The market breadth, indicating the overall health of the market, was positive
Improvements in the labour market has triggered this sentiment.
Seven years is a long time for any of Modi's promised actions to show up. If voters are angry and cynical today, it is because the rhetoric stings, argues Ramesh Menon.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in the company's favour regarding its appeal of a previous judgement by a lower court for Bayer AG's Yaz oral contraceptive product.
Backed by technology banks are expanding the branch network - and adding more to the workforce.
The goods and services tax will level the playing field for different sectors of industry, including domestic manufacturing.
Is anyone in the BJP listening -- to what Nitin Gadkari had to say, but possibly left unsaid? asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
Broader market outperformed the benchmark indices with S&P BSE Midcap gaining over 1%
Every option before the finance minister comes with a price tag, observes T N Ninan.
The government has been gearing up to place tighter restrictions on the import of 371 items - ranging from toys and plastic goods to sports items, and furniture worth $127 billion.
The former longtime president of Peru's soccer federation, Manuel Burga, has been arrested as part of an ongoing US-led investigation into corruption at the sport's world governing body, FIFA.
The Centre, he said, will soon make a 'big' announcement on Jammu and Kashmir.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, research, Religare Broking, answers your stockmarket queries.
The Indian rupee on Thursday appreciated by 12 paise to end at 66.71.
In power, Mamata Banerjee has tried to bury the ghost of the past, but it might still be work-in-progress. Big-ticket and eye-grabbing (in terms of investment size) projects are still few and far between, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt.
Switzerland's Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) on Wednesday handed over the first batch of evidence to US authorities for its investigation into alleged bribery schemes for soccer marketing rights.
India took the first step towards legalising drones by officially publishing draft rules for drone operations in the Official Gazette on Friday. The rules, termed The Unmanned Aircraft System Rules, 2020, are open for public consultation for 30 days.
In its interim order, a Madurai bench directed the Centre to file counter in 4 weeks.
The crop is currently trading at Rs 22 a kg compared to Rs 12.50 one month ago.
The revival of the phytosanitary protocol with China is expected to boost tobacco exports to China and prove economically beneficial to Indian farmers.
The shortage of capital flows into emerging markets is unlikely to go away in a hurry.
The Trump administration has announced new restrictions on H-1B non-immigrant visa programme which it said is aimed at protecting American workers, restoring integrity and to better guarantee that H-1B petitions are approved only for qualified beneficiaries and petitioners, a move which is likely to affect thousands of Indian IT professionals.
As lobbying and counter-lobbying intensify, right now, it looks like a T20 match, discovers Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Rajya Sabha took up the discussion on The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill that have already been passed by Lok Sabha.
Former Honduran President Rafael Callejas pleaded guilty on Monday to U.S. charges that he participated in bribery schemes that are under investigation at soccer's world governing body FIFA.
The S&P BSE Sensex slipped 305 points to end at 25,400 and the Nifty50 dropped 87 points at 7,783.
The financial and commodity markets will continue to roil, as China's growth moderates and readjustments are made.
The Sensex rose 0.44 per cent on Wednesday, while the broader Nifty edged up 0.54 per cent.
Triumphalism, premature declaration of victory meant no one checked if India had enough vaccines, oxygen, remdesivir, bringing us back to a crisis where we need foreign aid after four decades, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
The broader NSE Nifty too fell below the 10,100 level by dropping 100.10 points to end at 10,094.25
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
In order to become more competitive and enter the global market, Gujarat-based small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly looking for technical collaboration with their counterparts in the United States and Canada.
Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
It was the 15th straight week that claims held below 300,000
They have put in $14 billion so far in 2014 but this could get slower if the US Fed raises rates; however, there are expectations on compensatory flows.
The subsidy will be credited to bank accounts of farmers against cane price dues and are compliant with WTO norms. This will benefit millions of farmers in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
The proposed merger would likely harm future competition
Clearly,Trump will have a serious problem if it transpires that COVID-19's grandma, grandpa and great grandpa are actually domiciled in the US, notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
During his interaction with the chief ministers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that more economic activities would resume; he also said that zone identification may be left to the states.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan dashed off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention for repealing the measure. He said the Centre's decision amounts to an "intrusion" to the rights of the states in the country's federal structure.
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