Sensex in green in afternoon trade.
It is important to note that slowdown in activity is really confined to a selected few regions within China.
IRDA suggested that health insurance should cover alternative treatments.
In the December quarter, Sensex earnings had contracted 5 per cent.
If government statistics are at variance with private data flow, chances are high that the latter presents a picture closer to reality.
Sensex gained 38.18 points or 0.15% at 25,918.95 and Nifty ended higher by 12.50 points or 0.16% at 7,739.55.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
Public sector banks are inefficient, poorly governed and beset by largescale corruption.
We need a change in mindset, says the RBI Governor.
The yellow metal is a safe bet in the long run.
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Privatising public sector companies would have encountered significant opposition from their managers as well as from strong unions.
The attempts to unearth the document started getting more and more frantic. The clerks began to flip pages of files full of documents, some hand written, some bearing thick seals or multiple stamps, some in Hindi, some in Marathi. Several junior lawyers joined in, perusing different files and dockets. But in spite of the best of efforts the document was not to be found.
'Today, three areas give banks a big headache -- steel, power, infrastructure.' 'Three Cs are very critical in lending -- character, capacity and collateral of the borrower.'
After two years of growth in the 4 per cent to 5 per cent range, the gross domestic product is expected to increase more robustly in 2015, growing to an expected 6.4 per cent.
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The catalyst is the run on emerging market equities, but many investors are just tired of waiting for India to get its act together.
At ATMs, as a step to avoid getting Rs 2,000 notes, people are withdrawing Rs 1,900 in Rs 100 notes and then putting another request for the balance Rs 600, so that they remain within the limit of Rs 2,500 per day of withdrawal.
Keep at least one family member in the know of all your investments
Despite the rally, on the basis of valuations, Indian markets aren't too expensive, says Christopher Wood, managing director and equity strategist at CLSA.
'There is no change in the overall story of economic recovery.'
