King Salman and Narendra Modi will find common ground to intensify cooperation against jihadi terrorism, says Tarun Vijay, MP.
Fresh buying by domestic institutional investors and better-than-expected June quarter results from some blue-chip companies boosted investor sentiment
'Overlying his idealism was a hatred of war and of all things military. He gave no deep thought to politico-military matters and this prevented him from making sound security decisions.'
There have been demands from a section of stakeholders that the long-term capital gains tax on equities be reimposed.
It will be headed by Secretary, Department of Financial Services.
On matters relating to the Diaspora, the Centre needs to call the shots, suggests Ambassador T P S Sreenivasan.
The new device, building by a team of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, will keep the heart in good condition for about eight hours.
He said the country has witnessed a journey from indecisiveness to clarity and decisiveness.
In a few years from now, India will be looking at an entirely different type of military adversary across the borders, in our waters, in the air, in space and in our communication networks, says Nitin Pai.
Since 2009, the Department has publicly charged 73 account holders and 35 professionals with violations arising from their offshore banking activities, and 72 individuals have plead guilty or were convicted at trial.
With this, multilateral lenders like the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the European Union may continue downgrading Pakistan, making its financial situation more precarious.
Modi said his critics were seeing slowdown in the last two quarters but were ignoring that the BJP government had brought down inflation from 10% to 2.5%.
Mumbai's dabbawalas have also suspended their services on Tuesday.
Perhaps, the most misunderstood aspect is the role of the state.
Ajay Banga, the 55-year-old CEO of MasterCard, is on a roll.
Nasheed, whose Maldivian Democratic Party functions from Colombo, appealed for India's help.
Brexit is, in the parlance of the financial community, a 'risk-on' development.
In a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the experts suggested timely implementation of the BJP's election manifesto promises to fix higher support prices. They also favoured a Kissan TV channel, an efficient procurement policy, priority for farm mechanisation and the linking of rivers.
Eight months after India's largest car maker, Maruti Suzuki India, announced plans for a Gujarat unit to be set up as a wholly-owned subsidiary of parent Suzuki, opposition to the move continues to simmer.
The processes that create a seven per cent-plus GDP growth rate without a similar growth in jobs are far from fully understood, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
A K Bhattacharya digs into the yet-to-be-public report on ways to curb black money and finds out that Modi's next moves could include action on dabba trading, hawala, and education.
At least 56 seminaries and facilities being run by JuD and its wing FIF in Pakistan's southern Sindh province have been taken over by authorities.
GIFT is a financial centre almost entirely devoid of bankers and, indeed, of people.
Investment in market leaders with a safety-first approach could yield reasonable returns across sectors.
It is rare for communal riots to spread to rural areas. The UP riot is the first time after the September 1969 Gujarat riots that a rural area have been affected. Electoral politics which divide society in majority/minority, going on since the early 1990s, is a major contributing factor to this heightened tension between communities, says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale in the first of a two part series.
The new government has to make conscious efforts to rebuild social equality and bring the people together.
Experts expect the trend to continue in the near term.
'Tax dodging through tax havens is one of the ways multinational corporations and the super-rich in India are using to evade taxes.'
That is bad news for officials taking part in discussions at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings this week.
Higher crude oil prices also translate into better corporate earnings for India's top companies
Ajit Balakrishnan on mapping the Business Serengeti.
The Finance Ministry has sought comments from stakeholders.
He said his administration is going to enforce 'Hire American' rules that are designed to protect jobs and wages of workers in the United States.
'We are the first government that has started disarming militant groups. This is the first time it's happening. We've taken over their institutes, their seminaries. We have administrators there'
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