15 per cent of startups in Silicon Valley are founded by Indians.
Though Texas was very much a work related stop, I received my opportunity for something similar to peace during my stay there, says N N S Chandra.
BSE Midcap index outperformed the benchmark indices to end with 0.4% gains.
Auto stocks Hero MotoCorp and Mahindra & Mahindra gained 1-2 per cent on the back of strong sales in the month of September.
IT exporters were the top gainers amid a weak rupee along with select index heavyweights.
Reliance Industries on Friday hit out at Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) for suing it over KG gas dispute, saying some elements in the state-owned firm may be "misleading" the chairman D K Sarraf to hide their failure in developing the discoveries made over 13 years.
Tata Steel, SBI, L&T and Sun Pharma advanced 2-5% each.
Auto stocks are weighing on the indices.
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
Gamification has the potential to trigger immediate positive responses to learning that an organisation wishes to impart.
The event will be telecast on MSM's sports channels -- Sony Six and Sony Six HD in English - and Sony Aath, the network's only regional channel, in Bengali.
FIIs pump in Rs 2,075 crore in past three trading sessions.
The Indian rupee slumped to a record low near 69 to the dollar on Wednesday on growing worries that foreign investors will continue to sell out of a country facing stiff economic challenges and volatile global markets.
Impact of the slowdown is most visible among promoter/owner-CEOs
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