Does the Union government or the RBI see itself as Krishna beheading Shishupal and what will constitute the 101st or indeed the past many sins for which a Sudarshan Chakra will have to be used? More importantly, what are those sins?
Offloading shares in ONGC, CIL, NHPC may fetch govt more than the year's target.
The plan of UID/Aadhaar-based surveillance does not end with the collection of fingerprints and iris scan, it goes quite beyond it and poses a lethal threat to the idea of India, says Gopal Krishna.
Equity-linked savings scheme, PPF and Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana are recommended instruments.
Nitin Desai suggests some concrete measures to revive investment and boost growth.
MCX Stock Exchange, set up by crisis-hit NSEL's promoters, on Friday appointed Saurabh Sarkar as CEO and announced plans for fresh capital infusion by its existing shareholders among measures to boost business.
A few weeks ago, when Road Transport & Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari launched an electronic toll-collection system on the Delhi-Mumbai highway, television channels reported live from toll plazas showing vehicles with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in dedicated lanes that did not have to stop for paying cash.
MySmartPrice has been growing about 100 per cent a year and is profitable.
'We are looking at the Budget with the hope that it will address all issues even at the cost of exceeding the fiscal deficit target.'
Times without count we have bought more complex procedures in the name of simplification, says Shreekant Sambrani.
No one really knows what proportion of the nation's wealth and income are available for defence
Indian economy about to take-off
The elements are all aligned to make India a global powerhouse, says IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde.
Raghav tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier how he and his cousin Mukund co-founded Renew IT, which refurbishes discarded computers and makes them affordable for the poor in rural India.
Mukesh Ambani-led RIL, which had a cash chest and marketable securities worth over Rs 90,000 crore (Rs 900 billion) at the end of the last fiscal, is known for very effectively managing its financial resources by placing them in liquid instruments and highly rated securities.
That is bad news for officials taking part in discussions at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings this week.
If at all it was some great strategy, the delay has only helped the person they eventually arrested.
GST will yield 'better value for money' for car buyers, increasing automobile industry demand, says Sandip Neogi.
'Modi's advent has made the mass of Indians realise that there was absolutely nothing wrong or objectionable in proclaiming nationalism as the masthead of the polity and Hinduism as its centerpiece,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'Rahul is only making a pathetic public spectacle of his lack of judgment and good sense by hallucinating that somehow, the Congress, or whatever political combine is cobbled together, will displace the BJP at the coming Lok Sabha election by constantly harping on the Rafale deal,' argues retired civil servant B S Raghavan.
China's malfunctioning stock markets remained semi-frozen.
Brand Factory clocked in Rs 1,045 crores worth of sales in FY17, accounting for 27 per cent of the total revenues earned by Future Lifestyle Fashions Retail. But what about the future?
Is it just the glamour?
If oil prices rise, the government would face an uncomfortable political decision.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi's stand that AMU is not a minority university reveals the anti-minority stand of the political party now in power, says Mohammad Sajjad, outlining the long history behind one of India's premier universities.
Reddy has worked to reform the economy.
'We have promised to ensure reduced tax rates.'
The OrcaPod is a prototype of what comes after boats, cars, trains and planes. It's India's foray into what Tesla founder Elon Musk calls the 'fifth form of transportation' and India's only entry at the ongoing Hyperloop competition by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Their offer values Fortis at over Rs 9,000 crore, or around Rs 172 per share.
The Panama verdict will decide how Pakistan handles its leadership problems.
Terming corruption as a "major stumbling block" in the country's progress, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday asked the central vigilance commission to lead the way in cleansing the government.
An interview with Amit Mitra, the finance minister of West Bengal.
Indian Railways need a facelift, says Suresh Prabhu.
While the UK will possibly go into recession, the bigger fear is copycat referendums from other EU nations.
In spite of the high number of exits, Reliance group firms of both brothers continue to be darlings of small investors
Contrary to the picture of a mother looking fondly at the child in her arms, experts stress that many women go through severe anger, insomnia, self-loathing and even suicidal thoughts after giving birth.
Poor predictability, credibility and effectiveness of fiscal performance have been key reasons for successive governments failing to deliver on their promises.
Banks in India must have a modern approach, suggests a panel comprising of banking bigwigs.
In the interview to Business Standard last week, Chary had stated that the government's proposal to merge was unwarranted and that FTIL shareholders did not benefit from higher dividends from NSEL.
Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot College at Tilonia in Rajasthan, was awarded the Clinton Global Citizen Award at a ceremony in New York on September 25.
