania had accepted the invitation, her personal assistant made demands of a make-up kit worth Rs 75,000 and a chartered plane.
Within hours of rate cut announced by RBI, United Bank has reduced the benchmark lending rate by 0.25 per cent, while other banks including market leader SBI have indicated that they would follow suit.
The Olympic silver medalist could charge between Rs 75 lakhs and Rs 1 crore per endorsement.
A bronze medal in wrestling gets brands talking about a potential endorser joining the ranks of past Olympics stars from India, Abhinav Bindra and Vijender Singh
To provide exporters/importers greater flexibility in risk management, RBI enhanced the limit available to exporters to 50 per cent
Hailstorms may cause Rs 12k-cr crop damage, El Nino a bigger worry.
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