During a series of hectic talks between Cairn Energy and the Indian government over the $1.2-billion arbitration award in favour of the former last week, a slew of options was proposed by the two sides, including computation of capital gains and participation in the Vivad se Vishwas (VsV) dispute resolution scheme. The government is likely to go ahead and appeal against the arbitration award by a Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague before March 21, indicated finance ministry officials. Cairn Energy Plc on Sunday said it was hopeful that an acceptable solution to its tax dispute with the Indian government could be found to avoid prolonging and exacerbating the 'negative issue' for all parties.
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'Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai neither asks nor answers,' complains Sukanya Verma.
'The BJP will get the lion's share of the Opposition vote. I would give the Congress-Left around 15 per cent.'
Shoppers Stop is looking to open four new stores this year and plans to invest Rs 120 crore.
India was for the first time the leading country in the world for FDI, overtaking the US.
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Omkeshwar Singh, Head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
'The message has gone loud and clear (among the people of Assam) that the BJP is only interested in polarising (the country) and they are basically interested in (capturing votes in) the Hindi heartland and they don't bother much about rest of India.'
'If you consider only demonetisation and GST as my government's work, it will be a big injustice to me.'
Do you have the courage to look through failures and unexpected pitfalls?
Stating that open markets mean more opportunities, Modi said during the last six years the government has made many efforts to make the Indian economy more open and reform oriented.
While customers in metro cities are still buying cars, quick growth is likely only from upcountry markets, where highways and roads are being built, and discretionary income and aspirations are rising.
Here are snapshots from Day 6 of Trudeaus visit.
India has experienced hands and will emerge with flying colours, declares Inspector General Gurdip Singh Uban (retd).
The broadening of the market rally sends the signal that growth will be broad-based, observes Akash Prakash.
Manish Sabharwal tackles 5 criticisms of demonetisation.
Indian coffee shops market over the next four-five years will grow between 6 and 18 per cent CAGR, all due to the growing coffee culture among the youth, increasing urbanisation, rising disposable income levels and changing eating and drinking preferences, says Atanu Biswas.
Of the seven surveys presented under Modi govt, predictions of three were quite close to the actual GDP growth rate, one saw the base year change in between, but the last three were way off the mark.
'The package will help in realising the true potential of employment generation in the textile and apparel sector.'
Britain's nurseries are at risk of Islamist extremism, the country's new education minister said on Friday, warning that funding of early-years education providers could be withdrawn if they are found to have links with religious radicals.
One of Apple's suppliers, Salcomp, will invest Rs 2,000 crore over the next five years to make components at a Nokia plant in Chennai. The facility, which has been closed for nearly 10 years, will be revived and made operational from March 2020.
Discussion paper fixes Rs 1,000 cr as minimum capital for these specialised banks
Restoration of the pre-2004 pension scheme, regularisation of contract employees after two years, enhanced daily wages, social security pension and appointment of anti-corruption grievances commissioner were the other promises made in the manifesto.
Indian IT giants are outstanding companies with great management teams, but they have been held hostage by their past success.
Majaz, based on the life of Asraul Haq Majaz, the John Keats of Urdu poetry, marks Talat Aziz's debut as a composer in Hindi cinema. The film could have been an excellent biopic had it stuck to the poet's poetic self rather than his unfulfilled love, says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
There was a discussion on trade matters, market access, regulatory issues and barriers. Both leaders underlined the importance of free and fair trade
How will the government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes help curb the creation and flow of black money into the Indian economy?
Inheritance tax only helps the lawyers: Rajan
'The credit for managing Trump should go to Modi.' 'Biden is a predictable and rational person with plenty of administrative experience,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
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"Rather than putting pressure on the businesspeople of the Manufacturing Council & Strategy & Policy Forum, I am ending both. Thank you all!" Trump said in a tweet.
"The era of 'lalten' is gone. In the last six years consumption of electricity has increased 3 fold in Bihar," PM Modi said. "Voters of Bihar have taken a resolve that they won't let those who have a history of making the state 'Bimaru' come near them," he added.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice.
Enterprise data management will be a USD 105 bn business by 2020.
The court has also questioned Epic's assumption that Tata Consultacy Services used the information for the creation of a competitive product
One solution to India's challenges of education, employment, employability lies in state governments adopting apprenticeships on a large scale.
India's salvation lies in job creation by entrepreneurs, say Manish Sabharwal and Ashok Reddy.
