India's informal economy and service sector accounts for over three-fifths of its $1.8 trillion economy.
Conor McGregor said on Tuesday he was retiring from the sport, five months after losing to Khabib Nurmagomedov in a controversial title fight
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.
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.
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%.
'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).
Sensex plunges 322.39 points to over 1-month closing low of 27,797.01; Nifty tumbles 97.55 points to 8,340.70.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday.
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.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
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.
'Unless we change and we see a change in the direction we are taking, times can only get worse.'
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Arsh Ali's work is about getting reliable evidence about the ancient Buddhist link between India and Egypt, discovers Veenu Sandhu.
A mixed global trend and weakness in rupee influenced the sentiments during the day.
Any correction in Indian equities is an opportunity for investors to put in money for the long term
Award-winning lawyer, Claire Montgomery, the Queen's Counsel, is likely to fight the Indian government's attempt to extradite him to India.
'Pay-for-delay' settlements between drug patent-holders and generics manufacturers to delay the launch of cheaper generic medicine are increasingly being scrutinised by antitrust regulators
Roadshows will be held in Singapore, Hong Kong, London, New York and Boston, NTPC gained close to 1%.
Asian shares ended higher after a string of positive US economic data.
The Survey shows fiscal consolidation despite slowdown in growth.
'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?'
Brokers said a flurry of buying by investors in blue-chips mainly influenced the sentiment.
The Sensex ended down 251 points at 27,351 and the Nifty shed 65 points to close at 8,228.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
'Experts are not ruling out further pain as global factors cannot insulate India from the aftermath.'
Index heavyweight RIL surged 3% to end above Rs 1,000 mark while IT majors were also the top gainers.
Markets ended higher, amid firm global cues, and are on track for third straight day of gains.
The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 305 points to end at 25,400 and the Nifty50 dropped 87 points at 7,783.
Sensex in green in afternoon trade.
Pakistan had promised to grant this status, mandatory under global trading rules, to India in December 2012.
Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
India has been eyeing deeper energy ties with Iran and has already lined up $20 billion as investment in oil and gas as well as in petrochemical and fertiliser sectors there.
Till date, 107 elections to states and three parliamentary polls have been smoothly conducted using the EVMs.
In the year since Modi cast the spotlight on Pakistan's human rights violations in Balochistan, India has not done much more than raise the issue at the UN a few times.
Sensex, Nifty put up a good show in closing trade.
The Chinese leader will display his grip on the Communist party and chart his plans for his country's future.
They gave voices to sexual assault & harassment survivors across the world.
