India's planned transition to electric vehicles will drastically affect the commodities market, says Aditya Gandhi
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
Petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday touched fresh highs as rupee dipped to a record low of 71.54 against US dollar, making imports costlier
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday.
The Indian Army rejected DRDO's INSAS assault rifle in 2010 due to its all-round inefficiency. Now the army is being forced to accept DRDO's Excalibur rifle, which is basically an ungraded variant of the INSAS, to make up for a severe shortage of small arms.
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Analysts see FY16 CAD at 0.5-0.6% of GDP.
'We were supposed to be a united nation based on unity and diversity.' 'Now what we are doing is there will be a class called Marathas, Dangars, etc.' 'The 100 per cent of our nation's population will be in classes and you will be allocating the nation's education and service resources in terms of classes.' 'How does it work out in terms of equality? Where is your equal nation?'
India's upbeat outlook contrasts with neighbouring China, where growth slipped to 6.7 in the first quarter
India is currently the world's fourth-largest oil consumer after the United States, China and Japan
Her great grandfather began sugar co-operatives in Maharashtra. Her grandfather was an eight time MP. Her uncle is currently leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly. Her cousin joined the BJP on Tuesday, March 12. Nila Vikhe Patil, who could one day become prime minister of Sweden, unravels her India connections in an e-mail interaction with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
In-form Swiss man in fray to become only the fifth player in the professional era to win the French and Wimbledon back-to-back
The year 2014 has been a milestone for the US economy with the average growth of 4.2 per cent in the last two quarters and addition of 2.65 million jobs till November, the White House has said.
Low oil prices drove the growth in states' share faster than expected, says Abhishek Waghmare.
India is the world's fourth-largest importer of natural gas, accounting for six per cent of the global market.
The broader markets underperformed benchmark indices as the BSE Mid-cap and Small-cap tumbled over 2%.
Naseerrudin Shah speaks about his first wife Purveen and her pregnancy and how he neglected her and his first child Heeba excerpted from the autobiography And Then One Day: A Memoir.
Nearly half of the 20 indexes polled globally are now expected to end the year lower than where they started
India has already pipped Japan as the world's third-largest oil consumer.
Images from Day 6 of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Saturday.
The implications aren't too significant, given the size of Ukraine and its role in the global economy.
Cairn has slashed its planned capital expenditure (capex) by 60 per cent to $500 million against the earlier $1.2 billion.
Iran is preparing for a trade and investment boom that could reshape the region after agreeing with world powers to curb its nuclear programme, paving the way for sanctions that have stifled its economy to be lifted.
Petrol prices on Thursday crossed Rs 73 a litre mark, the highest level since the BJP government came to power in 2014, while diesel touched a record high of Rs 64.11 a litre.
Roston Chase joined an elite group, scoring an unbeaten century as West Indies staged a great escape in the second Test against India in Jamaica on Wednesday.
May touch 64/$ due to foreign flows slowing down
The S&P BSE Sensex surged 160 points to close at 25,262.
India expects to remain unscathed this time, mainly because it is in a sweet spot as the world's third largest oil consumer, after the US and China, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
This will encourage exports and discourage non-essential imports such as precious metals
India's network has expanded at a compound annual rate of around 4% which has added more than 4.8 km of additional roads since 1951, but even so the network remains badly underdeveloped
Food and fuel are two perennial areas of concern.
Uncorking the business of vintage wines and spirits.
Analysts say the Essar Group has been following a policy of delisting just when its businesses begin to record substantial upside, denying shareholders their share of decent returns.
Link between oil exploration and markets can be used by India to great advantage.
The global economy may just be entering a new phase.
If prices remain low the next decade might well see global trade stagnate.
More than Indian exporters, it is Indian business families based in Sri Lanka and Hong Kong which have exploited the Bangladesh advantage
A Ganesh Nadar meets a community of Rohingya refugees on the outskirts of Chennai who are happy to have found a place where their lives are not in danger.
The RBI Governor brought down retail inflation to 3.8% in July.
Total subsidy bill could come down to around Rs 2 trillion.
Pranjul Bhandari, Chief India Economist, HSBC, speaks about a range of issues ranging from inflation, to how Goods and Services Tax and land acquisition bills can help India hit double digit growth, and her impressions about economic growth in the last one year after Narendra Modi took over as India's Prime Minister.
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