He endorsed transparency and financial stability in addition to issues related to inclusive growth and development, write Puran Singh and Nupur Pavan Bang.
While office and mall properties enjoyed revival and saw some big PE deals, residential real estate was hit by double whammy - stagnating prices and demonetisation
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The Reserve Bank of India late on Wednesday unveiled rules to restrict how much its citizens and companies can invest abroad and announced additional curbs on gold imports.
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Derivatives exchange DGCX started trading futures for the S&P BSE Sensex
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Art is a reflection of society. And when conveyed by artists like Valay Shende, it becomes a hard-hitting social comment.
The much-awaited iPhone XS, the iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR are finally here.
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The government has also developed a PAN activity monitoring.
The RBI's reluctance to cut rates should be seen as a case of inability in the face of inflation.
There have been demands from a section of stakeholders that the long-term capital gains tax on equities be reimposed.
They induced HNIs to trade on spot market commodity exchange with promise of high returns.
Bank credit growth, still sluggish, could see a rise if the Reserve Bank of India decides to cut interest rates, believes Ashima Goyal.
The US #DeepState has had a fine run, but will now discard Saudi Arabia as it is no longer useful to them, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
Hopefully, the grey world of central banking in a nation hit by demonetisation, will lighten up with some of his notes soon.
PE firm True North's investment model is to take 51% stake in mid-sized companies and make them large, says Niraj Bhatt.
The outcome is beyond the market's expectation and will be a sentimental boost, say analysts.
'COPD causes an economic loss of Rs 35,000 crores.' 'We cannot afford to lose such a huge amount due to one disease.' 'COPD is a non-communicable disease and that's why it remained low in priority.' 'The time is right to shift the focus to COPD as HIV/AIDS and TB are under control. 'This badly neglected disease has become the second largest cause for deaths in India.' 'It is time for us to wake up and give due importance to this disease.'
The yellow metal is a safe bet in the long run.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries:
Telecom stocks fell after Mukesh Ambani extended Reliance Jio's free offers till March 2017.
The 30 share Sensex ended up 183 points at 27,470 and the 50-share Nifty gained 44 points to close at 8,295.
In an online chat with readers on August 10, Vidya Bala, Vidya Bala, head of mutual fund research at FundsIndia, answered their queries. For hose who missed the chat, here is the transcript.
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As economic policy making moves from pragmatism to populism, the bulls begin to make way for cautious optimists.
'In the last 4, 5 years, ever since online companies started online shopping in a big way with heavy discounts, our sales are affected badly.' 'As there is no control over the way the online companies operate, they were able to destroy the domestic retail market to a great extent.'
This rally is largely being driven by hopes that the Modi government will drive economic growth higher, and, thus, increase earnings growth for companies.
No stock on BSE Sensex ended in red while only 3 stocks in the broader Nifty50 index settled the day negative
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Corporate indebtedness is now twice what it was before the global financial crisis; banks' bad loans ratio is 3.5 times higher.
The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices have performed better than the front-liners
Retail investors have matured and have moved away from investing in only in-vogue products, says the managing director and chief executive officer of ICICI Prudential AMC.
It is important to know the right details about your insurance policies while avoiding these mistakes, says Harjot Singh Narula.
One thing is certain: Demonetisation has broken the back of terror funding, says Colonel Anil A Athale.
The RBI opened a forex swap window in August to meet the entire daily dollar requirements of three oil marketing companies as the rupee depreciated to an all-time low of 68.85 against the US currency.
Their net NPA as a proportion of net advances were 2.2 per cent, compared with 1.7 per during the same period a year earlier.
The 91.9 per cent slide in the stock price of Gitanjali Gems since April has depleted the value of promoter Mehul Choksi's holding in the company by at least Rs 17 crore (Rs 170 million) a day on an average.
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Rajan said investments should return after initial investor worries over Brexit.
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