Under political fire and ecologists' ire, the group hires Suhel Seth, who will work closely with the promoters and the social media, corporate communications and external public relations team.
Analysts said the higher capex by PSUs, along with government spending, could trigger a capex revival for the corporate sector by the second half of FY17
Bankers say it's a question of survival for debt-heavy companies.
Jaitley said focus is on larger expenditure on social sector.
The NSE Nifty too recovered over 100 points, or 0.96 per cent, to end at 10,576.85.
Nissan' exit from the light commercial vehicle joint venture has helped speed up consolidation and growth for the company
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your stock market queries.
The stocks Radhakishan Damani enters or exits are closely watched by fund managers, says Joydeep Ghosh.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Retail investors usually get caught up in the frenzy of a bull market and burn their fingers in IPOs, warns Tinesh Bhasin.
Investors booked profits at higher levels after the Sensex and Nifty hit all-time highs in the previous session.
More than 10% (40 of 498 companies) have lost at least half their market value.
India has more than 45 million SMEs, accounting for nearly 40 percent of gross domestic product.
'The focus is more on the outlook for global growth'.
M-cap of 35% of BSE-500 companies, excluding financial ones, is below their debt or just a shade above
The 30-share Sensex ended up 165 points at 29,044 and the 50-share Nifty gained 54 points to close at 8,834.
The BSE Midcap index has declined 5.7% thus far in May 2018. In comparison, the S&P BSE Small-cap index has lost 5.6%
The 30-share Sensex stayed in the green for the better part of the session and hit the day's high of 38,297.70 as buying pace gathered momentum towards the fag-end.
Unlike in the past, when old private banks compromised upon underwriting standards to take on the bulk, they've now realised that scaling up at the cost of quality isn't worth the while. These banks have also readjusted growth targets when required, and rebalanced books to preserve capital and asset quality.
As regards India, market valuations already reflect most positives.
The RIL stock has halved from an all-time high of Rs 1,626 made (intra-day) on January 15, 2008, to on Wednesday's closing figure of Rs 800.55.
The Nifty50 slipped 33 points to close the session at 8,509 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,587.
The big boys of India's traditional retail have finally come together to fight the onslaught of their online counterparts.
While the two high-profile exits in pharmaceutical and telecom have raised concerns over regulatory hassles in the country, Japanese investors are still keen to tap into India's consumer growth story and many more merger and acquisition deals are in the offing in this space.
Budget-makers in North Block are looking to maintain this fiscal status quo, in spite of tax revenues nowhere close to where the government wants and in spite of possible higher expenditure commitments.
'Vodafone Idea has losses running over Rs 10,000 crore in the last four quarters.' 'It has long-term debt of about Rs 1.15 trillion.' 'Even post-issue, the debt service numbers won't be good,' points out Devangshu Datta.
Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept
Rebound in IT majors TCS and Infosys in late trades helped markets end higher.
Benchmark share indices gained for the fifth straight session on Thursday led by index heavyweight Reliance Industries.
Budget was a mild disappointment. Yet, the bull run continues.
Markets under pressure; IT financials grab spotlight.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Aggressive rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve could result in a flight of capital from emerging markets like India, says B Gopkumar, chief executive officer, Reliance Securities.
Finance minister attempts a clean-up job, keeps projected expenditure growth low.
The Sensex has slid 18.5 per cent from its January 2015 peak.
Notable losers were ONGC, Axis Bank, ITC, SBI, ICICI Bank, NTPC, Hero Motocorp, Sun Pharma and Bharti Airtel who fell by up to 2.80 per cent.
The first task before him is to get used to the idea of working with the Monetary Policy Committee
'For how long can investors fund loss-making companies?'
The airline is gearing up to come out with an initial public offer.
In 2012, Akula quit as chairman of Bharat Financial Inclusion (formerly SKS Microfinance), which he'd founded and led to a successful initial public offering
