As many as 17 Indians -- including Wadia Group chairman Jeh Wadia, SKS Microfinance CEO Vikram Akula, Bhatia Enterprises chairman Sabeer Bhatia, music composer A R Rahman, and sitar player Anoushka Shankar -- have been named the Young Global Leaders for 2008, in a list announced by the World Economic Forum on Tuesday. As many as 245 leading executives, public figures and intellectuals -- all aged 40 or younger -- were chosen from around the world by the WEF.
The US-born microfinance guru, who still speaks with a twang, runs one of the country's largest microfinance companies, SKS Microfinance.
Eight persons have been shot dead when a gunman opened fire indiscriminately before killing himself inside a store in the busy Westroads shopping mall in Omaha in Nebraska state.
The KAS Foundation is touching the lives of 700,000 people.
Ashok Leyland, ITD Cementation India have more than doubled.
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SBI will hold 30 per cent in RIL joint venture
SC judges suspected a lack of objective criteria in the selection.
Former coal secretary H C Gupta and six others were on Tuesday granted bail by a special court New Delhi in connection with a case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of a Chhattisgarh-based coal block to SKS Ispat and Power Ltd. All the seven accused persons were granted the bail on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety of a like amount.
'An entrepreneur should always remain under pressure or he will die,' Vineet Rai tells Anjuli Bhargava.
Ajay Pandita, sarpanch of the Larkipora area in Anantnag district and a member of the Congress party, was shot at by terrorists in his native village at around 6 pm, a police official said. He said Pandita was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
Several brokerages lifted their outlooks for the BSE Sensex and companies were queuing to ride the wave of political euphoria
'Unless India Inc's earnings offer promise in March 2017 quarter, sentiment may not reverse in a hurry.'
Race for Asia's No. 1 MFI spot: Bandhan now closes in on Grameen Bank
From zeroing in on the best means for stake dilution to moving beyond microfinance, Bandhan navigates a tough path. Namrata Acharya reports.
The states will get over Rs l lakh crore.
Nifty50 surged 145 points to close at 8,468 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,475.
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Reliance, Birla Group, Airtel eye small finance banks.
'Brexit might delay the sale process of Tata Steel's UK operations'.
Vastu Housing Finance is trying to leverage technology to distinguish itself in a crowded space.
The progress of the GST Bill in Parliament is also likely to remain in focus
The BSE Mid-Cap index was currently up 0.83%. The BSE Small-Cap index was currently up 0.8%.
The Department of Post, Tech Mahindra, Videocon Group and stock exchange NSE have joined big corporates like Ambanis and Birlas to seek entry into banking business through newly created niche category of Payments and Small Finance Banks.
Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.
Market breadth is positive with 942 advances and 196 declines.
What is it about Arohan that puts it in the top league of microfinance institutions in the country?
Licence winners are expected to be announced by the first quarter of 2014.
The Sensex closed higher by 170 points at 26,128 and the Nifty rose 59 points to end at 7,943.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 12 points at 28,517 while the 50-share Nifty ended nearly unchanged at 8,660.
Murthy no more chairman emeritus; founders do not want to be addressed as promoters.
Most of the index heavyweights are yet to declare their results.
The broader markets were marginally higher with mid-caps and small-caps gaining 0.1-0.4 per cent on the BSE.
Sensex in green, JSW climbs higher.
With the marathon season around the corner, even couch potatoes can train for shorter runs at the Delhi Half Marathon in November
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, says Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog.
Medha is an organisation created with the idea of bringing in better employment opportunities and life for educated youth.
FIIs pump in Rs 2,075 crore in past three trading sessions.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay discusses his latest book Bandhan: The Making of a Bank at Bandhan headquarters in Kolkata.
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