President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday strongly defended the three new agri laws saying their benefits have begun reaching 10 crore small farmers instantly, and condemned as 'very unfortunate' the Republic Day violence and 'dishonour' to the tricolour during the tractor parade by the protesting farm unions in New Delhi.
The strategy of returning cash to shareholders through stock purchases could hinder their digital expansion plans
Mumbai Monorail was to be built in two phases - Phase I of 8.93 km and Phase II of 11.20 km. The first phase ran operations for around three years before services were abruptly halted, owing to a fire incident last year. The second phase now stands completed, but is lying closed.
Sources privy to the development said Maran was being asked to take care of a part of the liabilities.
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.
'If the RBI blesses us with a banking licence, we would like to launch a successful bank.'
Akhilesh Yadav is now seeking to devote the remaining 18 months of his tenure in casting the state in a new mould.
'Collateral damage during operations needs to be avoided.' 'Such an objective can be achieved more easily should stone throwers not gear up to en masse oppose security forces.' 'With the conditions being quite sensitive at this stage, the death of one of these boys could easily serve the terrorists in instigating violence,' notes Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
Sun Pharma dipped 2% to Rs 615 on the BSE, its lowest level since November 9, 2016
Bharti will move FIPB soon for increasing Axa's stake to 49%
'For how long can investors fund loss-making companies?'
The 30-share Sensex ended down 35 points at 26,349 and the 50-share Nifty ended down 20 points at 7,864.
The fund industry may have embraced machines and robots, but managing money still needs the human touch
High growth is also much easier to log in a small business than in a Reliance.
The stocks Radhakishan Damani enters or exits are closely watched by fund managers, says Joydeep Ghosh.
A day after deciding to nearly double natural gas prices to $8, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday hinted that power and fertiliser units may get gas at subsidised rates to keep electricity and urea costs down.
Govt rules out controls on FII capital as Sensex tanks 3.97%, rupee breaches 62 intra-day & gold surges the most in two years
Rajesh Bhayani examines what SEBI's approval of diamond futures trading means for the diamond market players.
Diageo-USL integration pushed by at least two months; Firm likely to rework agreements and seek approval again
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.
China on Monday said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day visit from Tuesday is of great importance for deepening strategic partnership amid expectations that the two sides would sign some key pacts, including one to prevent incursions along the LAC.
Experts tell Ujjval Jauhari that investors need to be careful in picking stocks given high valuations and with markets possibly ignoring potential risks
RCom is expected to have a 50% stake, Aircel 40% and MTS 10%
The 30-share Sensex ended 271 points higher to end at 28,930 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 76 points to close at 8,776.
An exercise to rationalise coal linkages which will optimize transport of coal and reduce cost of power is underway.
Markets will continue to remain volatile till the Chinese economy shows some signs of stability
Largest deal in thermal power space; Lanco to use proceeds to lower debt.
'The debate is not whether the Indian defence apparatus is in a state of disrepair, but whether it is capable of securing the defence of the country if any envisaged threat becomes real.'
The economic slowdown has made it difficult for companies to record financial closure of a few awarded projects.
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.
The US election campaign has provided plenty of ammunition for the CCP to make its case that its political system is superior.
Market breadth continued to remain strong, with 1899 gainers and 674 losers on the BSEs.
The big advantage that Jio is able to garner currently is its low cost of operations.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
Markets in green tracking firm global cues.
With their balance sheets under stress, private companies have lost interest in them.
India on Monday got the backing of Switzerland in its bid to become a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
'No private project will take off at such high interest rates'
'Big countries do not agree on every set of issues.' 'Look, one of the differences in the relationship is that when we do not agree, we are sitting down and talking to each other.'
The 30-share Sensex lost 12 points to end at 29,559 and the 50-share Nifty climbed 4 points to close at 8,914.
