"All of the displaced people have been registered and therefore the diaspora should be able to contact their relatives through relevant Sri Lankan authorities and overseas missions of Sri Lanka," Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama said on Thursday.
When Biocon chairperson Kiran Majumdar-Shaw - well known for raising issues ranging from lack of civic services in Bengaluru to climate change - decided to take on the Indian stock market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), she forced the Indian corporate world and legal community to take notice. In an interview to Business Standard, Majumdar-Shaw called a Sebi order to impose a fine on insider trading charges against a Biocon employee and an external consultant an "Agatha Christie" fiction, which destroyed the reputation of "innocent people". "The order is pure harassment and has caused huge reputational damage to us and goes against the principles of good governance promised by this government," Mazumdar-Shaw said. "We will certainly appeal this," she added.
The Bombay Stock Exchange on Thursday said it will keep a special window open for trading in gold ETFs (exchange traded funds) on 'Akshaya Tritiya' day on May 16.
In an hour-long chat on Wednesday, financial planning expert Sailesh Multani offered some valuable investment tips.
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'There are no drugs to be given in the first week, if you have been hospitalised.' 'If you're getting any drug, that drug is likely to be unnecessary.' 'Or the hospitalisation is unnecessary.'
The market breadth was positive, out of 2,946 shares traded, 1,752 advanced and 1,107 declined on the BSE.
The three-month long budget session of Parliament was adjourned on Tuesday, sine die three days ahead of schedule, amid acrimonious scenes in Rajya Sabha over the introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill.
The clarifications came directly from the board of directors.
The government on Monday said it proposed to issue smart cards in about a month's time and set up a 24-hour helpline for migrant Indian workers to protect them from 'exploitation'.
SBI Capital, Axis Capital, GMR Holdings, United Breweries, Alpic Finance (a Cipla group unit), Saradha Realty, United Bank of India and Trident India are among the prominent entities named in the list.
The Indian ace's match against Svetlana Kuznetsova and the quarter-final against Jelena Jankovic will be telecast on March 3, from 1930 hours.
The batting ace said he is putting "a little more load" on his body each day and making "promising" progress.
An Internet cafe, a brainchild of sherpa Tsering Gyalzen, started functioning last week.
5 things to look at when companies go for mergers and acquisitions.
With real estate valuations falling and other deals coming unstuck, the current management's improved target faces significant challenges.
'The prospect is of a self-confident and self-sustaining India will make it a more effective player in the global arena,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out delivering the Sardar Patel Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
The Union finance ministry has sought views of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for setting up a 'social bourse.'
Starting April 1, a non-executive director of 75 years or more can be appointed or re-appointed only by way of a special resolution, which requires 75 per cent 'for' votes.
Likely to select from 3 shortlisted; follows Sanjeev Kaushik's refusal to take the job if made to retire from IAS
Nitin Gadkari is the rising star, Arun Jaitley commands respect while minister of state Dharmendra Pradhan seems to be the PM's new favourite.
Empowered in the Modi government, junior ministers have enough on their plate.
Diageo-USL integration pushed by at least two months; Firm likely to rework agreements and seek approval again
Rules for market infrastructure institutions such as stock exchanges, clearing corporations, and depositories have come under review by Sebi after five years.
Ukrainian investigators have found 196 bodies at the crash site where a Malaysian passenger plane carrying 298 people was brought down by a missile in pro-Russia rebels-held eastern part of the country.
More punitive action was needed against the company and the management, say experts
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The regulator's concern arises from several recent instances.
Ten months after new Sebi norms set in, some senior directors still hold more board seats than allowed.
India bowled with a lot of perseverance to restrict England to 268 for 8 despite a defiant 89 from Jonny Bairstow on Day 1 of the third cricket Test in Mohali on Saturday.
The stock market watchdog had said any adverse findings by other regulators might have a bearing on the exchange.
Markets have witnessed a gap down opening mirroring losses in the global equities with US markets taking a hit on worries about the health of Chinese economy.
Steps taken by the government over the past few months signal a determined effort to reform the subsidy regime.
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