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.
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.
Infosys was the top Sensex loser along with other index heavyweights ITC and HDFC.
Olympic chief Bach said on Saturday that he was sure clean Russian athletes would compete at the 2016 Games
Conor McGregor said on Tuesday he was retiring from the sport, five months after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a controversial title fight
An interview with Amit Mitra, the finance minister of West Bengal.
'Unless we change and we see a change in the direction we are taking, times can only get worse.'
'Notwithstanding the realisation among the Indian leadership to build up its navy for the force's expanding role, the Indian Navy was allocated only 15% of the interim defence budget presented in Parliament in February 2019.' 'The outlay for the navy's capital acquisition is not even adequate to meet its committed liabilities,' points out Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
FPIs, which are holding large exposures in Indian debt, could also be expected to book some capital gains as yields slide down
These are companies with a strong track record and good prospects on earnings.
China will prioritise the development of a floating nuclear power platform in the coming five years.
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).
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.
Broader markers outperformed their larger peers.
Rediff.com brings you some images of the Mahatma's statues erected around the globe.
Barcelona have joined captain Andres Iniesta in calling for dialogue between the Spanish government and leaders in Catalonia to resolve the crisis between the central government and its richest region following Sunday's disputed referendum.
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.
'The market position from here on is expected to go up'.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
India's GDP for the three-month period ended September 30 grew 7.4%.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
These risks are viewed as more acute in the online world.
Arsh Ali's work is about getting reliable evidence about the ancient Buddhist link between India and Egypt, discovers Veenu Sandhu.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
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.
India's informal economy and service sector accounts for over three-fifths of its $1.8 trillion economy.
All the sectoral indices, led by realty, metal, consumer durables and power were trading in the negative zone on Thursday.
After 3 weeks of consecutive rally, this week was a breather for the index, which corrected by almost 1.5%.
Sailors and rowers were not worried about getting sick during the Rio Olympics next year despite reports that waters to be used for events have pollution levels equivalent to raw sewage, competitors said on Thursday.
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
Consumers worldwide overwhelmingly are ready to share their personal information to get better services from their doctors, bank and retailers, but they are cautious about how they share.
'Healthcare is so expensive that while it saves lives, it destroys more lives socially and financially.' 'While the poor gets wiped out, a middle-class man goes to a corporate hospital and after the treatment, he ends up below the poverty line.' 'Generally, hospitals would like to have patients who need procedures and operations.' 'They are not so fond of palliative care.' 'How much can be made from one hour of counselling? And how much can be made from one hour of an operation?'
Award-winning lawyer, Claire Montgomery, the Queen's Counsel, is likely to fight the Indian government's attempt to extradite him to India.
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week.
Abdulla Yameen, half-brother of former autocratic ruler Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, on Saturday clinched an unexpected victory in the presidential run-off elections by defeating former President Mohamed Nasheed, who had led in two recent aborted polls.
Any correction in Indian equities is an opportunity for investors to put in money for the long term
A mixed global trend and weakness in rupee influenced the sentiments during the day.
Asian shares ended higher after a string of positive US economic data.
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