Winners from the Big Picture photography competition
This was the near-unanimous replies of 10 market participants.
'The only choice we have is to strengthen ourselves militarily and economically and develop friendships with others without alarming our neighbours, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Deepak Parekh, chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), India's largest mortgage lender, says the exuberance in industry about the new government is justified but big ideas articulated by the prime minister need speedy implementation.
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The film may have worked better as a documentary.
Amid a grim global scenario, India will have to labour hard to hold on to seven per cent growth in 2016-17.
The Sensex soared 402 points higher to end at 25,720 and the Nifty surged 130 points to close at 7,819.
Rate-sensitive sectors like banks, auto and realty witnessed strong buying demand in trades today
Vat Vrikshya -- banyan tree in Sanskrit -- helps tribal women, with absolutely zero formal education, set up businesses.
It doesn't appear to be happening yet, even though India's stock market has been Asia's best performer this year.
Two people, one legally assisting the affected people because of their exclusion from the National Register of Citizens (NRC), and another whose relative has been declared a 'foreigner' by the quasi-judicial Foreigners' Tribunal (FT), talk to Rediff.com about the issues on the ground that people excluded from the NRC are facing and how it can turn into a long-drawn legal process.
Long before she became a political legend, there was Jayalalitha, the actress.
This Budget signals a shift from a hand-out to a hand-up economy.
Asian emerging market stock prices did see a bounce post Fed-talk.
The Opposition has alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh runs the Narendra Modi government.
Historically, tensions in West Asian regions have provided support to gold prices.
Following is the full text of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's speech at FICCI's 86th annual general meeting on Saturday:
The global economy is fragile now. It continues to face both long-term and short-term issues.
'The BJP will never do anything substantial to empower Dalits.'
'In the run-up to the summit, Trump had indicated that he might strike a nuclear deal in the course of a single meeting or over several days, but as it transpired, Trump departed Singapore soon after the meeting.' 'This raises questions if his aspirations for an ambitious outcome had been scaled back,' says Rajaram Panda.
India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai, who won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for their fight against the oppression of children and their right to education, will receive the award at a ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. Here are interesting facts about Nobel winners.
RBI is unlikely to stem the slide against the dollar as the greenback is rising rapidly against all currencies in the world.
Filmmaker Prakash Jha opens up about his life.
Here are some interesting quotes Prime Minister Narendra Modi made to a sold-out crowd at Sydney's Allphones Arena. In a break, PM Modi began his speech in English.
IMF attributes the slower growth rate to supply-side bottlenecks.
This has steered a rally in global equities and dollar Index also ticked higher, trading near its four year high.
Against a turbulent and uncertain background, Budget 2017-18 hewed a steady, forward-looking course, says Shankar Acharya, former chief economic adviser to the government.
Many macroeconomic forecasters have built predictive models on inflation, all of which highlight intense downward pressure on prices.
The referendum will have long-term implications for Indian companies, which earn a substantial portion of revenue from the region.
Annabel Mehta, Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law, has dedicated her life to working with the Beautiful People of the other half of Mumbai without whom the city would neither exist nor thrive. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel met the amazing lady who was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities.
With terror and investments high on his agenda for talks with the UAE leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday began his two-day trip to this strategic Gulf nation with a visit to the historic Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque, the world's third largest.
'Wisdom demands Modi moves to restore the critical institutions of the State and dial back on the cult building around his persona,' say Sonali Ranade and Shealja Sharma.
The situation in Greece worsened with banks closed for a 2nd week.
'We forecast real GDP growth to moderate to 6.7 per cent in the year ending March 2018.' 'However, as disruption fades, we expect to see a rebound in real GDP growth to 7.5 per cent in the next fiscal year.'
A reversal of policy at this juncture could jeopardise the recent gains on inflation
American media has taken a critical view of his accomplishments, saying his flagship 'Make in India' drive is "so far mostly hype."
Technically speaking, US equities have seen net losses since January. India is strongly influenced by US trends.
Euro-zone growth could improve because of (a) reduced pace of fiscal tightening and (b) stronger exports, but weak domestic demand and a fragile banking system could increase deflation risks that could force the European Central Bank to turn further accommodative.
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, Sukanya Verma looks back at Raj Kapoor's Boot Polish (1954), starring Baby Naaz and Ratan Kumar.
'She was once asked what the secret to political leadership was and she said it was the ability to like all kinds of people.' 'I don't think Rahul fundamentally likes people -- that's probably why he can't deal with them and it shows.' 'Sonia is a more talented political mobiliser than her son, but I think the decline of the Congress set in in 1969...'
