In case of rural workers, the index recorded an increase between 1 to 7 points in 12 States, and a decrease between one to 8 points in 8 states.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
In a late night crackdown, police on Wednesday evicted YSR Congress Party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy from the venue of his indefinite hunger strike called to protest bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh as doctors voiced concern over his deteriorating health.
A K Prabhakar, senior VP and Head - Equity Research (Retail), Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd, will host a chat on Friday, June 14, between 4 pm and 5 pm.
Will Murthy's return change the fortunes of Infosys? If yes how soon will the table be turned?
Hudhud leaves a trail of destruction in Visakhapatnam, home to a major naval base.
PepsiCo is now betting aggressively on Kurkure, as its offering goes more and more local in its branded snacks.
Andhra Pradesh posted 8.14% consumer inflation in October.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Kiran Vissa, co-convenor of National Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, said that amendments to the EC Act have nothing to do with farmers' welfare but instead meant to please big players and agriculture companies. This is because small and marginal farmers don't have the storage capacity to attract provisions of the EC Act.
Karan's motivation, as he would say, would be to "fit into a t-shirt."
The 61-year-old former top cop from Mumbai changed professions after listening to his 'inner voice'.
'As he goes down, he will almost certainly drag a few others down with him.' 'Once the mutual mudslinging has died down, collateral damage will probably include more bankers than politicians, given the nature of how things work in India,' says T N Ninan.
Shadow of elections may overshadow political consensus at GST Council meetings.
Water scarcity is often a factor in conflicts, but is India ready to cope with limited water resources?
The illegal trade in red sanders wood, which sells for up to Rs 80 lakh a tonne in some Asian countries, involves a complex nexus of smugglers and impoverished woodcutters.
Even as traders in Tamil Nadu continue to boycott Coke and Pepsi, a few homegrown beverage brands are raking in the profits, says T E Narasimhan.
The one national GST unifies the country's $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion people into a common market, an exercise that took 17 tumultuous years.
He just wanted to see some snow. But he got much more than that. Samanyu, all of 7, scaled Africa's loftiest peak and proved that no dream is impossible. And that age is just a number.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' queries on stocks they own or want to buy.
The wars of the future will be fought over water and if they occur on large scale, will be far more devastating than any we have seen yet.
'In the end, investing is about people.' 'If you get the right people, they make things happen,' Mengistu Alemayehu tells Shyamal Majumdar.
Binu Alex, co-founder and editorial director of www.commodityonline.com, in an interview to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, says demand-supply imbalance arising out of the government's inability to preserve the crop for non-harvesting season is the root cause behind the price rise.
Dr G Padma Vijay's latest book has recipes for all.
'Suicide rates among Indian farmers were a chilling 47 per cent higher than they were for the rest of the population in 2011. In some of the states worst hit by the agrarian crisis, they were well over 100 per cent higher. In Maharashtra, farmers were killing themselves at a rate that was 162 per cent higher than that for any other Indians excluding farmers. A farmer in this state is two-and-a-half times more likely to commit suicide than anyone else in the country, other than farmers,' says P Sainath.
Celebrated chef Gaggan Anand answered readers' queries on June 9. For those who missed the live chat, here is the unedited chat transcript.
India Inc has few leaders who are likely to grab headlines in 2015.
The most immediate cause of worry is the recent volatility in foreign exchange markets, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tells the Assocham annual general meeting.
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