Rising oil prices and diminishing cash pile to limit capacity in 2018-19
Investor sentiments remained upbeat tracking global developments as the US, China geared up for trade talks due this week.
The Modi government's e-auction policy for coal, meant to shield the consumer against hike in electricity charges, has already led to serious allegations of cartelisation among the bidding corporates. Matters came to such a pass that the government at one point last week was considering inviting the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the matter, reports Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com.
A recovery in rupee, buying by domestic institutional investors, encouraging earnings by select blue-chips and stock specific buying helped the market get back on its feet
'Despite frequent high-level interactions there has been little traction on substantive issues between India and France,' says Mohan Guruswamy.
Large and small businesses alike have delivered low-key performances.
'Once the military starts to draw up plans for using nuclear weapons, then nuclear weapons could be used earlier in a crisis than otherwise.'
Low fuel prices to help oil marketing and refining sectors but upstream players will stay under pressure.
At 11:37 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 28 points at 27,037 and the Nifty50 was up 2 points at 8,268
Investors brace up ahead of the key macrodata- IIP and CPI numbers due to be unveiled tomorrow.
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
Investors from across the globe are keen to invest in Gujarat.
Mid- and small-cap companies seem to have done better than top-tier companies
Net profits may dip 4.9% y-o-y, but the silver lining is that performance may be better than the preceding quarter
The government must justify why we need to buy foreign reactors when we have developed up to 700 MWe unit-size pressurised heavy water reactors, a design which can be easily extended to 900 to 1000 MWe unit size. Why can't the 'Make in India' philosophy apply to indigenous nuclear reactors, more than 18 of which have been designed, built, and being operated by Indian engineers, asks Dr A Gopalakrishnan.
Revenue was also boosted by robust growth in retail business which recorded a 73.6 per cent increase to Rs 11,571 crore
RIL and BP completed the initial exploratory work on the 21 blocks, but decided to retain only four of them.
India Inc is ready to diversify into unchartered areas.
Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
The broader markets are outperforming the benchmark indices.
In his annual Vijayadashmi address, the RSS chief also spoke about "urban maoism", the Sabarimala row and the need to strengthen the country's borders.
Pushing a barrel of oil back to around $100 would require a reduction of production of about two million barrels a day - a cut that would fall predominantly on Saudi Arabia.
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.
Private sector investment is likely to improve mildly in H2 of FY17, even though signs from investment data are not encouraging.
S&P upgraded India's credit outlook to 'stable' from 'negative' earlier.
Refining major optimistic on planned investment of $16 bn for expansion and new technology to post healthy margins
The net sales growth declines 4.4% in September quarter, the second worst in eight years.
The rouble has fallen about 45 per cent against the dollar this year.
An expectation of tax sops in Budget, weakness of dollar and robust tax collection are adding positive sentiment
Muzzling NGOs is unbecoming of a democracy. Self-confident democracies encourage, indeed applaud, the involvement of citizens' associations, including NGOs, in social and political decision-making and development planning. Instead, our paranoid government bullies and terrorises them, says Praful Bidwai.
The known unknowns in Prime Minister Modi's Saudi visit assume great significance, says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
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Shedding its gains from Monday, NIkkei has declined around 0.7% while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were trading marginally lower.
Trump is accompanied by First Lady Melania, daughter Ivanka, son-in-law Jared Kushner and the top brass of his administration.
Pollution is impacting the lifespan of Indians.
4 MNCs among top 10 companies with dividend-earning promoters in FY15.
Fresh investments by corporates up just 5.8% in FY17, lowest since 1992
With facts and figures, the CAG report has highlighted how Gujarat was far from a role model for states across India, and that the progress made in this province in western India in improving agriculture, education, healthcare and empowerment of women and children, was not exactly creditable, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Dharmendra Pradhan lays bare the next course of action for his ministry and says RIL will have to pay the same price at which it produced the volumes.
'It is the government's most important duty to ensure that when war breaks out, the armed forces are absolutely ready to face the adversary -- well equipped, well trained and in high spirits,' says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd).
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
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