The Sensex ended down 251 points at 27,351 and the Nifty shed 65 points to close at 8,228.
'The pandemic ends only when 70 per cent of the world is vaccinated with two doses.'
Gains were led by HUL on better-than-expected margins in March quarter and capital goods shares.
Faced with sluggish economic growth and dwindling exports, China on Wednesday devalued its currency for the second consecutive day.
Clearly,Trump will have a serious problem if it transpires that COVID-19's grandma, grandpa and great grandpa are actually domiciled in the US, notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
They were the source for entry-level recruitments in the IT industry before the job market crash.
Coca-Cola's acquisition of British coffee chain Costa, its biggest acquisition of a brand in history, faces three challenges in India.
'While the poor have little say in shaping India's intellectual or public discourse, they do have a significant role in deciding political outcomes,' points out Roshan Kishore.
Data also show that several other leading domestic pharma companies have recalled their products from the US
'We were lucky, in many ways, that we got the disease late.'
Women are great team players and collaborators, 'but they don't put themselves forward,' Dr Gagandeep Kang, the first Indian woman scientist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, tells Veenu Sandhu.
Alert to the looming threat from the 'Omicron' variant, states began to re-tighten curbs and urgently trace people who arrived from abroad in the last one month while a demand to not allow flights from the affected countries was made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
'The genetic thing is not in your control. The virulence is not known.' 'The only thing is if you can avoid it.' 'Once you get COVID-19, none of it is in your control.'
'Last year, Rs 20,000 crore was ripped off from the banking system.' 'The situation has deteriorated under the Modi government.'
In an online chat with Get Ahead reader, overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
A quarterly study of PE investment activity based on data provided by Venture Intelligence, such funds in the third quarter of this year totalled $3.01 billion through 103 deals, according to the PwC MoneyTree India report.
Take a look at the skills that matter and how you can acquire them.
More lucrative routinely prescribed drugs are at higher risk of failing quality standards
Bank shares were the top losers along with index heavyweight RIL
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international education.
Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports on the ongoing battle for the top spot between publishers S Chand and Navneet.
'Without reviving employment, consumer confidence will not go up.'
The company has also stepped up its courtship of machine-learning PhD's, joining Google, Amazon, Facebook and others in a fierce contest
Judith Faulkner's entrepreneurial journey could well be a case study for people worldwide.
The death toll rose to 5,394 after a record single-day spike of 230 fatalities in the 24 hours since Sunday 8 am, the Union Health Ministry said in its morning update. It showed the number of confirmed cases rising by 8,392 to 1,90,535. However, a PTI tally of figures announced by states and union territories, as of 9.35 pm, showed a higher death toll of 5,501.
India and China are the only two countries who have reported a slight dip in pay hike.
As with the Spanish flu, the world must be ready for a second and third wave as this start-stop-start-stop response plays out, recommends Rahul Jacob.
'The only way to create more jobs is to make sure that we anticipate the skills that will be required in the future and prepare ourselves for those skills.'
The Union health ministry said West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported a casualty each on Monday, taking the total number of deaths to nine in the country due to COVID-19.
What exactly is technical analysis and is it completely non-subjective?
Rishabh Lawania's three tips for success: 1. Innovate. 2. Fail fast. 3. Always see ahead of time.
'Essentially there are three things the government should be doing: Identify who you are going to get your vaccine from, figure out how you are going to pay for it, and figure out how you're going to deliver it and to whom.'
From linking innovation with supply of inputs to providing contract farming, the private sector can help agriculture move to the next stage of development.
With Sundar Pichai becoming the CEO of Google, India has one more reason to cheer its prowess in the global IT sector.
From scanning hospital entrants to disinfecting hospital areas and floors, robots are being roped in for tasks considered high-risk, says Peerzada Abrar.
'The only idea -- the only idea -- of the shutdown was to buy time.'
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international career for you.
'In India, a large proportion of the labour force does not have a regular job.' 'People are mostly employed as daily wage workers, agricultural labourers, small farmers and self-employed traders.' 'These move in and out of "jobs" fairly rapidly.' 'It is the high proportion of these workers in India that makes unemployment volatile,' explains Mahesh Vyas.
Thanks to the flaws in the way it is implementing dynamic pricing, the Indian Railways is losing its premium travel base faster than ever before, say RailYatri's Manish Rathi and Kapil Raizada.
A number of Xooglers are employing lessons and practices learnt during their stint at Google to branch out into innovative ventures.
