Equity and oil markets can breathe easy for now, as the developments in Russia are unlikely to trigger a runaway rally in crude oil prices, said analysts. India, which imports nearly 80 per cent of its crude oil requirement, has been dependent on cheap Russian oil over the past few months to keep inflation - a sore point for the equity markets - in check. For the Indian markets that are expected to remain volatile amid these developments, analysts believe, the progress of monsoon, fund flows - both foreign institutional investor (FII) and domestic - and the upcoming corporate earnings season back home remain key.
Karthikeya 2 seems to have arrived out of nowhere and is turning out to be the top performing film of the weekend, and that too, in its second week of release.
The United Progressive Alliance government on Monday had a smooth sailing in Lok Sabha with key ally Trinamool Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party walking out and the Samajwadi Party withdrawing its amendments to the President's address, notwithstanding the hype surrounding their opposition on issues like the National Counterterrorism Center.
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Relief on tax surcharge also likely to be extended to the corporate sector; duty on gold expected to be slashed.
If implemented, the measure would have choked the availability of funds for real estate firms and infrastructure companies, which typically have several layered subsidiaries.
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'aris can be boiling hot in July. The choice of viscose over cotton was deliberate. Cotton would have crushed badly. We used viscose because it is a wood pulp fibre and lets you breathe. It is cooler than silk. We had to consider breathability because the athletes would be on a barge, in the heat, for up to five hours.'
Images from the US Open women's singles third round matches, at Flushing Meadows, New York, on Friday.
India and China sorted out their differences on the issue of stapled visas to Kashmiris leading to resumption of defence ties in 2011, a year which also saw postponement of key boundary talks and Beijing's unease over Indian efforts to improve ties with East Asian nations.
'Love in today's time is very fast-paced, whereas I seek calmness in love.'
'And here I was, walking as a showstopper. I couldn't have imagined a more beautiful gift.'
'Adulting - HARD!!!! Head is swirling with plants and pots and lights and mattresses and plates and cushions and chairs and tables, forks and spoons, sinks and bins. AAAARGH!!! Doing up a house is NOT easy!!!'
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Figures released by his ministry indicate that in the last three years, the level of violence has come down in the North East and in Kashmir.
Wockhardt Chairman Habil Khorakiwala can breathe easy, as bankers have approved the debt restructuring package he had sought three months ago.
Corporate affairs minister also rules out private sector job quota.
'The biggest turning point in Ashwin's career was when he switched to bowling off-spin. And I must thank my wife Chitra for that decision.'
Husbands who coach their athlete wives in India can breathe easy. Few seem keen to follow the path set by China's Li Na whose decision to sack husband Jiang Shan as her coach culminated in her winning the French Open, and becoming the first Asian to win a tennis grand slam singles title, earlier this month.
After being released on bail by the Supreme Court while serving a life sentence for sedition and links with Maoists, Binayak Sen is ready to campaign for others who have been languishing in jails over similar charges.
Andy Roddick marched into the quarter-finals of the US Open with an easy 6-2, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Chilean 11th seed Fernando Gonzalez.
Ironically, rival Tamil Nadu governments expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the specious plea, which has been peddled very many times in the past, that without licensed liquor, drinkers would go after hooch and there could be more hooch tragedies and hooch deaths. No one is convinced, but no one can dispute it either, comments N Sathiya Moorthy.
With both IPL and exam fever out of the way, Bollywood is breathing easy and gearing up its potential blockbusters for release.
Retail and corporate borrowers can breathe easy as bankers today said an immediate hike in lending rates is unlikely, although the RBI tightened monetary policy by raising key rates.
There will be no retrenchment in Satyam, up to 10,000 employees to be put into virtual pool, Tech Mahindra CEO Vineet Nayyar said.
Mutual funds breathed easy today, with the flow into liquid and liquid-plus schemes soaring to Rs 30,000-35,000 crore. This is in contrast to the situation over the past few days when a liquidity squeeze caused by the Coal India issue soaking up cash forced companies and banks to withdraw money from mutual funds.
Passengers struggling with heavy luggage and senior citizens trying to make their way in the maze of crowded railway stations can now breathe easy as the Railways have decided to install 100 escalators in major stations.
American Ryan Crouser became the first man to "three-peat" in the Olympic shot put on Saturday.
Yves Gomes can breathe easy for the next two years, as he just eluded being deported to India, where he has lived for just 14 months of his entire life.
The country's largest private sector lender ICICI Bank on Thursday said lending rates will start going up any time now, quite contrary to the SBI chairman's projection that borrowers can breathe easy till Diwali.
The ECB said none of their Test players will take part in the tournament. Which means the likes of Kevin Pietersen, Andrew Flintoff, Monty Panesar and Paul Collingwood will not figure in the Champions League.
According to Corporation Bank executive director Asit Pal, there would not be any change in prime lending rate as there is sufficient liquidity in the system and credit offtake is also muted at this point of time.
Bowing to public pressure, the state government on Tuesday stayed the implementation of its controversial order seeking to restrict number of guests at marriage functions.
Because of the terrorism insurance pool created after the terror strikes in the US, insurers said, costs will be manageable for Indian companies and they will continue to get risk covers. The Insurance Regulatory Developmental Authority has mandated all general insurance companies be allied to a common pool for terrorism insurance. So, premium of terrorism insurance collected by all general insurance companies flows into a common pool.
Impulsive plastic money spenders face the prospect of paying interest rates in excess of 40 per cent a year.
It's a blessing in disguise, of sorts. Indian companies, which had to face a huge attrition problem over the last few years, can finally breathe easy. HR analysts said the economic slowdown is expected to reduce the attrition rates across industries, at least for the next two quarters.
Ulajh strikes you as an attempt at statement-making gone horribly wrong, a punchline that doesn't land, a roar that never reaches the ear, observes Sreehari Nair.
Breathing easy after a career reviving ton, Rahul Dravid on Saturday said that the century he scored against England here would rank among the most significant knocks of his career.
