'Politics is a game of public perception and my father felt that by his long disappearances, Rahul Gandhi was losing the battle of perception.'
Meet Nuwan Seneviratne, the left-arm throwdown specialist of the Indian team.
Under the new model, the surplus distribution in the participating policyholders' fund has been modified to 90:10 in a phased manner, wherein 90 per cent will go to policyholders and 10 per cent to shareholders. Further, 100 per cent of the surplus generated out of the non-participating business will be available for distribution to all shareholders.
From the Sensex pack, Titan, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Finance, HDFC Bank, HDFC, State Bank of India, Mahindra & Mahindra and IndusInd Bank were among the major winners. HCL Technologies, Wipro and Tech Mahindra were among the laggards.
Rutuja Bhosale and Rohan Bopanna staged a great comeback after losing the first set to beat Chinese Taipei's combo of Tsung-hao Huang and En-shuo Liang in the final.
The Indian supporters, on Saturday, resorted to booing the Australian team, primarily Cameron Green after the giant all-rounder's diving catch to dismiss opener Shubman Gill.
The Sensex resumed 14 points higher over its last close at 6,584 and moved in a narrow (positive) range during the budget announcement, before slipping into the red to touch a low of 6,546 in early noon trades.
Foreign exchange reserves zoomed $841 million to $177.426 billion for the week ended January 12, according to the weekly supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday.
Treesa committed a few errors but the Indian duo still managed to keep its nose ahead, despite the fighting Taiwanese pair.
Mumbai-based Zoom Developers, engaged in diversified businesses including real estate, plans to invest Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) in the next three years to construct a 100 hectare IT-ITeS special economic zone at Indore.
Does the Zoom, an offshoot of the flagship Galaxy S4 that released recently, make for a worthwhile camera?
Among the Sensex firms, Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, Larsen & Toubro, ITC, Sun Pharma, NTPC and Titan were the major gainers. Nestle, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Bharti Airtel were the laggards.
Gold zoomed by a whopping Rs 215 per ten gram and closed at a new closing high of Rs 9,945 on the bullion market in Mumbai on Friday due to frantic buying after metal's prices touched a 25-year high.
The Sensex opened with a small gain of four points at 7,192. It soon breached the 7,200-mark and moved in a range of 7,210 and 7,230 levels, before profit-taking trimmed gains.
Foreign exchange reserves zoomed from a meagre $2.427 billion to $172.782 billion for the week ended November 24, according to the weekly statistical supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India on Saturday.
The Sensex opened with a positive gap of 25 points at 8,814, but dropped to a low of 8,769 in late morning deals.
Continuing from the last week's upsurge, the Sensex opened with a strong positive gap of 45 points at 6,464.
'Unfortunately, there is no movement towards peace in Manipur.'
The Sensex, which crossed the 6,670 levels shortwhile ago, is now up 59 points at 6,662 as buying remains steady in select heavyweight and tech stocks. Auto and power stocks continue to attract buying support.
The Sensex opened marginally lower at 7,930 as against the previous close of 7,935, and dropped to a low of 7,901 in early deals.
'The moment the Army approved the script, they told us that they will give their full support and asked us for our full dedication.'
The Sensex ended with a huge gain of 1.6% or 91 points at 5,766, and the Nifty closed 36 points higher at 1,806.
The domestic equity market, which is on a record-breaking spree, will focus on macroeconomic data announcements, movement in global stocks and the US Fed minutes to get further direction, analysts said. Trading activity of Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) will also innfluence investors.From the domestic macroeconomic front, Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) data for the manufacturing sector will be released on Monday, and that o,f the services sector on Wednesday. Investors, this week, will keenly watch major global market events, icluding the outcome of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes, scheduled to be out on Wednesday.
The Congress on Monday promised that a government led by it will conduct a nationwide caste census and implement 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies at the earliest, including adequate representation for women belonging to the OBC community.
Heavy short-covering, on account of July derivatives expiry, towards the end of the day saw the index rebound into the postive zone and shoot up over 100 points before settling with a gain of 77 points at 15,776.
The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by $835 million to touch a record high of $612.73 billion in the week ended July 16, 2021, RBI data showed. In the previous week ended July 9, 2021, the reserves had surged by $1.883 billion to $611.895 billion. In the reporting week ended July 16, 2021, the increase in forex reserves was on account of the rise in foreign currency assets (FCA), Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) weekly data released on Friday showed.
The Sensex closed with a gain of 111 points (1.4%) at 8,318.
Sustained buying in tech, cement and auto scrips saw the Sensex close with a gain of 118 points at 6,221.
'What we did in this (1971) war and with what motive (was incredible).' 'We helped Bangladesh become an independent country, and the very next day, we left their soil and came back to our country.'
Within six months, outlets carrying Vicks jumped from 60,000 pharmacies to 750,000 general stores. The trade boycott collapsed. Consumers were happy, finding Vicks now at every street corner. A fascinating excerpt from Gurcharan Das's Another Sort of Freedom.
H S Prannoy signed off with a bronze -- India's first medal in men's singles at the Asian Games in 41 years,.
Nestle, Infosys, ICICI Bank, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies, Tech Mahindra and Axis Bank were the other major winners. Sun Pharma, Asian Paints, Bajaj Finance and Titan were the laggards.
While the corporate sector has benefited from massive capital expenditure, leading to sky-rocketing stock prices, investors would do well to keep an eye on the macroeconomic picture and government finances, not just corporate profits, for signs of trouble, alerts Debashis Basu.
Low-rise waistlines are trending and the television actor shows you how to get it right.
The last 1,000-point rally took just eight trading days, while the last 2,000 points have come in a short span of 13 trading sessions.
Silver also jumped by Rs 1,000 to Rs 57,000 per kg on strong global cues.
Fresh buying towards the end saw the index cut losses and eventually settle at 15,699 - down 96 points.The NSE Nifty ended 32 points down at 4589.
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