The United States National Security Agency illegally intercepted thousands of e-mails from Americans with no connection to terrorism and misled the court about the scope of what it was doing, according to latest declassified documents.
The broader Nifty of National Stock Exchange scaled the 10,200 mark intra day before closing at 10,184.85, showing a sizeable gain of 38.30 points, or 0.38 per cent.
It is expected growth will primarily be driven by continued demand from the US, a revival in the European market, especially continental Europe, and increased momentum in the adoption of new technologies.
The Act envisages that the states and Centre will formulate specific rules for real estate regulation.
If currency controls are maintained indefinitely, popular support for Narendra Modi's demonetisation will turn into dislike, warns Devangshu Datta.
The Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Act of a state regulates the purchase of agricultural products, such as cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables for that region. It hobbles farmers, imposing multiple levies on produce and disallows direct sales to private companies.
The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch has pointed out that these firms pose a threat to domestic manufacturing and retailing as they do not pay relevant taxes such as GST, giving them a huge edge over local players.
'China has refused to act upon the threat posed by Pakistan using terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.' says Rajeev Sharma.
These three industries might offer a roller-coaster ride and stocks would have to be held for a significant time.
FPIs, which are holding large exposures in Indian debt, could also be expected to book some capital gains as yields slide down
The US government should not only look at salary, but also focus on skills while making immigration reforms
Stocks below a certain size in terms of market capitalisation don't attract much institutional interest
'Traditionally, the US tried to tamp down tensions whenever a crisis situation arose and deputed officials from Washington to travel to Delhi to counsel restraint.' 'This time around, no US envoy flew down to Delhi -- not even when tensions spiked and a flashpoint was reached last week,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Capt Gopinath, in a deperate bid to fend off a possible auction of his prime residential property in Bangalore by State Bank of India, which had earlier issued notices to sell his pledged properties to recover as much as Rs 259 crore (Rs 2.59 billion), has struck a deal with Sobha Developers to raise funds.
There are many market phases when small second-rung stocks outperform big ones.
Samvat 2072: Auto sector could see faster recovery
SAAB's Sea Gripen constitutes a new option as the INS Vikrant's light fighter
Incentives for industries have been rolled back and teachers have gone without salary for months as the state grapples with the after-effects of the ban
Rajinikanth and Kamalahaasan's new generation movies of the twenty-first century may make bigger money than their earlier films but leave behind a lesser impact. That would make the difference between their success and failure as politicians, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Swaraj emphasised that the UN must accept it needs fundamental reform.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) might be denied a higher gas price from its D1 and D3 fields until the arbitration process with the government is over and a third-party expert report on the fall in output at the KG-D6 block is out.
New Google CEO Sundar Pichai made ascent with low-key style and technical chops.
The situation is worse in the Gandhi family pocket borough -- Amethi and Raebareli.
It is useful to note that Indian markets have not gone into a tailspin as the Greece crisis has developed, says Devangshu Datta.
The unemployment situation is becoming increasingly acute.
'In the hands of a majoritarian government, with utter contempt for the cultural plurality and diversity of our great nation, the pipe dream of making Hindi the sole official language takes on nightmarish proportions.'
SBI, the country's largest lender, had recently issued public auction notices to sell Gopinath's pledged properties
'Then all the usual troubles will break out.'
Flowing from an inadequate understanding of Tamil history and politics is an urban elitist mindset that does not seem to be able to touch and feel the real angst of the larger Tamil-speaking masses, cutting across the social and economic status of the individual, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The auto sector has been among the worse-hit in terms of sales in the past two years.
It is learnt that the Aeronautical Development Agency, which oversees the development of Tejas, has put together a flying routine that 'significantly surpasses any aerobatics display the fighter has presented earlier'.
Making sense of the international crude market is incredibly hard.
Decision-making is stretched because of differences in views between ministries.
The rupee's strength has had an overall negative effect on merchandise trade
If a stock predictably moves to the top of a defined range, hits resistance and drops back down to the bottom of the range where it hits support, it can be traded.
If the Fed hikes policy rates for the dollar, that will probably mean a move into US Treasuries for speculators.
There isn't much Budget could do directly to help sectors.
The two rival factions of the AIADMK may have merged, but there are problems staring at it on all fronts -- governmental, political, electoral and organisational, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why did Modi bypass the Cabinet before he committed India to the Rafale deal?
About 3,000 internet connections, including those of the Ministry of Defence, security agencies, the Central Bureau of Intelligence and banks in Delhi, have been found to be compromised, probably for snooping from foreign locations, according to a report submitted by cyber security experts to government.
