Shree Cement beats ACC in market value, Lupin ahead of Dr Reddy's Labs
Wealth of the richest 62 people has risen 44% in the five years since 2010, while that of the bottom half fell by 41%
The number of small units has come down drastically, as large companies have expanded their manufacturing capacity.
When it comes to key hands-on management positions, India Inc is still largely run by men.
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority will soon notify prices of as many as 150 packs of essential medicines in line with the new pharma pricing policy, according to official sources.
Net profits may dip 4.9% y-o-y, but the silver lining is that performance may be better than the preceding quarter
Roadblocks ahead as these medicines could face new clinical tests, more scrutiny
The 30-share Sensex ended down 71 points at 26,710 and the 50-share Nifty lost 38 points to close at 8,030.
Markets will remain closed on Thursday, 12 November 2015 on account of Diwali Balipratipada.
Markets have witnessed a gap down opening mirroring losses in the global equities with US markets taking a hit on worries about the health of Chinese economy.
Cumulatively for the first two quarters till now, the advance tax collections from the Mumbai zone, which contributes over a third of the income tax collections nationally, have grown 11 per cent, the official said.
BSE Mid-cap and BSE Small-cap lost 2.5% and 3.1% after oil prices soared
'Your constant reiteration on the lack of religious freedom in India has sown doubts about the kind of information that you are being fed and based on which you seem to be making adverse references to India and its tradition of religious tolerance.'
A majority of India's billionaires gained wealth in the last one year in spite of the stock market decline.
Brokers like Vasudevan are struggling to keep themselves in tune with this super-informed, new-generation retail investor.
'If one observes a common man passing a church or gurdwara or dargah, he instinctively bows his head. It is this prevalence of polytheism that has ensured that monotheists and minorities flourish in India. This may sound preposterous in wake of the recent communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar. But it must be understood that in a county of over one billion people that was at worst an aberration,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Raamdeo Agrawal says, an investor should figure out if the company actually makes money or not, making an investment comes later.