Dharmendra Pradhan, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal have been elevated to Cabinet ministers.
Can Volvo take advantage of the festive season with the launch of its refreshed cars that rival Audi A4 and Q3?
The textiles sector is India's largest organised employer and critical for the prime minister's dream of creating jobs
Analysts say investors should increase their exposure to gold up to 10% of their portfolio, depending on their comfort with a 2-year horizon. But avoid investing in physical gold or deposit schemes run by jewellers
For years, India has been a low priority for Apple as spending power is weaker than in China
Calling out to all those who love nature and flowers! Rashtrapati Bhavan's lush green Mughal Garden in Delhi is all set to welcome visitors from Wednesday. Visitors will be in for a treat as there will be 70 varieties of seasonal flowers, including specially imported flowers from the Netherlands and Japan from February 6 to March 10. Take a look at what's bloomin'.
There is a large population standing outside the coverage of primary healthcare, says Praveen Gupta of Raheja QBE.
'Rather than cutting and pasting from advanced economies, we should use basic economic principles to think about what is right for India at the stage of development at which we are,' says Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian.
The CM said the state government has been extending grant for the Hindus and the Christians for their overseas pilgrimage.
'Businessmen like Rajiv render public service when they speak truth to power,' observes Virendra Kapoor.
'At this moment, the Trinamool has an edge.'
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
Investing in these precious and base metals is as easy as investing in stocks. Here's how
'Institutional ownership, by December 2018, had increased 37.5% from approximately 22% in early 2009,' points out Amit Tandon.
'Even before the outbreak of the flu, it had become clear that the tax revenue numbers for 2019-2020 were overestimated,' observes A K Bhattacharya.
'Freebies are yet be proven a 'pucca' vote-catcher. But don't say that to KCR because he takes pride in two things: His record of delivery and imagination,' says Shekhar Gupta.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
Amazon has shot off yet another letter to market regulator Sebi, accusing Future Retail of insider trading and called for an investigation as the US online retailer looks to ratchet up pressure against the Future-RIL deal. Future Group, however, vehemently denied the charges, saying these allegations were "Amazon's ill-motivated attempts to throw everything at the situation to stultify the transaction."
For now Walmart has said it remains optimistic about India. But that could change without prior notice, says Nivedita Mookerji.
Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors and Tata Motors reported sales growth in the domestic market in November, aided by robust offtakes amid the festival season. While Maruti Suzuki India reported marginal growth, Hyundai logged in its highest ever monthly sales in November. Others like Honda Cars India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Mahindra & Mahindra and MG Motor India also reported sales growth in November as compared with the same month last year.
'The government has given up its focus on economic growth because it it not something Modi has been able to fully understand.' 'This explains the extraordinary focus on divisive politics by the BJP even at a time when the world's most important man in visiting India,' notes Aakar Patel.
On the back of ongoing reforms and stress on manufacturing, India. he said, can look for much bigger share in global exports.
'People are doing a lot of trading.' 'Short-term euphoria can be seen.' 'Retail participation is best through MFs and PMS.'
France has now over-taken the UK as India's most visited European nation
'As banks grapple with risk aversion and savers see an erosion in the value of money, the P2P platform can be a win-win for both borrowers and lenders,' notes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Work on a dozen decisions to start by next week.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'It is not that he has not committed any mistakes; he has.' 'But people were willing to forgive you if you were honest.'
In George Fernandes's passing, many will mourn him -- even those who disagreed vehemently with him, writes Aditi Phadnis.
Former Union minister Suresh Prabhu would be India's Sherpa at the 14th meeting of the world's top economies in Osaka, Japan.
India and Vietnam on Tuesday decided to ramp up their defence and security ties that will see supply of four naval patrol vessels to Hanoi and increased training of its military personnel, a month after India extended USD 100 million Line of Credit for defence procurement.
The planner's argument is that recent international events, such as China's good growth numbers and quantitative easing by the US Federal Reserve, will result in more fund flows in commodities.
"We have decided to extend electronic tourist visas to Chinese nationals," Modi said addressing students at the Tsinghua University in Beijing.
The lowest drug prices were found in India and South Africa.
The first commercial flight from Pakyong would begin from October 4.
Force 2 loses steam over hastily established grievances, vendetta schemes and quick fix conclusions, feels Sukanya Verma.
'We have to rise over our divisions.' 'Divisions within us allow unscrupulous politicians to divert attention from issues like corruption and governance.'
Be careful if you find your postal mails/ bank and financial statements intercepted, pilfered or tampered with.
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