Boost to dairy sector will generate jobs
Droom has seen aircraft such as the Falcon, Hawk and Cessna being rented.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das tells Anup Roy, Raghu Mohan and Niraj Bhatt that it is time for banks to lower interest rates and start lending to cash-starved finance companies after due credit appraisal and proper risk assessment.
Prime Minster Narendra Modi's op-ed in the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeines talks about development, New Age India and his 'Make in India' campaign. Here's the complete text of the column.
People are not just splurging on clothes, mobiles and household goods through the online route, they are also looking at cars and even houses.
The Modi government has not lived up to the muscularity the prime minister promised while campaigning, says Ajai Shukla
India Inc is ready to diversify into unchartered areas.
The 30-share Sensex closed down 115 points at 28,444 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 31 points at 8,524.
To ensure equal access to health care, the government must consider it in a holistic manner and improve all parameters.
GM has invested $1 billion in the country since 1996.
NDA government has shunned populism.
'Narendra Modi knows how to calculate and remain pragmatic. Take the unexpected Rafale deal - perhaps the first time a PM has considered the country's defence procurement as a priority, over the considerations of the babus... and over his own pet project 'Make in India',' says Claude Arpi.
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The nomination of cluster heads for defence, infrastructure and finance business is awaited.
Audi sold 10,851 units last year, higher than Mercedes-Benz, which sold 10,201 units.
The explosions took place as rescuers began cleaning hundreds of tonnes of cyanide at the blast site, most of which was unaffected raising fears of the possibility for contaminating air and water sources.
Real estate sector cheers reforms in the Budget.
Indian CEOs might like to make some serious course correction.
'Relations between India and Japan are robust and devoid of either shadow of history or any irritant.' 'In fact, there is plenty of warmth and goodwill earned over history. There are no negatives but only opportunities,' notes Dr Rajaram Panda.
Budget will get a welcome reception from the international biz.
Robbed of prey as people fled, Omar Perez came marching back and shot bullet after bullet into Prudhvi Raj Kandepi's head, thus ensuring that a man he had never met before, known nothing of, would never get up again.
The possibility of a deal between Iran and the world on its nuclear programme has some perils but much promise for India, says Uday Abhyankar
Brokers like Vasudevan are struggling to keep themselves in tune with this super-informed, new-generation retail investor.
Ashish Pratap Singh wonders if Samsung will meet the same fate as Nokia?
'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
Turns down firm's plea for stay on CCI order; final order pending
At Rs 20k, it is not the sole contender for the segment crown, but the invitation-based purchasing system for something like One Plus 2 or a Xiaomi Mi4 allows the Moto X Play to run away with the competition.
Raamdeo Agrawal says, an investor should figure out if the company actually makes money or not, making an investment comes later.
Finally, with its back against the wall, HTC has realised that it needs to rise to the occasion, and start the journey again. The introduction of mid-range handsets from the company shows intent, and drew our attention towards the HTC Desire 828. Here is what we found...
'How many people have been skilled up and thus able to escape from needing to be in NREGA? The true success of NREGA would lie in its irrelevance -- that is, people no longer need it as a crutch.' 'NREGA should enable them to climb out of poverty and stand on their feet.' 'But this is expressly forbidden by NREGA rules. Skill development, which is what India needs more than anything else, appears to be outside the purview of NREGA,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
'Consider this image of today's youth in Bihar -- armed with a bike, a smartphone and possibly some illegal arms too, imbibing incessant stream of images from the Internet and television.' 'Some of them would turn into gau bhakts, some would listen with interest the exploits of Salafism, dig deep into the Internet to come out with images which cry vociferously that their respective religions are in danger.'
Compared to their Indian peers, MNCs have higher return ratios.
"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
The sluggish legal system in India makes it extremely difficult for law-enforcing agencies in the ministry of finance to punish violations of foreign exchange laws. Unfortunately, it is not just FEMA. The Prevention of Money Laundering Act too has significant infirmities, say Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Pranati Mehra.
Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the United States Congress.
