Stocks of public sector undertakings (PSUs) have been on fire in the past year as investors cheered an improvement in key operating metrics and embraced counters of these state-owned enterprises, analysts suggest. The S&P BSE PSU Index has gained over 90 per cent in the past year, rising much higher than the S&P BSE Sensex, which has rose nearly 19 per cent during this period, according to ACE Equity data. The BSE PSU Index, reports show, has delivered a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28 per cent (including dividends reinvestments) over five years and risen by almost 60 per cent in the past year.
A dominant India beat Bangladesh by seven wickets to set up a title clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in the Blind Cricket World Cup, in Ajman, UAE, on Wednesday.
Systematic military intelligence analysis, of the kind that is routine in Rawalpindi and Beijing, would leave Pakistan and China with no doubts about India's military weakness. But the Indian public might miss the broader picture.
How 24-year-old Upasana Mataki came about launching the country's first lifestyle magazine in English for the blind.
How a corner sounds matters more to the 29-year-old French Formula One fan Charaf-Eddine Ait Taleb, who lost his sight 10 years ago due to a genetic condition, than any controversy over the new "ugly" noses on the 2012 cars.
Security and defence experts have called for immediate strengthening of the security management and intelligence network along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region, which witnessed the killing of 59 people, including 24 security personnel and 28 terrorists, in terror incidents this year.
Two Chinese companies have manufactured a computer that allows the blind and those with eye diseases to access the cyberspace easily with a Chinese-braille keyboard, a mouse and
"There are projects already in the pipeline for ensuring the kind of night vision capability that some of our adversaries have. It takes at least three to four years and some of the projects are likely to fructify in the next year or so," Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor said.
Pranab's earlier fear of Sonia relying too heavily on a coterie due to her lack of experience turned out to be unfounded. As per Pranab, Sonia had her close advisers but she did not follow anyone's advice blindly. A fascinating excerpt from Sharmistha Mukherjee's Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers.
Sunil Ramesh (108) slammed a superb century as India thrashed England by seven wickets in the opening T20I match to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match bilateral cricket series for Blind, in Bengaluru, on Tuesday.
Displaying brilliant all-round performance, Pakistan scored a five-wicket win over defending\n\nchampions South Africa in the final of the Petro World Cup Cricket for the Blind.
J Prakash's unbeaten 115 in 52 balls and his unbroken opening partnership of 175 runs with Ajay Kumar Reddy (51 not out) helped defending champions India thrash Sri Lanka by 10 wickets and enter the final of T20 World Cup for the Blind at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad on Friday.
Prabha Atre, the woman who could have been lawyer, scientist or doctor but became a globally renowned Hindustani classical vocalist instead, died in her Pune home on Saturday hours before she was to leave for a concert in Mumbai. She was 92.
'You should ask your boyfriend that,' the stranger replied. 'We've never met in person. We've been talking for two years. Met on Words with Friends on Valentine's Day two years ago when you were travelling in Bali, shooting your Instagram videos.' A sobering excerpt about love and relationships from Shenaz Treasury's lively new book, All He Left Me Was a Recipe: Lessons From My Break-Ups.
He said that as India aspires to become the voice of the Global South, it cannot be discussed without discussing the problems of people in Palestine.
Only one member of a teenage gang which brutally bashed up an Indian student and blinded him in one eye was on Wednesday given a suspended jail term with community work while others escaped custodial sentences.
Former Australian captain Steve Waugh will build a school for the blind in India, home to 50 percent of the world's visually challenged.
Slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was blind in one eye since an accident during his youth and was a one-time member of the Muslim Brotherhood, his successor has claimed in a new video tribute to the terror mastermind.
'After Manoj Jarange Patil began his long march towards Mumbai on January 20, he kept increasing his demands and the government meekly surrendered to him.'
The vehicles came under attack in the Savni area on the Rajouri-Thanamandi-Surankote road around 3.30 pm.
South Korea set the first world records of the London Olympics, both in the men's archery competition, with legally blind Im Dong-hyun breaking the 72-arrow mark with 699 points.
Legally blind since his late teenage years, Canada's Brian McKeever will achieve a long-cherished dream and a place in the record books when he represents his country at this month's Vancouver Olympics. The popular cross-country skier from Canmore, Alberta, will become the first athlete to compete in both a Winter Olympics and a Paralympics and he fervently hopes to inspire as many people as he can, whether they are disabled or able-bodied.
The United Nations Security Council has called for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout Gaza to allow unhindered humanitarian access in the strip, finally overcoming deadlock and adopting a resolution in the month-long Israel-Hamas conflict.
Darkness pervades India's first 'Seeing in Dark' restaurant-theatre built in the upscale Vastrapur area in Ahmedabad where visitors can experience life without light just like a visually impaired person.
Matthew Perry's family has expressed gratitude to fans and well-wishers for remembering the Friends star, who died at his Los Angeles home on October 28.
Srikanth Bolla, CEO of Bollant Industries, has set his sights on changing lives
Diabetes can lead to serious complications and can affect the eyes, heart and nerves, warns Dr Manoj Chawla.
Amit Kilam of band Indian Ocean speaks to Chandrima Pal about the explosion in vernacular contemporary music.
The demonstration was held by the protesting school job aspirants at Camac Street in South Kolkata, where TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's office is located.
Global logistics major FedEx on Thursday extended its programme of increasing public awareness about blindness in partnership with Orbis Flying Eye Hospital to India.
Blame game between Bihar police and Railway Protection Force over compensation for slain Mohd Mustafa, who fell victim of a stray police bullet a year ago in Bihar's Katihar district, has left his blind parents to starve.
'In Eastern Ladakh the Chinese attempted salami slicing.' 'Our response has been superb. Our military has responded magnificently.'
More than 100 guests, including 40 women and children, attended his birthday celebration.
'If you can do new things everyday, your mind will be challenged.'
Her mantra is: "Wear what makes you feel comfortable!"
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday announced compensation and jobs to the kin of the three civilians who were found dead in Poonch district as a massive search operation was underway to track down terrorists behind the recent ambush on two Army vehicles that left five soldiers dead.
Only the top 5 per cent profit makers account for 75 per cent of profits.
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Opening up new career paths and educational opportunities for people with vision impairment, the system combines a number of pattern recognition technologies into a single platform and, for the first time, allows mathematics and graphical material to be extracted and described without sighted intervention.
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