The rules make India's health warnings on tobacco products the world's most stringent, along with Thailand
Asset sales have helped ease investors' worry but debt remains at alarming levels
ITC, Sun Pharma, Cipla and Tata Steel were top gainers on BSE Sensex
The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market turned negative from positive
'The rate cut could have been higher in the current economic conditions which would have had a stronger impact on business sentiment and spurred investment in a big way.'
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in the Budget for 2015-16, is likely to target around Rs 43,000 crore (Rs 430 billion) from divestment proceeds, almost the same level that the government expects to realise from stake sale in PSUs this fiscal.
While the BSE's asking valuation is reasonable, compared to peers, there are some factors that long-term investors need to consider before investing.
About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
Midcap stocks continued to remain on buyers' radar with BSE Midcap index up 0.1%.
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Some analysts believe that markets are expected to remain unclear and would have to wait until tomorrow's US non-farm payrolls data.
Lower interest rates needed to boost manufacturing, officials say.
Arora will resign less than two years since he joined the Japanese Internet conglomerate
Profit booking in realty, oil and gas, capital goods, power and metal stocks pulled the index down to the day's low of 25,347.33 points.
Dollar's strength against other currencies overseas capped the rupee's gain
A majority of economists predicted RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan would leave policy rates unchanged on Tuesday and expected a dovish commentary, as crude oil prices and inflation cool off.
We can learn much from China with regards to making civil service recruitment more efficient, says former diplomat Kishan S Rana.
He will become executive chairman and continue to be chairman
The Indian economy's election-year syndrome cannot be ignored, says A K Bhattacharya.
'This is a historic juncture when the US is in great need of an alliance with India to strengthen its hands in the fierce struggle with China in the Asian theatre,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Gains in financial shares capped further downslide.
The broader NSE index has fallen about 0.9% as investors wait for corporate results
Coca-Cola's acquisition of British coffee chain Costa, its biggest acquisition of a brand in history, faces three challenges in India.
'I find the RBI edict to the Kotak Mahindra Bank to reduce Uday Kotak's shareholding very unreasonable,' says Sudhir Bisht.
The repo rate, at which RBI lends to the banking system, will be at 7.5%
A total of 3,30,27,661 people had applied to be included in the NRC. Of them, 3,11,21,004 have been included in the document and 19,06,657 excluded.
The razor maker suffered a major jolt after the Securities Appellate Tribunal had quashed an appeal it filed against the regulator, which had earlier rejected Gillette's plan entailing reclassification of promoter holdings to comply with the public shareholding norms.
Turnover on exchanges dips to pre-Modi levels
The Nifty has gained 2.6% so far this week, while the Sensex has climbed 2.85%
The consolidated entity can target good growth FY18 onwards, analysts say.
Private lenders HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank were the top gainers along with index heavyweights
TCS, Bajaj Auto, Adani Ports and Cipla were the top gainers on BSE Sensex while Coal India, GAIL, Dr Reddy's and Infosys lost the most on the index.
Growth has been slowing year-on-year for the IT sector but investors have continued to bet on it.
Early last year, the company had said it aimed to reduce its debt, which stood over Rs 21,000 crore then, to Rs 10,000-11,000 crore (Rs 100-110 billion) through the sale of non-core assets and improved cash flows.
