Sensex ends 134.91 pts down at 28,709.87; Nifty falls 44.70 pts at 8,712.05.
Asserting that while trade between India and Norway has been expanding but there is significant potential waiting to be realised, he said, "The new government is taking a number of measures to encourage investments, revive the manufacturing sector in India, promote skill development, develop smart cities and engage closely with all interested partners and investors in India and abroad to make this happen".
Indian airlines are running into losses.
The President said Indian economy grew at 5.7 per cent during the first quarter of 2014-15.
'The biggest takeaway is that the US-India relationship, which has sputtered a bit in recent months, enjoyed a big boost.'
India and the United Kingdom are set to sign a "package of deliverables" during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first visit here that will also see discussions over cooperation in sectors like nuclear energy and defence.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget.
The new entrants are young, enterprising Chinese men and women who want to tap into the promising Indian market.
There was a discussion on trade matters, market access, regulatory issues and barriers. Both leaders underlined the importance of free and fair trade
In the domestic market, the Tata Group has lost ground in the passenger car business.
Ideas don't have border controls and visas.
In the domestic market, the cost is a third but in the international market, we are finding it difficult to price it accordingly.
A bandh to protest against the release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu has brought Karnataka to a standstill on Friday
With 11 hospitals in India and three more to come up, Columbia Asia is changing some of the rules of the game
There was all-round scepticism about the workability of the scheme.
'We have to make doing business in India easier.'
Prasad alleged there was pressure for extraneous considerations and 'bribe' for not finalising the Rafale deal during the UPA rule.
Indian economy about to take-off
The Modi PMO is like none other: It is staffed by people who are so low profile that the only dominant personality is the Prime Minister's.
In a few years from now, India will be looking at an entirely different type of military adversary across the borders, in our waters, in the air, in space and in our communication networks, says Nitin Pai.
The policy statement by the RBI governor is also expected to be upbeat.
The industry status will help the sector access bank lending at average interest rates
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das tells Anup Roy, Raghu Mohan and Niraj Bhatt that it is time for banks to lower interest rates and start lending to cash-starved finance companies after due credit appraisal and proper risk assessment.
'I can confidently say there will be another financial crisis soon enough, and probably more than one global crisis within the next century, given the increasingly integrated nature of the global economy.'
The better performing states throw up more employment opportunities including at unskilled levels.
Sushma Swaraj, like Clinton, has a strong political base in her own party and is likely to have her imprint on foreign policy, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Most airlines have fattened their profits, turned the corner, or cut their losses, except AirAsia India.
Fear factors weights on markets, Sensex, Nifty struggle to keep pace.
Budget in the medium term aims to kick-start the investment cycle.
'People do not want a 'maha milavat' (highly adulterated) government of those who assembled in Kolkata.'
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'IndiGo 2018 is a harsh, ultra-lean, mean, zero asset, fighting machine with aspirations of taking on the global long-haul low-cost market.'
The flow of economic news suggests that "good days" are not here as yet.
Opposition party is unlikely to block Bills for GST, insurance and e-auction of coal mines.
'Xi Jinping got a dose of Modi's medicine inside the tent where he was being hosted on the banks of the Sabarmati river.' 'Modi reportedly told him, looking deep into his eyes: "This was not expected of your country. Can you tell me when the troops are withdrawing?".'
The Union Health ministry put the number of positive cases at 82, eight more since Thursday night, which includes the woman and a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who became the country's first coronavirus fatality besides 17 foreign nationals, Health Ministry officials said.
Analysts say Tatas could sustain their current pace of growth, provided the group's "cash cows", such as TCS and Tata Motors, continue to deliver.
Boost to dairy sector will generate jobs
Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui make a global statement on the power of Indian cinema, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
'The temptation of governments, to have a finger in the RBI pie will be just too great to resist, unless extensive amendments are carried out in the RBI Act treating it almost as the fourth branch of the government.'
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