Indian equity markets are likely to witness volatility this week due to concerns over rising cases of coronavirus and expiry of derivatives contracts, analysts said. Further, progress surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine, related updates, US stimulus talks and global cues would dictate the market trend, traders said. "Going ahead, the market is likely to be volatile as sentiments oscillate between fear of rising COVID cases globally and optimism over vaccine progress. Investors would closely watch out development over the US stimulus talks," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.
Several industry leaders on Monday supported United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi's proposal of giving annuity to farmers in addition to compensation for land acquired for industrial purposes.
While there is a shortage of testing kits, manpower and capacities, India does not have other scalable testing options.
E-commerce giant Amazon on Thursday announced a $250 million (about Rs 1,873 crore) fund that will focus on digitising small and medium businesses, and driving innovation in the areas of agri-tech and health-tech in India. "Small and medium sized businesses are often the engine and the lifeblood of economies and I think it's true in India as well. "And we are very passionate about trying to enable acceleration of SMBs in fuelling innovation and the economy in India," Amazon Web Services CEO Andrew Jassy said.
After being in the house for more than three months and entertaining everyone with her antics, Shehnaaz Gill has finally become the captain. But will her captaincy create havoc in the house?
Age and experience not less relevant but firms are gradually moving towards younger leadership teams
If the deal goes through this will be second deal for Ebix in seven months, having bought Centrum group's forex and travel business Centrum Direct for a reported Rs 1,2000 crore valuation last August.
From 5G to Tesla to Covid vaccine, 10 things will shape India's future.
India's top IT companies have shown a hiatus between their performance on the bourses in the pandemic period and earnings growth. The combined market cap of the top five IT companies - Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Tech Mahindra - is up 87 per cent since the end of March 2020. In comparison, the benchmark BSE Sensex is up 68 per cent during the period. So the industry beat the broader market by a big margin in the last one year.
The India Inc, which has already gone ahead and booked at least five orders with Aerion Corporation, the Nevada company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, which brought the focus back on the design of a practical and efficient supersonic b-jet employing patented natural luminar flow technology.
Tech giant Apple on Monday said it is undertaking a detailed investigation following the violent incident at its supplier Wistron's Narasapura facility in Karnataka last week.
India Inc is borrowing from global firms as interest rates sky rocket in India.
The reason is believed to be a 19% increase in interest cost.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is in India this week and is expected to meet top government functionaries, business leaders and SMBs.
It's seen as a signal that he wants to engage with India Inc at a time when the economy has started looking up.
'Priya as well as my father (Sunil Dutt) has done a good job for this constituency. I will pray to God that she succeeds'
'India has the potential to reduce its trade deficit with China by $8.4 billion in FY21.'
Most of the times breast cancer is non painful, says Dr Mandeep S Malhotra.
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Business has paid a pittance for farmers' land, indulged in widespread illegal mining, and cheated on 'green' commitments.
The increased tax target comes at a time when consumer spending and sales growth are slowing down and most companies are not investing in new capacities.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has to deal with 3 powerful enemies: the media, the political establishment, and business houses.
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan appears a whirlwind ride filled with drama, emotion and, of course, humour, says Namrata Thakker
Vikas Gupta is having difficulty getting along with other housemates especially during the task.
Over the past three years, the US has provided India every opportunity to remove restrictive and unfair marketplace requirements.
Srei Infrastructure Finance last month sold 50 per cent stake in a part of its business equipment financing arm to France's largest bank BNP Paribas for Rs 775 crore
It may be a 'no-go' for banking licences to large industrial houses.
Salman asks Siddharth to be careful as Shehnaaz is in love with him!
Do not skip meals. Avoid white bread, pastries during the lockdown.
Some still hopeful, most say lack of confidence has made the difference.
Earnings growth in the early-bird sample has been driven by banks and iron & steel companies.
Corporates being compelled to pay higher rates on term loans of 3 years and above, struck at fixed rates a year ago.
Amazon's fresh investment in its India entities come at a time when the Seattle-based firm has faced losses in several of its business entities in India, such as seller services, wholesale, transportation services and digital payments, for the 2018-19 financial year.
China has long coveted Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls Southern Tibet. But, as Venkataraghavan Subha Srinivasan explains, in 1947, the present state of Arunachal Pradesh constituted the North East Frontier Tract of Assam. When India adopted its Constitution on 26 January 1950, NEFT became 'a separate politico-administrative entity' although it was constitutionally still a part of Assam. Its administration was brought directly under the President of India with the Governor of Assam acting as his agent. A revealing excerpt from his book The Origin Story of India's States.
Barring a few, most of the B-schools end up as mere fillers for aspiring students, says Ramesh Kailasam. India needs to have more focused B-schools which are qualitative and practical oriented to churn out students ready to take on the challenge to steer India Inc. and the nation forward.
Dr Banani Choudhary tells you how to cleanse and hydrate your skin before and after playing Holi.
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