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.
A rapidly deteriorating balance of payments may warrant that but the political climate is too risky
Flood and erosion is a serious issue in the state as more than 4.27 lakh hectares or 7.4 per cent of the state's total area have already been eroded by the Brahmaputra and its tributaries since 1950.
Despite the 3 per cent gain in September 2019, the FPI sell-off during the quarter has seen the benchmark indices - the S&P BSE Sensex and the Nifty 50 register negative returns in Q3CY19.
'Hopefully, people will understand that, beyond medical vaccination plans, in the future we will also need to implement some 'social inoculation' plans.'
India will soon allow corporate houses to open banks despite misgivings within the RBI.
Serious technology challenges await Reliance.
Sebi may allow mutual funds to make use of covered calls as part of their equity strategy.
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.
'Investors should reduce cash gradually and look for value investing.'
As part of a study, young couples revealed different condom negotiation strategies to cope with unprotected sex.
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.
Safety always comes first, followed by fun and adventure, says Vineet Rajan.
'Life has been very stressful and frustrating.'
It's time to burst your bubble and make you face reality.
Reader Ranjan Banerjee, 62 from Baripada, Orissa takes us back in time.
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...
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.
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.
US District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan denied JPMorgan's bid to dismiss the 2009 lawsuit by the Operating Engineers Pension Trust of Pasadena, California.
The federation is now busy sending letters to the prime minister.
"The way he is hitting it gives us confidence as a team that there is someone who can hit that well at the end and win crucial games."
Whenever Arvind Pujara watches his son Cheteshwar bat in a Test match, the doting father in him turns into a coach and he begins to dissect his favourite student's game.
'The government had a vaccine from January.' 'The government should have given the vaccine to all population above the age of 45, right from the start.' 'Each state has its own problems, but as far as vaccine coverage in India is concerned, there have been mistakes.'
The central bank is the money manager of the government, and not a guarantor of any debt.
'The Indian economy is in slowdown and growth may stay slow,' notes Devangshu Datta.
Public buses have gradually disappeared due to scarce or prohibitively expensive tires, motor oil, batteries and spare parts.
"A roadmap is being prepared. If something happens to top athletes it will be a setback and so we are careful and that's why there are no positive coronavirus cases for our athletes till now. Players are pride of our country and so we can't risk anything," Sports Minister Kiran Rijiju said.
India is finally waking up to the fact that its credit drought might be here to stay.
Despite sluggish credit growth, most banks are cautious about growing their unsecured loan portfolio.
Grandmasters M R Lalith Babu and Henrik Teske of Germany played out a hard-fought draw between them to maintain their lead at the end of the seventh round of the 5th Chennai Open International Grandmasters chess tournament in Chennai on Saturday.
At one level, the ongoing tussle between the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Anil Ambani-controlled Delhi Airport Metro Express Pvt Ltd (DAMEPL) may confirm the misgivings of those who think public-private partnerships (PPPs) are a risky way of bridging the infrastructure gap.
There is a persuasive case to be made that India's banking sector needs to be more open; but aspects of the recent decision to award more licences are, none the less, disquieting.
When dealing with risky technology, it is most important to take people into confidence and tell them what the real risks are, says environment justice activist Nityanand Jayaraman.
Find out which kind of mutual fund scheme you should invest in by taking into account your financial goals and investment time horizon.
Underrecovery from sensitive petroleum products seen at Rs 1,55,000 cr in current fiscal.
It noted that the economy underwent a transition -- possibly, structural and permanent -- from high to low inflation in the last three years.
Ahead of the 70th Republic Day celebrations, here's a quick glimpse at what's in store for January 26.
75 companies can dole out Rs 1.1 trillion from the 'extra cash' to shareholders.
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