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After the wedding, Sheena and Mekhail did not meet again. Four or five months later she met her death. Mekhail referred to their last meeting without overt emotion, clear-eyed.
'The Modi government has been taking credit for improvement in respect of the ease of doing business in India.' 'But when I look at the scams I cannot help feeling that it is too easy to do business with banks in India, if one is a Harshad Mehta, Vijay Mallya or Nirav Modi and their tribe,' says former Union home secretary Madhav Godbole.
Against National Democratic Alliance's 75 million target, United Progressive Alliance added 61 million in 2013-14.
The choice clearly is between prompt corrective action and slow but sure destruction, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
We need a change in mindset, says the RBI Governor.
'It has taken bombings in Beirut, bombing of a Russian airliner and now terror attacks in Paris for people to realise that we are not going to achieve our objectives of destroying ISIS if we drive in second gear. We need to get into top gear.'
An estimated $344 billion has been illegally removed from the Indian economy between 2002 and 2011
Jaitley's team presents a quintessential mix of foreign-educated, intellectual technocrats and seasoned bureaucrats
Rising skills gap, falling exports, low productivity, rising debt and low foreign investment is jeopardising the target set for the textile and apparels sector
The former RBI deputy governor talked about the prospects of an economic revival, reforms in IMF, etc.
The San Francisco-based giant has acquired a Delhi-based company.
'This novel format of diplomacy -- the informal summit -- will not only facilitate bilateral communication and reduce miscalculations at the very top level of the two governments, but possibly open the space for China and India to speak in one voice on various issues of mutual concern,' note Feng Renjie and Ding Kun Lei
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
'For how long can investors fund loss-making companies?'
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
The evolving RBI-government relationship, a reversal in the interest rate cycle and return to profitability will dominate bankers' conversation this year, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'You need to polish your skills and be prepared to be an asset in the 'new normal' work environment.' 'Access MOOCs (massive open online courses) and keep your brain razor sharp, despite not having a job offer or having your job offer rescinded.'
'"We want to get the learnings from Flipkart and take it to other parts of the world," Walmart CEO Doug McMillon was quoted as saying.' 'That is a very large tuition fee for an MBA in a country that outdoes Brazil and perhaps even China in busting multinationals' knees and sometimes their heads as they try to crack a market of mostly impoverished people run by a government that has never really given up the sadistic pleasures of administering the license raj,' notes Rahul Jacob.
Terms reveal that such premature redemption is allowable on dividend reset dates in case there is no agreement on the dividend rate
The Australian Olympic team refused to move in to Rio de Janeiro's village for athletes on Sunday, saying the accommodation was "not safe or ready" for next month's games."
'The IPL is by the biggest sports property in the country and having it will give any digital video player an edge.'
Speaking at last weekend's title deciding US Grand Prix in Austin, the 84-year-old Briton told reporters he hoped to add more American venues to a series that is already set for a record 21 races next year.
Empowered in the Modi government, junior ministers have enough on their plate.
On the occasion of the National Stock Exchange's (NSE's) silver jubilee celebration, its MD and CEO Vikram Limaye, bottom, left, spoke to Somesh Jha to discuss the way forward and how the exchange plans to deal with the present set of issues.
For the first time the Ford Foundation is placed under a watch.
The omission of historical responsibilities, implying the build-up in the atmosphere of 165 years of greenhouse gas emissions from industrialised countries, is a body blow to the notion of climate justice, sums up Darryl D'Monte, reporting exclusively for Rediff.com from COP21.
Carriers' input costs are rising due to weak rupee and rising crude oil price.
Dr Raghuram Rajan's departure holds lessons for all, be it sections of the media, politicians or the people themselves. We need to learn how to value and retain talent. At the same time the talented must realise that talent alone does not ensure the top job, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
The rouble has fallen about 45 per cent against the dollar this year.
A two-year extension at the helm of the RBI still looks a real possibility
In its essence, GST is a national level system of value added taxation of goods and services, says Shankar Acharya.
The Niti Aayog has finalised the first draft of a new national energy policy.
The corporate income tax breaks make up a relatively small part of $80 billion in business giveaways.
Falling jet fuel prices and a revival in domestic traffic growth offer the new CMD a once in a lifetime opportunity.
It could also ease the burden on the 225 million women in developing countries, says Ari Altstedter.
This Budget plans for an increase to 10.3% of GDP from 9.9%.
Liability goes up by Rs 1,000 cr for every Rs 1 change in $ exchange rate
With 11 hospitals in India and three more to come up, Columbia Asia is changing some of the rules of the game
'The government's proposal to store citizens' data including Aadhaar data under its Digital India initiative on cloud is violative of the citizens' human rights because the cloud is admittedly beyond India's jurisdiction.'
