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After a two year long survey, which has been published under the title Beggars in Hyderabad, Hyderabad based sociologist Mohammed Rafiuddin that there were 73,00,000 beggars across India who earn as much as Rs 1.8 billion. The study put the number of beggars in Hyderabad at 11,000 with a total earning of Rs 150 million.
They are not only coming up with whacky names to grab attention but are also stretching the definition of e-commerce.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
India has more service companies, such as IT and healthcaresectors, which always trade at a premium to the overall market.
Myntra expects to reach $100-million annual revenue.
'Focus on companies with healthy balance sheets and return ratios.'
Good growth in BFSI segment, favourable currency to aid the company in Dec quarter
As economic policy making moves from pragmatism to populism, the bulls begin to make way for cautious optimists.
'Trust a fund manager, buy some small-cap funds and stay invested.'
Before participating in such a scheme, do a detailed background check of the company's credentials, especially if the promised returns are unrealistic.
Index heavyweights continue to be top losers with ICICI bank.
Tips from the likes of India batting legends Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid during the just-concluded 'A' teams' tri-series, says Mayank Agarwal, will go a long way in shaping his fledgling career.
'We are not interested in forfeiting the tie. We look forward to working with the ITF to find a solution that guarantees the safety of all the players'
It is welcome that the government tried to make its intentions clear last week - especially as risk concerns return to global markets.
Netflix plans local studio in India push. Move comes as rival Amazon Prime Video lines up as many as 18 original shows for India.
Joginder Tuteja lists the actors, who are yet to announce their next ventures.
'Unfortunately, during this pandemic, everybody started saying that well, these are desperate times and desperate times need desperate solutions.' 'Purely out of fear, anxiety, panic, this knowledge that people started acquiring from WhatsApp University and social media, it pushed science completely to the backseat.'
Indian states are preparing for a Rs 1.9 lakh crore (Rs 1.9 trillion) tax windfall this fiscal year.
In the near term, the key driver will still be the government's fiscal spending.
'Tiger reserves were created to protect areas from developmental activities.' 'If we go ahead with these projects, then it is a complete mockery of our institutions and our laws, it is against everything we have stood for, our Forest Conservation Act, our Wildlife Biodiversity Act.'
With India poised to become the largest economy in the world by 2030, it cannot afford to leave half of its workforce behind.
And why markets could give up 25 per cent of all these gains made since March 2020
'The one thing that a cricketer aspires for is earning the respect of the dressing room and that respect is earned only when any player puts his hand up in adverse conditions and does his job for the team.'
Why do I want to bring corporate tax from 30 per cent to 25 per cent? I have to attract investment in this country -- not just international but domestic.
The amended India-Mauritius tax treaty has inserted a new clause allowing source-based taxation at 10 per cent on fees paid for technical and consultancy services.
The more you know about using a new credit card, the more you reap!
What China's market crash means for India
A time has thus come when state encouragement for rural students led to empowerment of the socio-economically marginalised sections of the population. It included women. Today, with greater exposure and consequent enlightenment, it has gone beyond 'empowerment' to become 'entitlement', says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
L&T is the preferred pick, but given the opportunities in the power T&D space analysts are also positive on KEC, ABB and Kalpataru
The Budget has to provide for capex on roads, railways, defence and other infrastructure sectors.
'No one seems to have looked at the extent of money that is being borrowed by individuals, and the rising levels of household debt.' 'At their present rates of growth, personal loans in India could well become the largest category of bank credit in just two or three years,' cautions T N Ninan.
If India's net session on Wednesday is taken into consideration, Wriddhiman Saha is starting as the wicketkeeper ahead of Rishabh Pant for the series opener beginning on Friday.
A slew of Indian firms, including Flipkart, Byju's and Zomato, is building a path to profitability and diversifying into newer business segments ahead of mega-IPO plans.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the states were free to announce farm loan waivers if they had the fiscal space and that there would be no shortfall this year in divestment and non-tax revenues.
Mumbai teenager Aashi Hanspal is a rising star in motorsport.
Despite low tariffs, voice usage is not growing.
Don't worry about volatile, erratic cash flows, freelancers. Vishal Dhawan explains how you can invest and achieve your financial goals despite irregular income.
In some ways, Jyotiraditya parting ways with the Gandhis was similar to the saga of the Gandhis and the Bachchans, largely a story of friendship that turned sour. A fascinating excerpt from Rasheed Kidwai's The House Of Scindias: A Saga Of Power, Politics And Intrigue.
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