Rise in crude oil price and rally in global equities aided the sentiment
The rouble has fallen about 45 per cent against the dollar this year.
Gender diversity at the top can improve financial returns.
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Addressing a Ficci-organised banking summit in Mumbai, he at the same time said that it will take several years for the country's banks to achieve the status of a large global bank.
After 3 weeks of consecutive rally, this week was a breather for the index, which corrected by almost 1.5%.
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in Indian equities worth Rs 277.92 crore on Tuesday
Swaraj expressed satisfaction over the agenda of the inaugural dialogue while giving the details of the deliberations.
Laying fibre to home is a cumbersome and a slow process as every building has to be physically wired.
A year after Bharti Airtel launched 4G services, there are only 6.5 mn users in the country
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
A bail plea was also moved on his behalf. The court did not give any specific date for hearing the bail plea.
Bankers say it's a question of survival for debt-heavy companies.
The breakdown of talks between Greece and its international creditors raised fears of Greece's exit from the euro zone.
iPhone will have to break Android's domination to make India the next China for Apple
Last year, the software giant launched a cloud adoption programme for SMBs.
This is probably for the first time that curfew is in place on the day of Eid festival ever since militancy broke out in the state in 1990.
'India has an advantage because we produce more cotton and we have more workforce.'
Modelled loosely around the National Highway System of the US, he in 2001 launched the Golden Quadrilateral and the North-South & East-West Corridor projects to build 4/6 lane highways between four top metropolitan cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata as well as from Srinagar to Kanyakumari and Porbandar to Silchar.
The two countries also asked all nations to stop cross-border movement of terrorists and asserted that a decisive collective response from the international community without 'double standards and selectivity' was required to combat the threat of terrorism.
Chetan Bhagat turns entrepreneur by getting into the movie business with Half Girlfriend.
RIL, its partner BP plc of UK will invest about Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) by 2016 to help sustain and improve recovery from the two main gas fields.
'If you look at voice and data realisations in India, they are the lowest in the world.'
To be sure, this is not some stunning new revelation that our equity markets are beholden to foreign flows.
The defence sector is seeing renewed interest by Indian corporates, says Jyoti Mukul
"If I am using data to build intelligence and personalisation for you, then it's meaningful," says Ankur Warikoo, co-founder and CEO, Nearbuy.
Bhargavi Zaveri & Radhika Pandey explains how complexities of foreign exchange rules are used by India Inc to dispute contractual obligations.
Fixed-line Internet is consistent and translates into a better experience for users.
Investing in special situations can help you tap opportunities that arise during adverse conditions, advises Joydeep Sen.
Facebook has launched an 'internet.Org' initiative
'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.'
All sectoral indices, led by realty, PSU, oil & gas and banking, were in positive zone with gains of up to 1.25 per cent.
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.
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.
The market breadth ended weak on the BSE with 2,086 shares declining and 893 shares advancing.
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.
Turbocharged with technology is becoming the Holy Grail of retail.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
The 30-share Sensex lost 54 points at end at 27,086 and 50-share Nifty shed 19 points to close at 8,096.
