With facts and figures, the CAG report has highlighted how Gujarat was far from a role model for states across India, and that the progress made in this province in western India in improving agriculture, education, healthcare and empowerment of women and children, was not exactly creditable, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Earning numbers of blue-chips, including ITC and SBI, due tomorrow.
Nifty snaps 10-day winning streak
'The approach towards Mallya is not right because his unit could have been turned around earlier with additional funds from his side and the bank's side.'
Sanand has catapulted into the big league of automobile industry hubs.
For the seven months since February 2014, the benchmark index surged nearly 27%.
Free Basics offers a limited version of the Internet on mobile phones.
Budget in the medium term aims to kick-start the investment cycle.
ICICI Bank was the top gainer after stable rating for its senior unsecured bonds by S&P Global Ratings.
Brotin Banerjee, managing director and chief executive officer, talks to Business Standard on how the e-commerce space has broken down the barriers between a buyer and a seller.
Niraj Bhatt discovers how a CFO 'without a finance background' made it to the corner office at TCS.
'Make in India' will be central to Mr Modi's visit to Europe and Canada. It is difficult to predict what will happen with the Rafale deal, but if it goes through, it will undoubtedly become the 'Mother' of all 'Make in India' projects,' says Claude Arpi.
'Some Indians take the extreme view that everything was known to our ancients, but others go to the opposite extreme and consider everything Indian was superstition and rubbish.' 'Indian science was perhaps more rational than the European science of the time.'
Sachin P Mampatta goes back in time to recall a deluge that that has passed into lore in Kerala.
Acquisition of stressed infrastructure assets has pushed its debt to over Rs 1 lakh crore, highlighting concerns about its growth strategy.
Many of the industrialists profiled in the book are no longer riding the wave of success.
It earlier took 19 months to build a Tejas, now it takes 11 months, says HAL chief.
The Akash weapon system, which will be deployed facing the western borders, employs command to line of sight guidance and relies on sophisticated radars and control systems to guide the missile to its targets.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended the session at 25,342, up 3 points while the Nifty50 closed at 7,738 points.
A policy-related problem that urgently needs to be redressed is the 'miniaturisation' of projects.
Consumer durables and electronics companies are putting the final touches to their festive period plans.
Naxal violence in Orissa has also put several investment proposals in jeopardy.
The 30-share Sensex ended down by 59 points at 27,027 and the 50-share Nifty slipped 7 points at 8,087.
The Sensex ended at a fresh record closing high of 28,889 while Nifty ended at a fresh record closing high of 8,730.
Russian firms expand their footprint in India. And take bigger steps to do business with India's private sector.
The Nifty50 slipped 33 points to close the session at 8,509 after hitting an intra-day high of 8,587.
Talking corporate heads are a barometer of the business community's engagement with the economy. If they have nothing to say now there should be cause for concern.
The Sensex ended in red on domestic concerns.
Single window clearances for realty must.
The 30-share Sensex surged 299 points to close at 28,736 and the 50-share Nifty gained 90 points to end at 8,723.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia, defence ministry's top acquisition council on Thursday cleared the purchase of an estimated Rs 40,000 crore Russian S-400 Triumf air defence missile systems, besides giving the go-ahead to other projects worth over Rs 25,000 crore.
Amid headwinds across global markets, US issues fresh restrictions on H-1B visas. Ayan Pramanik & Raghu Krishnan list out the many ways in which this impacts the Indian IT industry.
The move will catapult Disney as the country's largest media and entertainment broadcaster, with over $1.3 billion of additional India revenue.
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New York Stock Exchange President 38-year-old Tom Farley (ranked 7) and Twitter co-founder and CEO 37-year-old Jack Dorsey.
Renault says that one of the reasons why its sales look muted when compared to its peers is its limited reach.
The real estate sector is set to enter a progressive phase in 2015.
Siddharth Tata's Purple Chilli helps vegetable farmers earn an income 365 days a year.
Investors remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
Godrej and some other firms are frustrated at what they say is the slow execution of projects and lack of government support, which are hampering India's efforts to compete with China and Russia as a cheaper option for launching satellites.
Banerjee along with other regional leaders are likely to play an important role in any future government in New Delhi, so it is in India's interest that regional leaders like herself realise the importance of progressive economics and good governance, says Tridivesh Singh Maini.
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