The Nifty and Bank Nifty ended at record closing high of 7,913 and 15,865 respectively.
The combination of sanctions, and low fuel prices is really hurting the Putin regime.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-day visit to Britain has seen India and the UK agreeing on Rs 90,000 crore deals.
Rajan tells RBI colleagues he will be returning to academics
Markets have gone into a tailspin, the Modi govt must revive investment sentiment.
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Bigger and broader indices do relatively poorly as investors get selective; experts see opportunity if scrips chosen with care.
'India's biggest loss is that we will not have anyone as principled and as courageous as Rajan.'
Nitin Desai suggests some concrete measures to revive investment and boost growth.
The sentiment around Indian equities remains positive and unchanged.
'That is not a democratic ideal obviously, but it is a practical reality.' 'It is a consistent feature of politicians in Pakistan that their rhetoric on the army softens the closer they get to the seat of power.'
Vajpayee's ashes will be immersed in rivers in all the districts in Uttar Pradesh -- his karmabhoomi.
'Success will require political skill, not just economic expertise'
BSE has brought in the new technology from Deutsche Bourse.
The optimism in global markets could help India as the rebound in GDP is expected to continue and get more broad-based.
'There is no difference between the earlier government and the present government.' 'They are all following the economic policy based on the Chicago School of thought.' 'This school of thought says the government should have very little role in governing the country and the majority of the work should be handed over to the private sector.' 'This has not succeeded in the US.' 'Yet, it is being tried here by people like Arvind Subramaniam, Arvind Panagariya, Urjit Patel and Raghuram Rajan.'
Sensex hit a record high of 27,225.85 and Nifty hit a record high of 8,141.90 in the intra-day trades today.
The indirect tax reform Goods and Services Tax is stuck in the Rajya Sabha.
Things are expected to change dramatically in a few years for urban consumers.
India's good fortune, experts in the US feel, is not the result of a fundamentally strong economy, but because it is the best of a bad set of options.
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SpiceJet's ex promoter Ajay Singh is trying hard to pump in huge money into the airline.
Surendra Hiranandani -- chairman and managing director, House of Hiranandani -- explains what ails India's housing sector and indicates the way forward.
The three main regulators have different approaches to grievance redressal and different standards to stop harmful from coming pitched at the consumer.
What is it about Arohan that puts it in the top league of microfinance institutions in the country?
'You can't go on creating division and rhetoric of hate.' 'It comes to roost. We are seeing the first glimpses of that in the state elections.'
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He is the man behind Blackstone's India strategy
The derivatives expiry on Thursday is also expected to add to the volatility.
Sensex, Nifty have lost about 6%, against 0.5-5% decline in other key Asian indices.
'The BJP has latched on to the idea of nationalism, but the nationalism they advocate is not nationalism as we have understood it since the time of the freedom movement.' 'This is not secular nationalism, it is Hindu nationalism.' 'It is a form of nationalism that is exclusionary and it tends to conflate national interest with the government.' 'So, if you disagree with the government, for example, on surgical strikes or demonetisation, you are anti-national or holder of black money.'
'This has to be seen in the context not only of the legacy we inherited, but also of global economic weakness.'
'If after inheriting the very bad situation we have reached this level despite consecutive years of drought and no growth in the world economy, it is no accident.' 'It is a result of the sound macro economic policies followed by this government.' 'We have eschewed populism and stuck to a path of fiscal prudence.'
He endorsed transparency and financial stability in addition to issues related to inclusive growth and development, write Puran Singh and Nupur Pavan Bang.
Issues Rs 358 crore interim dividend, 1:10 bonus and 10:1 split
Their offer values Fortis at over Rs 9,000 crore, or around Rs 172 per share.
'It was the Mughals who first established standard units of measurement and maintained offices of meticulous record keepers and auditors, departing from the more haphazard methods of earlier regimes.' 'By the end of the 16th century, their revenue and judicial administrations exhibited an obsessive preoccupation with order, the efficient management of time, and a spirit of rational self-control -- all of them characteristics of early modernity,' point out Sheldon Pollock and Benjamin Ellman.
The Sensex ended 229 points down at 27,602 and the Nifty ended down 63 points at 8,293.
The Sensex ended down 134 points at 28,559 and the Nifty ended 35 points lower at 8,554
For 'a person who has dedicated his life to teaching students, guiding them to restoring monuments and preserving our built heritage, I never dreamt that my home will one day be demolished.'
'Although strong arm tactics do cause inconvenience, they have not been able to stop us from carrying out our campaigns.' 'Allegations about being 'anti-development' mean very little when people in the country are still going hungry.' Greenpeace India chief Ravi Chellam on the challenges ahead.
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