How the 4 ministries have performed
Arora was hired in July to run a newly created unit called SoftBank Internet and Media Inc.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
Experts are upbeat about developing smart cities in India.
The number of foreign tourists coming to India grew a modest four per cent between January and December 2013, coinciding with women travellers' perception on the country as a safe destination hitting rock bottom.
Meru Cabs is in talks with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
US, China and Japan have no quotas for women and have had the lowest increase in female directors.
India Gas Solutions Pvt Ltd -- the equal joint venture between the Mukesh Ambani-led firm and Europe's second largest oil firm - is among the three companies shortlisted by Gujarat government for giving out 25 per cent stake in the Mundra terminal.
'India needs to learn in Kashmir how to spread development.' 'Pakistan needs to learn in Balochistan how to spread development.' 'China needs to learn in Xinjiang and Tibet.' 'And if they can show tangible benefits, there will be less terrorism.' 'No one wakes up in the morning saying 'I want to kill myself', right?'
The largest private sector lender is also looking to open a full-fledged branch in China, where it already has a representative office, managing director and CEO, Chanda Kochhar said during the bank's 19th annual general meeting in Vadodara.
Swaraj said there is scope to do a lot more and this would be an important element of their deliberations.
With the spectre of nuclear terrorism growing, the international community is concerned about the security of India's nuclear facilities. The worry has grown since 2010, when radioactive Cobalt-60 surfaced in a New Delhi scrapyard, killing one person and hospitalising eight others.
Smart cities can provide more safety, better management of traffic congestion, a low-carbon environment and better services.
Unlike in the past, Modi made candid, frank and direct remarks on his hosts by suggesting that the Chinese side is holding back on further improving relations, says Srikanth Kondapalli.
Four specific areas will be watched carefully in the first half of FY16
The 30-share Sensex ended down 30.30 points at 28,161.72 and the 50-share Nifty dipped 7.95 points at 8,543.
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Enabling labour to become more globally mobile can produce higher remittances with powerful 'brain gain' dividends.
The Sensex ended up 380 points at 27,888 and the Nifty advanced 111 points to end five points shy of 8,400.
There are about 600,000 taxis in India, generating combined annual revenue of about Rs 11,000 crore (Rs 110 billion).
When is the last time our government recognised a twenty something entrepreneur for introducing a break-out innovation?
'I would personally like to see Rahul Gandhi continue as party president.' 'I genuinely believe he has far more to offer to the party still, particularly in leading us in these challenging times that we find ourselves in.'
Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is on his first official visit to India, tells NDTV's Vikram Chandra that the company's business plans for India can't be pitted against those for China, which is a very different market and where Apple did a "pretty big" business of $59 billion last year. Cook says his company
The 24-hour delivery offer applies only to select postal codes and is not available across the country.
Maruti is trying to move up the segment by focusing on premium cars, SUVs and even trucks.
Gamers are losing sleep because of the craze of catching Pokemons.
Swaraj emphasised that the UN must accept it needs fundamental reform.
The Sensex ended above 27,000 for the first time while the Nifty topped 8,100.
Bank shares were the top gainer in early trades with Bank of Baroda up over 4%.
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The government should take steps to mandate that companies have at least two women board members, and at least one of them should be an independent director, in the next two years.
'Making the railways better is a different type of a challenge.'
Toyota Motor Corp is betting on pricier premium models offering better safety and quality.
Sources in the know confirmed Vistara, the joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, had booked six slots at the airport in New Delhi, adding it was ready to fly once it secured the government's nod.
'Chinese leaders rarely receive their foreign guests in cities other than Beijing. Such respect for India!' 'Does it mean that Modi could replicate "the warmth and unconventional way" by sending Indian troops into Tibet, as Xi did in Chumur (Ladakh) when he arrived in India? Of course, Indians are far too polite to do so,' says Claude Arpi.
US-based leading online newspaper Huffington Post is planning to launch an India edition by May this year and negotiations are currently underway to finalise a local partner for this venture.
Even though HMT has survived for over 50 years, it failed to find a new peg to sell itself even as later entrants captured market share.
'SBI is already too big. Too big to fail.' 'It already is a moral hazard. What will it do with 20,000 branches that it cannot do with 14,000, especially in these days of online and mobile banking?'
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