'I would want people to have food on their tables and their wages to rise.' 'Will that happen or not is the question that we need to ask and answer.'
While sale of residential properties increased only marginally despite plethora of steps taken by the government through the year, office space leasing rose 40 per cent to touch an all-time high of 46.5 million sq ft -- a trend that drew investors to lap up India's first Real Estate Investment Trust at an issue size of nearly Rs 5,000 crore.
India's badminton ace P V Sindhu said national coaches need to be more qualified in order to groom more players to become champions in the future.
Foreign investors, according to them, will now wait-and-watch how the economy takes shape in the backdrop of doubts over monsoon, interest rate trajectory and other global events such as the US - China trade war.
Ambani said Reliance raised Rs 1.15 lakh crore from global tech investors by selling a little less than a quarter of the firm's digital arm, Jio Platforms Ltd, and another Rs 53,124.20 crore through a rights issue.
Hockey coach Ramesh Parameswaran applies for Dronacharya Award
In line with overall trends, silver ready recovered by Rs 150 to Rs 36,800 per kg and weekly-based delivery by Rs 175 to Rs 36,800 per kg.
Traders said sluggish demand at prevailing higher levels and investors shifting their funds to surging equities mainly kept pressure on gold and silver prices.
Silver also plunged by Rs 1,300 to Rs 46,000 per kg on poor offtake by jewellery fabricators and industrial units.
Continuing its losing streak for the third day, gold prices drifted by Rs 155 to settle at Rs 28,175 per ten gram in the national capital today on sustained selling by stockists, tracking a weakening global trend.
'India is in a slowdown which most of us have not seen in our living memory.'
Gold in London, which normally set price trend on the domestic front, rose 0.5 per cent to $1,319.75 an ounce and silver by 0.9 per cent to $22.00 an ounce.
Kishore Biyani led-Future Group has filed a caveat before the Delhi high court requesting it to be heard if any plea is filed by e-commerce major Amazon over its Rs 24,713 crore deal with Mukesh Ambani-led RIL. Anticipating a move by Amazon, which had got an interim arbitration award in its favour, putting the announced deal on hold, the Future Group firm has moved the Delhi high court.
Traders said sentiment turned bearish on emergence of stockists selling at existing higher levels amid weak global trend as improving economic growth reduced demand for the precious metals as an alternate investment.
'The babus in Delhi are not able to understand the pain industry is facing.'
Co-founders of India's latest unicorn expected Covid-19 to be a speed breaker; instead it accelerated sales. Cars24 now enjoys more than 90 per cent market share among all other similar online transaction platforms. Dhruv Munjal traces the birth of this used-cars platform.
'Life has been my greatest teacher.'
Investors booked profits in recent gainers dragging the indices into losses
In a regulatory filing, Reliance -- the country's most valuable company - said, 'The 43rd AGM will be held on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 2 pm though video conferencing / other audio-visual means.'
Indians love affair with gold will never end. Despite a lull, there is heavy demand in the market.
Winning an election may be a breeze for the BJP but the aftermath of victory isn't always painless.
Gold fell by Rs 170 to Rs 31,680 per ten grams in the national capital on Monday on stockists selling on the back of sluggish demand amid weak global trend.
L&T-Infrastructure Development Projects Limited will divest 21.6 per cent stake to Silver Peak Investments (Mauritius) and an India Development Fund-led consortium for Rs 550 crore.
Extending losses for the third straight day, gold prices dropped Rs 220 to Rs 31,710 per ten gram in New Delhi on Wednesday on sustained selling by stockists amid sluggish demand coupled with weakening global trend.
China is on the lookout for investment pastures where its money is welcome, safe and earns a decent return. India also needs vast investment - about $1 trillion over the next 10-15 years - in infrastructure, green energy, transportation and heavy industry, says Ravi Bhoothalingam.
A group of investors of Japanese mobile giant SoftBank has sought probe and possible sacking of its India-born COO Nikesh Arora over potential conflicts of interest tied to his role as an adviser to a private equity firm.
The BJP would want that by March 2022, when UP votes, the economy starts looking up and it heads into the polls with no other issue distracting from its main poll plank of the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The last three prime ministers who served full terms started out in their early 70s. Mr Modi is younger and fitter than all of them. But he needs to find it in him to change course if he is to beat the odds, notes T N Ninan.
N S Raghavan, one of the co-founders of Infosys, is expanding his presence in the hospitality sector.
Traders said sentiment turned bearish on emergence of stockists selling at existing higher levels amid weak global trend as improving economic growth reduced demand for the precious metals as an alternate investment.
Terming the 23.9 per cent fall in economic growth in the June quarter alarming, former Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan has said bureaucracy should come out of complacency and take meaningful action. The current crisis requires a more thoughtful and active government, he said, adding, "Unfortunately, after an initial burst of activity, it seems to have retreated into a shell."
In Indian context, among top gainers on the spot National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange, is coriander that saw its price moving up nearly 38 per cent (year-to-date, or YTD).
Gold in Singapore, which normally sets price trend on the domestic front, dropped by 0.4 per cent to $1,283.28 an ounce after data showed that US employers added more jobs than expected which reduced demand for the metal as an alternate investment.
There's no silver bullet to get rid of poverty, says Alok Sheel.
Online marketplace eBay has entered into an agreement with an investor group led by private equity firm Silver Lake for sale of 65 per cent stake in its Skype communications unit for $1.9 billion.
A large number of successful IPOs ensured that the total investor wealth, measured in terms of cumulative valuation of all listed shares, rose by nearly Rs 6 lakh crore during the year to Rs 106.23 lakh crore
Gold rose further on the bullion market in Mumbai due to increased buying by stockists after rise in the overseas prices. Silver also ended better in line with gold.
Kardassis, who quit the airline in 2013, will advise Goyal and senior management on cost-saving and productivity improvement
Overall market benchmark Sensex is headed for its worst performance in four years with a decline of 1,650 points
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