Attired in his trademark half sleeves kurta and sporting a Rajasthani turban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted a bulk of his 90-minute address on the occasion of the 70th Independence Day to presenting in effect a report card of his government's work particularly in boosting economic growth, ease of doing business and welfare schemes for the poor and farmers.
The past eight months have seen vast improvement in the Indian economy, says Edelweiss Group chairman and chief executive Rashesh Shah, who feels domestic-oriented sectors are likely to do better.
India's GDP for the three-month period ended September 30 grew 7.4%.
The Uttar Pradesh chief minister vows to curb corruption and bring in transparency in governance.
PM Modi seems to be gradually ending India's strategic ambiguity
Investors from across the globe are keen to invest in Gujarat.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
The United States House of Representatives has voted to sue President Barack Obama for overstepping his authority in making unilateral changes to the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Instead of failing young Indians, the government should now focus laser-like on education, skilling, healthcare, and the environment, says Mihir S Sharma.
The Forbes 30 Under 30 list is harder to get into than Stanford or Harvard University. Meet the desis who made the cut this year.
For the June quarter, sales for DLF were down 25 per cent at Rs 1,725 crore (Rs 17.25 billion) over the same quarter a year earlier.
If you simply understand that you do not understand the sock market, that will be a favour. A big favour...
'In the time I have been an Indiawallah, I have seen three US Presidential visits to India, nuclear sanctions, nuclear cooperation, a border conflict with Pakistan, the growth of IT services, a government losing a confidence vote, and so much more,' Rick Rossow, the new Wadhwani Chair in US-India Policy Studies tells Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa.
I would not recommend picking up your briefcase and walking out of your cubicle at the first sign of trouble.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
The CPEC poses a clear and imminent danger to Indian security interests, says Kulbir Krishan.
Investors turn their attention to export-driven sectors.
This was India's time; with a strong central bank governor and a new decisive government, anything was possible.
'It is strange that a country like India, which had gone through crisis after crisis resulting from militancy, insurgency and terrorist attacks, should still be practising ad hocism in managing its security imperatives,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant and former member of the Joint Intelligence Council.
'Big countries do not agree on every set of issues.' 'Look, one of the differences in the relationship is that when we do not agree, we are sitting down and talking to each other.'
Finance minister tries to put house in order before reforms are unveiled in February.
The talent gap in the industry is huge, says N Chandrasekaran, MD & CEO, TCS.
Banning meat is cruel demonetisation. It is stealing from the poor, nothing less, writes Sunita Narain.
Volkswagen is under huge pressure to act, with its shares down more than a third in value since the crisis broke, and the bad news still coming.
Trinamool congress MP and Gardiner Professor of History at Harvard University Sugata Bose tells Kavita Chowdhury that there is a sense of fear and insecurity among our minorities.
'It's not as if power demand is falling. It's that generation has outpaced demand.'
Last month, the US and China announced a significant deal setting limits on greenhouse gases.
The S&P BSE Sensex shed 286 points to close at 24,539 and the Nifty50 lost 100 points to end at 7,456.
CEO probable says the new role as president could not have come at a better time
Experts believe that one should not allocate more than 5-10 per cent of one's equity portfolio to international funds.
'Success will require political skill, not just economic expertise'
India has a 'natural global partnership' with US, says PM.
'One thing I've learned about nuclear power is that these are not fast kind of time-lines.'
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The president called for tax reform that eliminates corporate-friendly loopholes, highlighted his earlier proposal for free community college.
Similarities between NDA and UPA on some key policy issues are now becoming too stark to be ignored, says A K Bhattacharya.
India's $121 billion troubled debt pile, over $100 billion of which is on the books of state-owned banks, has come under close scrutiny from prosecutors, the media and politicians
Two major hydel projects being built by construction majors GVK and L&T have suffered severe damages in the floods which hit Uttarakhand last week.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday address Members of the British Parliament in London where he promised to open more doors of cooperation between the two countries and delved on issues like terrorism and United Nations reforms.
Customs and excise duty rates have been amended mainly to promote Make in India.
'We aren't so unreasonable as to demand that he should have fully reversed Indira Gandhi's worst economic legacy, bank nationalisation.' 'But he could have made a beginning by selling off the two most stressed small public sector banks, and then announced that each year for the next 10, one government bank with the most messed-up balance sheet will be sold.' 'It would have electrified the markets, shocked his other banks into better behaviour, and marked his name among the great reformers,' argues Shekhar Gupta.
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