Even as the profit margins swelled for most media conglomerates on the back of robust growth in advertising and subscription revenues for the second quarter ended September, companies running television news channels had an uphill time.
Mukesh Ambani-owned TV18 Broadcast was valued at $824 million.
India needs to evolve a comprehensive security machinery with clearly laid down concepts, carefully defined leadership roles and a workable co-ordination drill.
The finance minister said the consensus between the Centre and states is required to amendment the constitution for implementing goods and services tax.
The government had in June deregulated the prices of petrol but did not take a decision on diesel, which is used by various industries and the transport sector.
The Planning Commission on Saturday sought to play down fears that the hike in excise duty on petroleum products would lead to a surge in inflation.
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The country's largest private sector lender, ICICI Bank, today said credit offtake will pick from July putting pressure on lending rates.
Supporting restrictions on capital flows in some situations, C Rangarajan, chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, said, "Capital flows are welcome. It is only in certain categories we want to discourage them"
Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta on Monday said India should have "credible minimum deterrence" keeping in view its neighbourhood.
The government on Monday rapped state-owned BSNL for poor financial performance and made a case for disinvestment in the telecom PSU through an initial public offer.
'The RBI is something like a seat belt. As a driver, the driver being the government, it has the possibility of not putting on a seat belt but of course if you do not put on your seat belt you get into an accident and the accident can be quite severe,' Raghuram Rajan told CNBC TV18. 'The aim of the board is to be Rahul Dravid -- sensible, thoughtful and not, with due respect, Navjot Sidhu,' he added.
27-year-old entrepreneur Karan Vir spells out plans for his company Vimanika Comics and how he hopes to get an Oscar for India.
Creating domestic demand through investment in sectors like construction and mass housing can get the economy back on a high growth path, Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath said on Monday.
The private demand is still not picking up and the funds under market stabilisation scheme are also maturing.
"About 70-75 per cent of the Indian economy seems to be doing better," Kamath, who is also the CEO and managing director of ICICI Bank, told private television channel CNBC TV18 during an interview. Contraction in agriculture and manufacturing have pulled down India's economic growth to 5.3 per cent in the third quarter, its lowest quarterly expansion in over five years, against 8.9 per cent in the same period a year ago.
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The dispute involves a UK-based hedge fund, Altima Partners, and the company's principal promoter Raghav Bahl, founder and largest shareholder of Network18, the broadcasting group which runs TV channels such as CNBC-TV18, Colors and Awaaz.
Gaurav Garg, Head of Research, CapitalVia answers readers' stock market queries.
GAMES-TOURISM Tourism industry asked to cash on C'Wealth Games New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) With over one lakh foreigners expected to throng the city during Commonwealth Games, tourism industry must gear up to reap the benefits, Tourism Minister Kumari Selja said today.
In the midst of the government-appointed Satyam board finalising the bidding norms for strategic sale, Corporate Affairs Minister P C Gupta on Wednesday said preference should be given to a good technology company or a reputed industrial house to take over the IT company.
Speaking to private TV news channel CNBC TV18, Naik said, "Some corporate action will take place in the near future but we cannot comment on taking over Satyam at this stage."
The Budget will be presented in the first week of July, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said.
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More people from the content side should be running the business of media if the industry has to grow, Bloomberg's Parry Ravindranathan tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
The chief of the country's second largest public-sector lender said interest rates should fall as and when inflation eases, but pointed out the need to lower deposit rates first.
Twenty-three of the 31 stocks in his publicly disclosed portfolio consist small-cap stocks. jhunjhunwala's portfolio rose 15.2% in Q3.
The government planned to borrow 10-15 per cent of the total borrowing offshore. That works out to at least Rs 71,000 crore, or about $10.4 billion at Friday's exchange rate.
Home Shopping, it seems, is serious business not just on TV but across media.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Corporates are not really expecting a change in the capital gains taxation
In order to acquire scale, a host of news and current affairs broadcasters are looking at starting even entertainment channels.
The inter-meeting rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) indicates a shift in its monetary policy stance, the finance ministry's chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian said on Thursday.
An elite athlete field of 40 of the world's top 100 long distance runners for the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
Infosys announced 11 January, 2008 as the date for its Q3 results release
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Shereen Bhan of CNBC TV 18 speaks her mind about issues related to professional career women. She believes that the men-women ration in media is improving in the favour of the latter.
R Sukumar of Franklin Templeton Invetments (India) continues to be positive on the longer term prospects of the market although he feels that rising interest rates and inflation could pose as a problem in the short term.
NDTV will become a full time infotainment and entertainment channel
Ajit Motwani of Sharekhan picks some smallcap stocks with potential. Motwani likes Ratnamani Metals, WS Industries and Transport Corporation of India.
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