Rumours of which tycoon is close to which minister will soon start floating, and those could affect prices in the short term.
The Indian rupee also trimmed most of its early gains and was trading at Rs 61.28 compared to its Wednesday's close of Rs 61.31 to the US dollar.
'James Crabtree ignores the emergence of a nexus between business and politics going back to the 1920s and talks of it as a new child of 21st century India,' says Shivanand Kanavi.
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
BSE Smallcap index outperformed the frontline indices to rise 0.6%, while the BSE Midcap was flat
The car which has a 30 kmph cruising speed, can travel a distance of 150 kms on a fully charged battery.
The 30-share BSE Sensex closed down 162 points at 28,338 and the 50-share Nifty was down 67 points at 8,463.
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Crony capitalism will of course generate investment and ensure profit for private capital, but it won't give employment or income to the people. If you can make money by selling coal or speculating in land, why produce electricity, why invest in research and development, why even set up factories, asks Praful Bidwai.
Several protests -- some peaceful, some violent -- erupted across India on Monday against the police crackdown in Jamia Millia Islamia and the controversial citizenship law as students and political leaders took to the streets, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called these protests "deeply distressing" and appealed for peace.
Amphibian buses have a capacity to carry 32 persons and cost Rs 2 cr. Amphibian Tours plans to introduce six such buses for tourists over a year
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Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar said the discussions at the day-long meet involved an overview of five models of participative policy, framework of engineering, procurement and construction contracts and sectoral guidelines for foreign and domestic investment.
'Adivasis are a critical national treasure, so we need to protect them.' 'The fight for the tribals of Chhattisgarh needs people from all political parties. It cannot be about any single political group.'
There are 30 listed PSUs in which the public holding is less than 25%.
Anurag Singal, founder of cajobportal, a job site that caters exclusively to CAs and commerce graduates tells us how he aims to skill and enable satisfactory employment to aspiring professionals.
'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.
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Shedding its gains from Monday, NIkkei has declined around 0.7% while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite were trading marginally lower.
Shares of RIL ended 2.4% higher as it pips TCS to become most valued firm
Investors remain cautious ahead of F&O expiry.
Some investors warned of a coming British or even global recession as sterling collapsed to hit its lowest since 1985.
No one can fault India Inc for not taking care of shareholders; in fact, it has been extra generous.
Markets shrugged off RBI's neutral stance on key policy rates.
Developed markets have performed better than emerging market firms in the top 10 TSR-based rankings, says a BCG report.
'Much of the Socialism that we attribute to him actually came during Indira Gandhi's time,' says M J Akbar who believes that Nehru's convictions helped shape modern India.
ICICI Bank, SBI, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank dipped between 1-2% each.
Worried over the fallout of the Supreme Court's observations on allocation of coal blocks, India Inc wants the apex court to consider a reprieve for those allotted to genuine companies that have invested billions.
What happens when someone working in one of India's large public sector companies ends up there, hoping IIM-A is all about leadership?
Markets ended at record closing highs for the second day in a row on institutional buying.
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BSE auto index surged 2%, capital goods, healthcare and oil & gas indices also up.
It is actually quite remarkable that EPW has survived for so long. "I see it as a journal of dissent," says Rammanohar Reddy and is thankful to the EPW community for keeping it relevant.
Then chief minister Jyoti Basu once told an industrialist that capitalists were class enemies and he should expect no sympathy.
From Kudankulam to the Land Bill, the author takes the Twitter route to capture the infra action of 2013.
India is experiencing jobless growth and skepticism abounding that the country may not be able to cash in on its demographic bonus
Dr Manmohan Singh's role in the sordid saga of the Coal Allocation Scam was always Delhi's worst-kept secret; calls for his interrogation will mushroom after he was named by P C Parakh, says T V R Shenoy.
The government has provided a long-term vision.
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
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