However, the number of confirmed cases reported by states rose by over 500 to cross 3,000 with at least 90 dead. While Maharashtra, Telangana and Delhi disclosed several new cases of the deadly virus infection, government officials said the numbers have risen in last few days mostly due to one event -- referring to the Tablighi Jamaat's religious gathering in the national capital attended by thousands of people last month.
ICICI Bank was the top gainer after stable rating for its senior unsecured bonds by S&P Global Ratings.
VW overtook Japan's Toyota in the first half of this year to become the world's biggest carmaker by sales, but is facing a sharp slowdown in its most profitable market, China.
Sensex rises, Nifty holds 8,900; FMCG, Pharma shares lead.
It's a post-truth world for multinational brands and businesses too.
US India Business Council president Ron Somers wrote in an article that India is not only the world's third-largest economy but is also a stabilising force in a region known to be a 'tough neighbourhood'.
The aim is a vast improvement in quality that would lead to a surge in demand for low-end Android phones
It reported a loss of Rs 36 crore (Rs 360 million), the first such negative result in 10 years.
It hopes to leverage the growing number of mobile transactions
Getting a good night's sleep, it seems, isn't as easy as it is made out to be.
The broader Nifty too fell for the second straight session and closed with a loss of over 62 points, or 0.54 per cent, at 11,520.30, after hovering between 11,496.85 and 11,602.55.
Real estate developers are banking high on ultra-luxury projects.
Like China, India needs to encourage 'hacker clubs' in view of the challenges of virtual terrorism, says Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd)
India has made a good beginning in the area of satellite navigation but still there is a long way to go.
Group still far from coordinating monetary/forex policy
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
Sensex, Nifty put up a good show in closing trade.
Components manufactured in India are low-value products like casing and box packaging that constitute 5% of the bill for materials required in phone manufacturing.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
The Indo-Japanese nuclear deal may not come easy considering India's Civil Nuclear Liability Act provisions which had earlier put off suppliers like General Electric, says Debalina Ghoshal.
It's a bold marketing move for the locally-produced light combat aircraft.
'Where is the analysis that we need to spend at least Rs 4 trillion to keep India safe?'
Automobile makers in India are embracing taxi-hailing apps such as Uber and Ola, hoping to ride on their expansion to sell more cars, a contrarian view to companies in Western markets that fear a drop in car sales due to them
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
Tata Group's CLiQ is the latest to join the e-commerce club, to compete with the likes of Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal.
Stay ahead of the game; learn the tricks from Ecom king Jack Ma.
Growth in the eight core sectors jumped to 8.5% in April, due to a sharp pick-up in refinery products and a commensurate rise in electricity generation.
The world-famous Darjeeling tea is losing its flavour even as it struggles with falling production, says Avishek Rakshit.
The country imported 9.31 million tonnes (mt) of steel in FY15.
Analysts say it is a case of over-promise and under-delivery.
Three way split of AIADMK has slowed decision-making, prompting industry to look outside the state, says T E Narasimhan.
A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the top five MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the wealthy is increasing rapidly.
Metal stocks fell on Tuesday, with the S&P BSE metal index sliding 2.8 per cent compared to the 0.64 per cent fall in the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex
The scrip of the company on Wednesday ended at Rs 695.80, up 2.7 per cent, on BSE, while the benchmark Sensex ended flat at 19,345.70. Just Dial shares had seen a record high of Rs 761.80 on July 9.
'To them, the day may not be far off when the state BJP starts claiming and propagating that Modi is next only to AIADMK's late boss Jayalalithaa,' says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
In his first interview after taking over as Philips India's vice-chairman and managing director, Krishna Kumar speaks to Business Standard on how the company is readying itself for the next few decades and the increasing importance of India to Philips' global operations.
Aditi and Akshay Maliwal are mentoring young sports athletes from Asia to get through to top US universities.
As the country readies to go to polls on July 25, one can't deny the role of the military, but there are other factors too.
'The creation of Pakistan was integral to Britain's grand strategy.' 'If they were to ever leave India, Britain's military planners had made it clear that they needed to retain a foothold in the NWFP and Baluchistan because that would provide the means to retain control of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar.'
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