Tata Motors was the top gainer on better-than-expected June quarter revenues
Is it time to take a relook at our economic theories? asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
Increase in taxes on luxury cars will not have any effect on the demand
Young professionals who lost their jobs tell Rediff.com's Divya Nair how they reclaimed their lives.
Administration is an evolving process, requiring the civil service to constantly re-invent itself to meet new challenges. The administration must become accountable to the law of the land and to the people.
Investment in market leaders with a safety-first approach could yield reasonable returns across sectors.
The BSE Sensex gained 104.63 points to end at 33,147.13, while the broader Nifty spurted 48.45 points to finish at 10,343.80.
'Life will not improve overnight; it will happen in a gradual manner.'
About 80 per cent of the companies that are registered are essentially non-IT.
Cyrus Mistry, who was replaced as chairman of Tata Sons last Monday, October 24, still serves as the chairman of Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Indian Hotels, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Chemicals, Tata Industries and Tata Teleservices.
Bajaj Auto was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging 3.95 per cent followed by Maruti Suzuki at 2.69 per cent.
These consistent performers are expected to maintain momentum.
Together, they controlled nearly Rs 26 lakh crore of assets at the end of FY16.
Regulators will need to allow the model to evolve to allow profits to flow, says Una Gulani.
Startups in India need low-cost debt for working capital, which is impossible to get.
In absolute terms, the year closed with the market capitalisation of all BSE-listed companies rising by Rs 45.5 lakh crore to Rs 152 lakh crore, or an increase of 42.8 per cent, compared to the closing value on December 30, 2016, says Pavan Burugula.
One thing has remained constant through the Indian economy in the last seven decades: the dominance of family-owned businesses. Krishna Kant reports.
Investors are sceptical that the economy could have picked up so much steam.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's address to the nation on the eve of 72nd Republic Day.
The pipeline for well-qualified and experienced policy economists at senior levels of government has broken, leading to a growing dearth of suitable candidates for top economist positions.
President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of India's 75th Independence Day. Here's the text of what he said:
Meru Cabs' founder says they were a traditional company.
Sun Pharma stole the show in the Sensex pack, spurting 3.91 per cent, followed by M&M at 2.87 per cent.
The Sensex has slid 18.5 per cent from its January 2015 peak.
NSE Nifty, after shuttling between 10,809.60 and 10,725.90, finished 30.95 points, or 0.29 per cent lower at 10,741.10.
As the world awaits the end of the global pandemic, rural Bengal might be witnessing a recession unfolding in bits and pieces. With factories and tea gardens closing down, agricultural income falling and storm Aila ravaging a large part of deltaic West Bengal in 2010, migration gradually became a norm.
How a bus conductor named Shivaji Gaekwad became the mega-phenomenon called Rajinikanth.
'The digital economy will generate 60 to 65 million jobs by 2025, 20 million more than the 40 to 45 million existing jobs that are in danger of disappearing or getting automated,' points out T N Ninan.
'It seems a wiser decision to pull out at the right moment than regret after joining the pact,' explains Dr Rahul Mishra.
A good business school will put you through a battery of tests to improve your soft skills, says Dr Tarun Pasricha.
Experts consider Sebi's takeover code in its present form to be on a par with any foreign code governing public mergers and acquisitions.
The rally in most of these stocks is partly attributed to impressive financial performance.
The leadership needs to put all other government business aside, control the pandemic and save human lives. Searchlights are going to be held by the world community in the weeks and months ahead as the fatality rates start shooting up and Indians die like flies, warns Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.
Markets climb higher tracking global cues.
The processes that create a seven per cent-plus GDP growth rate without a similar growth in jobs are far from fully understood, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Markets snapped two-day losing streak and ended flat with a positive bias on Tuesday as gains in auto shares helped offset losses in IT majors.
Available evidence suggests that we are on the way to a very costly failure of the current demonetisation scheme, says M R Narayana.
The 30-share Sensex ended down 66 points at 28,438 and the Nifty ended down 15 points at 8,633.
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