Two categories of market participants seem to have made a lot of money in the past couple of weeks, short-sellers and volatility traders.
Chanchal Lahiri, a resident of southern suburbs of Kolkata, had done the same trick in 2013 in same Hooghly river, but this time he ran out of luck and drowned.
Sunny Leone tops the list. Find out who else finds a place in it.
The work may not have changed but the manner in which it will be done, surely has. And it requires you to build new ways of working and corresponding skills to adapt to it.
'Many said his visit was very risky. But mercifully, Air Force One has taken off from Delhi without Mr Trump stepping on anybody's toes,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'Why are FMPs used as a vehicle for promoter funding against listed shares?' asks Debashis Basu.
Why yes-men are good for ego but bad for business.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
'More than one brand in a showroom is too risky because customer loyalty in this market is low. Most people don't drive different cars made by the same manufacturer for a lifetime, they experiment.'
'Stigma is the worst part of this virus.'
In essence, follow the private-equity approach to personal investing and treat each investment decision as if it is a matter of life-or-death, because it is, suggests Avinash Luthria.
Chinese shadow banking totals only about $2.2 trillion.
Since its entry in 2016, Netflix has announced over 60 titles to be sourced from India.
The first priority for the new Tibetan administration in Dharamsala should be to look at Tibetan recruitment in the PLA, suggests Claude Arpi.
'But it is a choice I have made, not something forced upon me.'
Rabada was pretty confident that bowling yorkers was the best option.
Joginder Tuteja celebrates Devgn's birthday on April 2 by looking at his biggest superhits in recent times.
The bizarre challenge started in China but has followers all over the world.
A rapidly deteriorating balance of payments may warrant that but the political climate is too risky
'We want the Commission to finish its work; the issue it is investigating is too crucial for its work to be left incomplete.'
Images from the IPL match between Punjab Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Ahmedabad, on Monday.
The US has been, historically, a sleeping partner in India-China relations. Today, any attempt by the Modi government to make a bilateral move to improve relations with Beijing could upset Biden's apple cart, notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Dipa Karmakar missed a bronze medal by a whisker, finishing fourth in the women's vault final at the Rio Games on Sunday. Nonetheless, the Tripura gymnast made history, coming up with the best-ever performance by an Indian gymnast at the quadrennial Games.
La Liga champions Barcelona stayed on the heels of leaders Real Madrid by coasting to a 3-0 home win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday as Lionel Messi became the club's top scorer from free kicks.
India will soon allow corporate houses to open banks despite misgivings within the RBI.
'Doubtless he was the greatest opener of his era; and also one of the greatest in the history of cricket.'
Serious technology challenges await Reliance.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India does not seem to have understood the enormity of what funds have been up to. If Sebi does not crack down on mutual funds using cooked-up credit ratings to hide behind promoter funding, this is bound to grow into a systemic menace, says Debashis Basu.But MFs decided to become lenders without the legal backing to secure themselves, or the skillset to assess lending risk. If Sebi does not crack down on mutual funds using cooked-up credit ratings to hide behind promoter funding, this is bound to grow into a systemic menace, says Debashis Basu.
As the shares of social networking giant Facebook begin trading on the NASDAQ exchange today, experts believe that the stock is overpriced at $38 apiece and one must wait for now to invest in the firm.
Owing to the risk perception attached with the segment by banks, the residential realty segment has been increasingly relying on non-banking financial companies and housing finance companies to raise debt financing, reports Abhijit Lele.
While FIIs have pumped in nearly Rs 17,000 crore, MFs have been net buyers to the tune of Rs 9,000 crore.
Standard Chartered said it will stop providing financing to parts of the diamond and jewellery industries as part of a review of its exposure to risky sectors.
For years, many Wall Street investors wrote off Dell Inc as a dying personal computer company. But Silver Lake Partners is betting about $1 billion that they're wrong. Here' why...
Talking of the crisis and its impact on sports, Nieva said things would never be the same again but asserted that people will not give up on live sports either.
Opposition parties are wary that any such attempt that is likely to fail or is even potentially risky will end up helping the Congress eventually, says Sheela Bhatt.
Various state governments had announced free transportation and accommodation, including West Bengal that ran special metro service for candidates.
Director Sundar C talks abbout his new film and what it takes to be successful in a competitive industry.
Regulatory confusion and delays in consumer courts mean the retail investor is on his own.
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