'Does the BJP opening up a new assault on Rajiv Gandhi indicate that the BJP's internal calculations are pointing to the election results not going as it hoped, and hence a sign of desperation?' asks Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Amazon committed a fresh investment of $3 billion, in addition to the $2 billion it announced in 2014.
Says GDP growth rate from 2014-15 to 2015-16 will be greater than that of 2014-15 from 2013-14
'We believe 2017 could see higher flows from foreign institutions as money comes back to growth markets like India.'
Rediff readers tell us what their first salaries were.
Cashless transactions need ubiquitous connectivity, which we don't have. And connectivity needs political and administrative convergence, says Shyam Ponappa.
Broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap index adding 0.7%, while S&P BSE Smallcap index gained 0.6%.
Parekh ensures that he never forgets the importance of correctness.
Strong gains in Vedanta Ltd, Adani Ports, Bharti Airtel and Maruti Suzuki helped the index touch record levels.
The government has hiked foreign investment caps.
There are rumours that Ajay Singh who previously headed SpiceJet may get an investor to bail out the airline of dire consequences.
In his first address to the nation, on the eve of 71st Independence Day, President Ram Nath Kovind hailed the government's demonetisation and GST decision.
Pharma shares extended losses after the government's ban on combination drugs.
In UK, France and Germany, the president and CEO of Edelweiss Securities, anticipates votes incrementally in favour of local protection and de-globalisation.
Prime Minister Modi told President Xi that he has made efforts to improve ties with Islamabad but these efforts have been "derailed".
India's aggregate NPA as a percentage of GDP is far lower than that in Italy, Greece.
Estimates suggest subsidy outgo on these proposals would be at least Rs 1,000 crore
Transcript of Nikhil Pahwa's chat with Rediff readers.
Tata, 78, who retired as Tata Group Chairman nearly four years back, justified his return for "maintaining stability and continuity of leadership" and promised to give the group "a world-class leader" when a fulltime boss is appointed.
With rate cut expectations running high ahead of RBI meet this week, risk appetite improved especially in rate sensitive stocks
Given the relative rates of gross domestic product growth, the differential will increase.
Liberalising regulations on satcom technology could attract billions of dollars in foreign investment.
Janmejaya Sinha lays down Urjit Patel's agenda - cleaning up bank balance sheets, evaluating robustness of CPI and pushing for digitisation in financial services.
Indian Railways plans Rs 39,000 crores non-fare revenue. Via: Branding of trains. Vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths. Moving billboards.
It will escalate costs, mandate regulator to check malpractices, set standards.
A company claims to run ads on Facebook where students are encouraged to provide their details to get help from career counsellors.
Locations such as Chembur, Ghatkopar, Navi Mumbai and Andheri will be the future growth centres.
The biggest disappointment was the compromise on the promised corporate tax reduction path.
Instead of only government departments and state-owned undertakings, the CAG can now audit private companies, too.
This Budget plans for an increase to 10.3% of GDP from 9.9%.
'The challenge in India will be reviving consumption/investment.' 'If the negative surprise in earnings is very sharp or lasts longer than March, it can trigger a sharp sell-off.'
The key proposals from the IT industry that were not addressed included removal of dual levies on software products
Draft guidelines for Small Banks and Payments Banks were issued by the RBI in July and comments were invited till August 28.
Government is also will also enter into an agreement with Japan for a $50 billion swap.
HDFC twins, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI from the financial space gained between 1-2.7%.
The 2014 survey, which polled 502 global executives from companies with international presence, showed the majority of respondents were considering increasing their presence in India.
What will it take to get India's poor broadband penetration to be seen as a problem and not as a condition, thus enabling real, serious e-commerce to take off in India?
Britain's vote to leave the European Union means uncertainty for markets and companies as London initiates at least two years of negotiations with the EU.
More than 80 executives participated in the survey that was done from April to June this year.
New Delhi must indicate to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that it has a long-term strategy for his country. It should point out that Pakistan's present Afgan policy will destabilise Afghanistan and help Islamic State, says Gautam Sen.
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