Also keenly watching inflation numbers, with wholesale inflation data expected today
After the Kerala government declared the coronavirus outbreak as a 'state calamity', as the three positive cases were detected from Thrissur, Alapuzha and Kasaragod, tourism minister Kadakampally Surendran admitted that the sector had suffered a hit. The sector had aggressively launched promotional advertisements in the domestic and international markets after the floods to revive the sector. However, all the efforts took a beating, with mass cancellations of hotel bookings after the outbreak of the infection in the state was reported.
'There is never a safe choice in the movie business.' 'Everything is chance.'
'Is this the only way for India to become a $5 trillion economy?' 'When you have unused foreign exchange here, why borrow more dollars?'
Intrapreneurs are more diverse in their skill sets and backgrounds, more digitally native, more networked and connected, and more ambitious to do bigger things. A fascinating excerpt from Simone Ahuja's Jugaad 3.0: Hacking The Corporation To Make It Fast, Fluid And Frugal.
The dollar gained strength with the emergence of the US as the only developed economy showing signs of recovery.
Rediff readers share why they support the breastfeeding campaign.
BSE Bankex and Telecom indices led the fall.
'Four years into his tenure and Modi still has no idea what is wrong with the agriculture sector!'
'It is absolutely important for us to continue to message to people that they must wear masks, keep physical distancing, as much as is practically possible, at work or at home.'
Nifty50 surged 87 points to end at 8,157, highest closing levels since Oct 29, 2015.
'This announcement is big foolishness.' 'The government has no idea of economics. They are just announcing what comes to their mind.' 'Let them implement what they have announced and just see what will happen in two years.'
Unlike Pepsi's Kendell Jenner ad, Tata Tea's Jaago Re campaigns were careful not to insert its product in the ad's storyline and they targeted topics on which there was near unanimity of outrage.
Summers dogged by controversies over past views
Except for liquidity, which could act in favour or against the market in the short term, most market participants are bullish.
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As on Monday, the prices of many vegetables had fallen as much as 50% compared with those a month before, due to increased supply, following the arrival of winter crops in the markets.
Researchers found that recipients of excessive self-promotion view self-promoters as less likeable and as braggarts.
Analysts say that Republic TV has to hit the top spot in the shortest possible time if it has to make a dent in the ad market and break even, writes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
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Traders say the outlook for the rupee has improved on the back of a sharp narrowing in the current account deficit after government and central bank emergency measures such as curbing gold imports.
The stock was the worst performer among the blue-chips on both Sensex and Nifty.
Higher interest rates in the US do not necessarily coincide with capital outflows.
Experts hail Budget 2015 as a progressive, growth oriented one.
While global uncertainty has led to a rise in prices in 2016, there is still a lot of doubt regarding its future.
Should we really pay attention to them, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
In the global markets, the US dollar traded lower in early trade after former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers withdrew himself from the race to be the next Federal Reserve chairman.
What will be the impact on the Euro itself? Will it devalue and to what extent?
Heavy dollar selling by banks and exporters alongside debt-related inflows largely supported the rupee
The hounding of former AMU students by some alumni over their 'wining and dining' during Ramzan is deeply disturbing, says AMU Professor Mohammad Sajjad. 'Intolerance, irrationality, bigotry, religious/sectarian hatred, and all such pernicious tendencies must be fought and resisted, more particularly by university campuses, in order to build a better society.' 'Have we, as academics, failed, and that too, quite miserably?' he asks. 'I feel like confessing and saying yes, we have indeed failed.'
The impending default on the IMF loans leaves Greece sliding towards an exit from the euro.
'If Urjit Patel had resigned after the five-state elections results people would have taken a different view. So this was the right time for him to resign.' 'He rightly resigned as he felt the differences with the government were not getting settled.'
Gains were led by index heavyweights with Reliance Industries contributing the most.
One reason Japan is betting highly on Indian pharma is that these companies have strong cash flows, low leverage and high debt capacity for medium to large sized acquisitions.
'I don't get attached to my success,' Ayushmann Khurrana tells Kavita Chowdhury.
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.
'The Modi government is about privatising profits and nationalising losses.'
Apple said it sold 51.2 million iPhones in its second fiscal quarter, down from 61.2 million in the same quarter a year ago but above analysts' estimates of about 50 million devices.
Recently, many states in India banned Maggi because of high levels of lead and monosodium glutamate found in some samples. But do you know how MSG affects your health?
