RBI's fifth bi-monthly monetary policy meet due tomorrow also kept the investors on their toes.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 46 points lower at 24,824 and Nifty50 settled at 7,555, down by 8 points after hitting intra-day high of 7,600.45.
Analysts now expect India Inc to report a decline in both top line and bottom line for the September quarter.
The USCIS announcement indicated that the US government is going to be tough and stringent in approval of H-1B visas this year.
Transcript of the Ganesh Natarajan chat on rediff on Friday.
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The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
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Jindal Steel and Power was the top loser down 10% followed by Hindalco, Tata Steel, Tata Power which ended down between 0.5-3% each.
'They don't always agree with our governments, their teachers or their parents, but it is the conviction of their ideas, and their determination to share them with the world that, I believe, is one of the greatest sources of hope for our planet.' 'The colonisation of space, understanding the very building blocks of matter and the universe, utilising our understanding of the human genome to conquer disease -- these are the tasks waiting for a fellowship of minds to realise new triumphs in our collective destiny.'
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Markets ended tad lower with financials declining the most ahead of RBI policy review tomorrow.
Investors booked profits at higher levels with oil shares leading the decline
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
Benchmark share indices ended lower on profit taking after they touched record highs in the previous session.
Sensex hit a record high of 27,225.85 and Nifty hit a record high of 8,141.90 in the intra-day trades today.
The 30-share Sensex lost 22 points to close at 27,090 and the 50-share Nifty gained 7 points to end at 8,121.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 414 points at 25,481 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 119 points at 7,603.
India must first improve working condition, then it can concentrate on Make in India concept.
Whether India can create labour-intensive factory jobs instead that it needs to put millions to work in the next few years looks very unlikely.
Kamath also said that the new bank, set up by India and four other members of the BRICS grouping, will strive to approve its first loan before end of the current fiscal.
'You have to move from one skill to another skill.' 'An employee can't say this job is my right and even if you train me, I refuse to get trained.' 'Those who participate in re-skilling will remain in the industry.' 'Those who refuse to get re-skilled will have to go.'
When is the last time our government recognised a twenty something entrepreneur for introducing a break-out innovation?
India Inc did not perform well during December quarter.
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