Dr Ashwani Mahajan, all India co-convenor of the Swadesh Jaagran Manch and an associate professor at the Delhi University, discusses the state of the Indian economy in an interview with Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.
Sensex in green, midcaps, smallcaps fail to show up; bluechips rule.
Scandal-plagued FIFA have turned to the man who helped the International Olympic Committee (IOC) out of their corruption crisis, appointing Swiss Francois Carrard as chairman of their reform committee.
Asserting that it accords high priority for improvement of ties with India, Pakistan on Tuesday said "all branches" of its government have been given "clear policy directives" to work towards it.
Force India boss Vijay Mallya says his partnership with the Formula 1 team's co-owner Subrata Roy stands strong despite the Sahara Group chief being in jail since March 2014.
The Chabahar port, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, 'can be the first significant footfall in an Indian variant of the 'Belt and Road' initiative.'
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
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Among the private banking majors ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were down 0.2%-0.5% each.
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A good monsoon could rein in food inflation. Largely good corporate results mean better days are ahead. Nifty may reach record levels, points out Devangshu Datta.
The 'Rating Level 4' means that the financial market regulators have all regulatory measures "fully in force"
2014 was a year for downturn for most economies across the globe.
Drug maker Cipla always fought a lone battle to make drugs affordable in India.
Two US warships fired at least 50 cruise missiles at the Ash Shai'rat airfield in Homs province in western Syria, from where the US administration believes Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad fired the chemical weapons against his own people, media reports said.
'Does a thousand-year-old sculpture worshipped in a thriving religion belong to a foreign museum or the temple from which it was extracted?' Congress MP Shashi Tharoor asked angrily. 'They legitimately belonged to India and people of past, present and future generations are interested in re-possessing them,' a central information commissioner declared last month.
The Nifty50 slipped 33 points to close the session at 8,509 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,587.
Olympic chief Bach said on Saturday that he was sure clean Russian athletes would compete at the 2016 Games
Pakistan has dropped plans to send Syed Ibne Abbas as the new high commissioner to India and instead replaced him with career diplomat Abdul Basit, a top Pakistani official said on Monday.
Medals galore at most tournaments they gloved up for and an administrative recovery that heldout promise of a better future -- there were loads to celebrate in Indian boxing this year, during which quite a few punched above their weight.
The probe agency sought nine days further remand of Michel for his custodial interrogation saying he was not cooperating in the investigation of the case.
Infosys was the top Sensex loser along with other index heavyweights ITC and HDFC.
Flowers, posters and images were placed at the gates of Kensington Palace.
Love Sherlock, Dr Who, and Downton Abbey? Vanita Kohli-Khandekar finds out how the UK became one the world's largest creators of television content.
An interview with Amit Mitra, the finance minister of West Bengal.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
The committee also handed out a 90-day suspension to FIFA Secretary-General Jerome Valcke, who had already been put on leave by the football body, and banned former FIFA Vice-President Chung Mong-joon for six years and fined him 100,000 Swiss francs (67,021).
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A successful Olympic track cyclist, O'Grady won a madison gold at the 2004 Athens Games, following a team pursuit silver at the 1992 Barcelona Games and a pair of bronzes at Atlanta in 1996.
Rediff.com brings you some images of the Mahatma's statues erected around the globe.
FPIs, which are holding large exposures in Indian debt, could also be expected to book some capital gains as yields slide down
Broader markers outperformed their larger peers.
China will prioritise the development of a floating nuclear power platform in the coming five years.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
These risks are viewed as more acute in the online world.
'The market position from here on is expected to go up'.
India's GDP for the three-month period ended September 30 grew 7.4%.
Veteran Pakistani diplomats Syed Ibne Abbas and Jalil Abbas Jilani would be the new Pakistani envoys to India and the United States respectively as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle of envoys in key capitals around the world.
Alstom is accused of paying bribes to Indian public officials to secure Delhi metro contracts.
