Project, infrastructure sector emerged as the top employment generator in March with 12 per cent rise in demand while petrochemicals industry reported 9 per cent growth.
Modi told the probationers to have a 'sensitive' and 'humane' approach to the job.
Among the Sensex pack, Yes Bank, L&T, HDFC, RIL, HDFC Bank, PowerGrid and Coal India were the biggest losers -- falling up to 2.43 per cent.
Poor infrastructure could result in a loss of $21 billion of investment to other competing countries in Asia and this was a major threat to the realisation of India's projected IT vision for 2008, a Confederation of Indian Industry paper has said.
In the biggest ever deal in the Indian media sector, RIL will acquire control in Network 18 Media & Investments Ltd, including its subsidiary TV18 Broadcast Ltd.
The Sensex and Nifty remained above their key levels of 36,000 and 10,900 throughout the session, indicating strong investor optimism after a prolonged spell of caution.
Chinese telcos hold 60-100 MHz of spectrum, while Indian companies hold 13-15 MHz of spectrum.
How sustainable and prudent is the policy of boosting services without commensurate growth in infrastructure in the relevant sectors, asksA K Bhattacharya.
Analysts said with more power sector companies referred to the NCLT by banks, large companies would be at an advantage.
'If the RBI blesses us with a banking licence, we would like to launch a successful bank.'
Their plan to build a product portfolio will discourage global software vendors such as Oracle, Microsoft and Fidelity, among others, from building a strategic relationship with these big Indian IT firms, reports Debasis Mohapatra.
The government has notified mandatory standards for 15 electronic products, including mobile phones, power banks, LED lamps, to curb flow of low quality items in the country.
The rupee is currently hovering around Rs 65/USD at 2-year lows.
Amazon committed a fresh investment of $3 billion, in addition to the $2 billion it announced in 2014.
Investing in special situations can help you tap opportunities that arise during adverse conditions, advises Joydeep Sen.
Falling revenues, increased capex, and first full year of spectrum debt may make things worse
In classifieds, over 41 per cent job searches were from mobile phones.
Most public sector banks, flush with deposits now, offer 3-4% interest on savings deposits, while a few private sector banks go up to 6%.
It will escalate costs, mandate regulator to check malpractices, set standards.
Modi is the first Indian premier to visit the Silicon Valley and meet its top CEOs
For FY16, MTNL's standalone net loss was over Rs 2,000 crore.
Tamil Nadu Election Candidates, TN 2016, Deepika Election Live, Thanjavur Election are some of the apps keeping people hooked to their handsets.
The $12 billion plus rising Indian e-commerce business market is witnessing a rush of hiring and may need one lakh people over the next six months, industry experts have said.
The club, best known for its football team, is shutting down because of dearth of funds.
Business reacted with caution to the reforms of 1991, and demanded protection from multinationals and imports. Twenty-five years later, traces of that demand can still be found, reports Bhupesh Bhandari.
The Ambanis are the only Indian family on the top 10 richest families list in Asia.
In fact, no other recent Union Budget has held so much significance for the Indian economy as the one to be presented in about six weeks from now, notes A K Bhattacharya.
TRAI said that Internet service providers would not be allowed to discriminate on pricing of data access for different web services.
Devoting an hour of his speech at the RIL's 42th annual general meeting, the billionaire industrialist said Jio was targeting 100 million users in a shortest possible time
One thing has remained constant through the Indian economy in the last seven decades: the dominance of family-owned businesses. Krishna Kant reports.
The Monster Employment Index for the month of August stood at 153, registering a 25 per cent jump over the same period a year ago, when the index level was at 122.
After another profitable quarter, Anil Chanana, chief financial officer, HCL Technologies, tells Karan Choudhury that customer confidence is at an all-time high.
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
On the 30-share index, Maruti was the biggest loser, shedding 3.60 per cent. Other major laggards were Yes Bank, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Hero MotoCorp and NTPC -- ending up to 2.33 per cent lower.
All eyes this year, however, are on Nokia's latest launches.
Nasscom has identified 4-5 different areas and is taking these recommendations to the government.
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