NMDC Spice International, a proposed 50:50 joint venture between state-owned miner NMDC and Spice Minerals and Metals, a part of the Spice Energy group, is close to acquiring two iron ore deposits in Armenia. The acquisition is likely to entail an investment of $500 million (Rs 2,173 crore).
Young investors could allocate in the proportion of 70:20:10 to equity, debt and gold.
A visit to Tibet appears to have become the new touchstone for expressing fealty to Xi Jinping, observes Jayadeva Ranade, the retired senior RA&W officer and distinguished China expert.
Testosterone not rationale is the driving force behind KGF franchise, observes Sukanya Verma.
After the government scaled up the power capacity addition target in the current Plan period multi-fold, NTPC embarked upon a major diversification drive in the entire energy chain.
Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate Bhagwant Mann too questioned separately Gandhi's description of Channi as belonging to 'gareeb ghar', asking 'from which angle, is he poor'.
The stellar rise in corporate earnings in financial year 2021-22 (FY21) and FY22 did not result in a corresponding boom in capital expenditure (capex), with listed companies' investment in fixed assets rising just 2.3 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in FY22, growing at the slowest pace in the last six years. In comparison, the firms' combined net profit jumped 63.5 per cent YoY in FY22, while net sales increased 31.1 per cent - the fastest pace in over a decade. The 955 non-financial companies in Business Standard's sample reported combined net profit of Rs 7.18 trillion in FY22, compared with Rs 4.39 trillion in FY21 and Rs 2.59 trillion in FY20.
'In my house, we rarely discuss my films.' 'They only found out that this is the film I am doing is when reactions to the posters kept coming in.' 'Then they saw that their daughter hasn't slept for two days because I kept receiving nasty comments (on social media).'
Like most of us, Bollywood stars are also working from home.
Investigation has revealed that the Special Force Operation team had not followed the Standard Operating Procedure and the Rules of Engagement
'After the audience watches the film, if they say Rakul stood her ground in front of Ajay Devgn and Amitji.' 'That's what will be important.'
Over the years she directed the country's collective mood so masterfully -- and so often -- that it remains impossible to overestimate her impact on our perception of Hindi cinema as a whole, notes Raja Sen.
'My experience in Bollywood has been an interesting one.' 'It has shaped me as a person.'
Major Shweta Pandey was commissioned in the Army in March 2012 from the Officers Training Academy, Chennai.
'I have wanted to act since I was seven. I wasn't confident enough.' 'I thought I didn't have the face, the body and the figure because back then, it was all about the body.' 'Now, the industry is changing.' 'People are noticing talent.' 'It has become more than someone just having a good body.'
'If you do find it, don't let it go.' 'We often take relationships and people we love for granted.'
Gold demand appears to be positive in India as the consumer sentiment is likely to recover in 2021, from its dismal performance due to the coronavirus pandemic-related disruptions and volatile price movement, according to a report by the World Gold Council (WGC). Initial data about the Dhanteras festival in November suggest that while jewellery demand was still below average, it had substantially recovered from the lows seen in the second quarter (April-June 2020) of last year, according to the report.
Don't expect the synthetic stones to surpass natural ones anytime soon because the world's biggest miners of diamonds aren't looking to get into man-made diamonds.
His spine, his heart, his pancreas -- one by one, all his organs have weakened, given the lack of medical treatment in jail, where he is kept in the notorious Anda cell. Continuous pain, frequent fainting spells, urinary problems, have all become part of his life.
'How can so many misfortunes fall on one beautiful family?'
On his 40th birthday on September 28, Sukanya Verma draws up a playlist of 40 riveting Ranbir songs.
'Whenever I'd call her, she would say, "Amit, humein kaam chahiye".' 'She wanted to keep working.'
The ED has attached seven sugar mills worth over Rs 1,097 crore in a money laundering case against former Uttar Pradesh BSP MLC Mohammed Iqbal and his family, officials said.
'I never behaved like a star. So why would anyone behave like a star with me?'
'There is no such thing as ultimate survivability.'
'It's all comparative -- who outperforms, who uses tactics, who optimises technology to the best is what makes the difference.'
'When I came into the process, there was a treatment and in the treatment, there are always stories and parts that take place in Mumbai.'
'After 10 days, Balki, Sunny Deol and Pooja Bhatt liked what I did, and the tension eased.' 'I started calming down a little bit. but nobody knew that in my head a tandav was going on.'
'My main ambition is to be on the sets everyday for the rest of my life.'
'If I had done Sholay, we would have missed seeing the performance of a wonderful actor called Amjad Khan.'
India always faces a Hobson's choice as far as feeding coal-fired generators goes - even if the government is reluctant to admit it. The country cannot do without shipping in the world's most polluting fuel from overseas. And it will continue to do so unless it decides to reduce demand by forcing citizens, farmers and businesses to live without electricity for part of the day, or use diesel generators to fire facilities.
Doctor Kafeel Khan of Gorakhpur's BRD Medical College and Hospital, who had been suspended in 2017 after the death of 70 children due to lack of oxygen supply to the hospital, has been dismissed, a senior government official said in Lucknow on Thursday.
'I don't let it affect my life because otherwise, we will go mad.'
'My fight is issue-based and I have stood by it for a long time. There can't be any compromise on a pro-Punjab agenda'
Old timers in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) still remember how in early 2000 its overseas subsidiary, ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), was on the verge of closure. Though OVL was set up in 1965, the only discovery the company had made till then was in Vietnam offshore, with more investment needed to monetise it. In 2001, when OVL started looking for new blocks abroad, the company's previous acquisition was 13 years old.
Few people know Ratan Tata as well as R K Krishna Kumar does. Widely perceived to be among the managers closest to Tata, Krishna Kumar assesses Ratan Tata, the man and business leader, in this exclusive interview to Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
The Congress high command has so far maintained that the party will fight the February 20 elections to the 117-member assembly under a "collective leadership"
The case pertains to clearance given for diversion of forest land in Saranda Forest, Singhbhum District in Jharkhand to mining company Electrosteel in alleged violation of Forest (Conservation Act) in 2012.
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