The pain of not living up to the favourites tag in the previous ties still rankles the Spanish Davis Cup team as Rafael Nadal said "special things" can happen for lower-ranked Indian players in the World Group play-off tie.
India are favoured to extend their dominance while West Indies face insurmountable odds to draw parity, in the second One-day International, in Visakhapatnam, on Wednesday.
'At this point, neither the army or the IAF has that immediate, punitive deterrent power against Pakistan.' 'Forget a three-week war; on the LoC, where the action is, Pakistan has until now fielded better infantry weapons, body armour, sniper rifles, and matching artillery' points out Shekhar Gupta.
Given that there are hundreds of players in the shadow banking space, it's hard to make a credible estimate of potential NPAs. That creates more scope for panic, says Devangshu Datta.
It's time you up your skills set to stay relevant in the industry.
A task force will speed up the recalibration of 200,000 ATMs so these can dispense the new Rs 2,000 notes.
Punjab National Bank has the largest share.
An insatiable Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona hammered Espanyol 5-0 in a local derby on Saturday to make it three wins from three and take full advantage after Liga champions Real Madrid were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Levante.
Liquor baron takes on to Twitter again to lash out at the media for trying to hunt him; asks them not to waste their efforts
Presenting some of the good, bad and ugly looks of the week.
With real estate -- NRIs's favourite investment vehicle in the past -- unlikely to do well in the near future, there is a strong case for NRIs to shift to equity and debt mutual funds, says Prateek Mehta.
A ruthless Floyd Mayweather scored a 10th round technical knockout over mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor on Saturday, the American cementing his legacy as an all-time boxing great with his 50th win in as many fights.
Analysts expect the central bank to remain watchful of inflation.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
The Bharatiya Janata Party claims it has over six lakh committed workers in Bihar, a team of 10 deployed for each of the 62,200 polling booths.
England moved towards victory in the second Test against Sri Lanka whose batsmen showed sufficient resolve on Sunday to push the game into a fourth day if not affect a result that still seems inevitable.
Data released earlier by CAG shows capital expenditure by the Centre had contracted 9.2 per cent in Q2
Indian companies are now more confident about the execution skills of local banks.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced slew of reforms for the masses.
'The full effects of the government initiatives will have to work their way through, whether in infrastructure or in the banking sector.'
The Anglo-Dutch merger was meant to revive the ailing British Steel which had incurred a net loss of 81 million in the year ended March 31, 1999
Over all trends indicate prices of pulses and onions have declined, and prices of all other commodities have remained stable across the country.
The average age of the 125-billion strong Indian population will be 29 years in 2020, even younger than China and the US.
In the past three years, personal loans have grown at twice the rate of growth in personal disposable income, leading to a steady rise in household indebtedness. At the end of March this year, Indians owed Rs 25.2 lakh crore to banks and listed non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), up 65 per cent in the past three years.
Cardholders must ensure their debit cards are used in their presence.
Worries remain on earnings-valuations mismatch, global issues; resolution of the MAT row could be biggest positive trigger
Sources said the government was keen to tax all unaccounted money deposited in bank accounts after it allowed the banned currency to be deposited in bank accounts during a 50-day window from November 10 to December 30.
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Being public sector employees, they still saw no reason to stir themselves unduly.
The NCLT said the new board must hold its meeting by October 8 and come out with a road map before the next hearing on October 31
India is likely to lose Rs 53,000 crore from its economy as companies are unable to hire people with right talent for the job and are incurring high recruitment costs, says a study.
'Allocate 30% to 35% of your equity portfolio to mid-cap funds and 10% to 15% to small-cap funds.'
The citizens' register in Assam does not get to the bottom of things.
K Ramalingam explains the three most powerful signals that indicate your mutual fund's performance
The latest fraud is a failure of management supervision and accountability, as no bad debt was generated and no cash was involved
Describing information technology as a change-agent, Modi said IT has the power to transform the country in several ways.
Short-term loans from NBFCs can be more convenient but come at higher cost
It is that time of the year when fresh business school graduates try their luck at placements.
N Ganapathy Subramaniam, chief operating officer (COO), discusses the strategy to concert digital opportunities to larger deals, focus on reskilling own people instead of acquiring a company to get access to skillsets and demand from newer verticals in an interview with Romita Majumdar
Both the government and RBI have to complement each other if the economy has to revive quickly.
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
