Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
World trade has been growing slower than world GDP since 2012.
Corporate India at present is more indebted than all state govts put together.
This is largely on the back of Tata Steel's expansion at Kalinganagar, as well as JLR's in China and Brazil
It is mischievous to imply that the proposed bill to grant citizenship to persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists from other nations implies that Muslims and Christians are not Indians, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
Sanjay Dutt was on Saturday back in Pune's Yerwada Central Jail after prison authorities turned down his request for extension of furlough citing lack of "positive" report from the police after days of indecision that resulted in the actor overstaying his leave.
Stock prices is due to valuation expansion
In a shocking first in Maharashtra's history, a mob attacked a police station last week, assaulted two policemen, dragged one of them out, paraded him with a saffrom flag and made him chant, 'Jai Bhavani, Jai Shivaji.'
From a four-each score in 2008 to a 7-1 drubbing in 2013, the BJP, which had once proclaimed that Dakshin Kannada is its stronghold, appears to be on a weak footing today. Vicky Nanjappa tells you why
Fourteen per cent of the $16 billion invested by Ratan Tata in M&As abroad has been written off by his successor.
But experts say downside limited, pockets of opportunities for investors
Companies from the capital goods space will under-perform.
Technically, the Indian economy is on road to recovery.
The sharp fall in the rupee's value against the dollar during the July-September quarter, it turns out, has come as a boon for corporate earnings.
The vast Udupi-Chickmagalur parliamentary constituency, which belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the years 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009, slipped out of its hands in 2012. While the Hindu factor may or may not work in its favour here, the party remains sure of a win. Vicky Nanjappa gives you an inside view of who is who in the political fray in this region
Net profit grew 25.4% in Q4 but revenue growth, lower at 8.5%, suggests lack of volume expansion.
Revenue yield on every rupee of investment fell to Rs 1.06 in FY13 from Rs 1.20 in FY08.
Rediff.com takes a look at some cases from the recent past where the courts awarded the capital punishment for horrific crimes that fall under the rarest of rare category.
Shiv Sena activists threw ink at me and smeared my face. They abused me, Kulkarni alleged.
Adani Enterprises plans to invest a total of $25 billion in the next five years.
India Inc did not perform well during December quarter.
Investors often forget that the movements in indices such as the Sensex reflects the performance of its constituent stocks; nothing else.
Jyoti Punwani examines the relevance of the Sairat, the hit Marathi film everyone is talking about, in today's times.
In villages in Palghar district -- in Mumbai's backyard -- more than 254 children have died from malnutrition.
The finance ministry is not only keen to split the roles of CMD, but also wants to appoint them for a fixed tenure of five years.
Rediff.com looks at other sensational murder mysteries that left India shell-shocked.