'If you allow Walmart to operate in India, our manufacturing will finish completely.' 'What will happen to Narendra D Modi's dream then? There will be no Make in India.'
Facebook has launched an 'internet.Org' initiative
All sectoral indices, led by realty, PSU, oil & gas and banking, were in positive zone with gains of up to 1.25 per cent.
Despite presiding over scores of factories in what is today India's largest garment exporter with 105,000 employees, Ahuja is a modest man with much to be immodest about. He tells Rahul Jacob that the government needs a free trade agreement with Europe fast to ensure a level-playing field with Bangladesh and Vietnam.
At present, in Myanmar, GAIL and IndianOil have a minority stake in a gas pipeline which goes to China, through South East Asia Gas Pipeline Company.
The 30-share Sensex closed up 34 points at 27,831 and the 50-share Nifty ended up 15 points at 8,356.
Talking corporate heads are a barometer of the business community's engagement with the economy. If they have nothing to say now there should be cause for concern.
Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple breast cancer screening available to every woman, that too at the extremely affordable cost of $1 per scan? Can we make a portable, high-tech ECG machine which can provide reports immediately and that too at the cost of 8 cents a test? Can we make an eye imaging device that is portable, non-invasive and costs 3 times less that conventional devices? Can we make a robust test for mosquito-borne dengue, which can detect the disease on day 1, and that too at the cost of $2 per test? Amazingly, says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, all this has been achieved in India, not only by using technological innovation but also non-technological innovation.
'The economy will pick up in 2020 or a little later... When it picks up, will it reach 10%, 8% or still lower? It all depends on how realistic are the diagnosis and the prescriptions that follow,' says Professor K J Joseph.
Turbocharged with technology is becoming the Holy Grail of retail.
Rising oil prices and diminishing cash pile to limit capacity in 2018-19
The market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 2,086 shares declining and 893 shares advancing.
'What does Bhagwat think his militia will do once it is at the border?' 'What does Bhagwat imagine his Sangh followers will do that will protect Mother India?' asks Aakar Patel.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
Amazon has seen its India sales growing four times this year.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
The 30-share Sensex lost 54 points at end at 27,086 and 50-share Nifty shed 19 points to close at 8,096.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
In conversation with Anil S Nair, CEO & Managing Partner at L&K Saatchi & Saatchi India.
Monsanto has taken the government to court over the royalty.
Business opportunity after phased diesel deregulation the main trigger.
The Supreme Court-appointed Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha panel asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India to accept its reforms before proceeding ahead with the process of awarding the Indian Premier League media rights from 2018 onwards.
Deal with current owner Exide may be signed next week
RCom is expected to have a 50% stake, Aircel 40% and MTS 10%
Most Asian markets ended with gains.
A comparative analysis of the two companies' rankings on three parameters reveals why ONGC slipped in ranking
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
As economic policy making moves from pragmatism to populism, the bulls begin to make way for cautious optimists.
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.83%. The BSE Small-Cap index was currently up 0.8%.
Its pre-consultation paper has been silent on the issue of closed electronic communication network, a loophole telcos can exploit to offer discriminatory pricing.
Banking and telecom will see the highest impact of this transition.
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The RBI has accepted the application withdrawal request, according to the statement.
Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
Top ten billionaires in India.
Investors booked profit ahead of the outcome of the two-day US Fed policy meet which begins today.
As the DefenceExpo gets underway in Goa, Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd) says the proposed Defence Procurement Procedure 2016 should ensure that the Indian defence industry is on the path to design, develop and make in India.
Mittal said that overall, he expected that by March 2018, the "dust will settle down" for the entire industry.
On a weekly basis, the Sensex climbed 749.86 points or 2.69 per cent and the NSE Nifty soared 237.10 points or 2.76 per cent
Govt notification on $8.4 a unit price likely by month-end
North Korea is unlikely to strike first, but its response in retaliation, if attacked, could be massive even at the expense of its own destruction, says Rajaram Panda.
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