Largest deal in thermal power space; Lanco to use proceeds to lower debt.
Ranjita Ganesan visits The Indus Club, which is not just another old boys' club.
An industrial house bred in old-school manufacturing values, Godrej & Boyce has displayed unusual agility to become a trusted builder of advanced weaponry, discovers Ajai Shukla.
The Planning Commission has not been central to the policy making process since the mid-1960s, says Nitin Desai.
While business, humanities and engineering programmes at the undergraduate level start at 10,000 (annually), candidates should make provision of 8,000-12,000 (approx Rs 6 lakh to 10 lakh) towards living expenses annually, says Sushil Sukhwani.
Lakhs of students appear for it every year. How are you preparing for it?
For a long time, the Indian economy has been drifting without a credible monetary anchor.
Is the SBI chairman leaving the bank in a stronger and better position than what it was? Abhijit Lele finds out.
'Everyone is still trying to understand the quantum of impact demonetisation will have on the economy.'
A basic problem is that the cost of spectrum and licences relative to earnings is too high.
A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the top five MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the wealthy is increasing rapidly.
Aditya Puri thinks the government is on track.
Radhakishan Damani is the only billionaire to see his wealth grow by around 20% during the lockdown.
Markets rebound with financials leading the gains on hopes of a peaceful solution to the turmoil in Ukraine
Its time the RBI, govt pushes reforms to boost global investment
Investors cheered a sharp decline in the Current Account Deficit, which stands at a 4 year low as exports picked up and gold imports reduced.
If Sachin Bansal sells his stake at a little over 5 per cent and steps down from Flipkart, as reports have suggested recently, either Binny Bansal or Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO of Flipkart, could be an option for the leadership position.
'It does not look like unemployment is a priority for the government.' 'If there was one external factor which could have made an impact on low investment and low jobs, it was the Budget and it has not made any difference.' '2020 is going to be a difficult and challenging year.'
'The big elephant in the room is our misguided view about the rupee.' 'India is scared that if our currency appreciates, who will buy from us. But a breakout is inevitable.'
Naval warship INS Kochi, the stealth guided missile destroyers, has been commissioned by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.
Japan Plus to facilitate and fast-track investment proposals.
Experts believe adoption of AI in developing countries will be much faster than in developed nations, as the magnitude of change it will bring will be far larger.
As for his interest in space, Amazon founded Blue Origin, a privately funded aerospace company.
She added 148 workers from Maruti Suzuki had been imprisoned for two years without bail, on charges of killing a plant manager.
India's foremost architect and town planner was renowned as much for his 'breathing' spaces as for his irascible personality
Fifteen months after taking power, Modi's credibility as an economic manager is on the line.
Sensex ended up 11 points at 25,561 and the 50-share Nifty gained 16 points to end at 7,640.
China's economy is in transition, with rising wage costs and massive overcapacity.
'We referred the case to the attorney general.' 'I told Mukul Rohatgi, "mujhe aap ka honest opinion chahiye".' 'He too said those were different offers.' Trai could not have stopped Reliance even if the Jio offers had been the same, Trai chief Ram Sewak Sharma tells Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.
Some cigarette-smokers may switch to beedis, or gutka, which is probably not the outcome the health ministry wants.
Kotak Mahindra Bank to have a 19.9% stake in the proposed banking venture.
Some 800 million or more Indians gaze at their mobile phones all day. Whoever can crack what's news on the mobile phone for them and their families, for a nominal payment of Rs 10 a month, is a winner, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told scientists that the government would make it easier to do scientific research in the country and asked them to keep the five principles of economy, environment, energy, empathy, equity at the centre of enquiry and engineering.
Modi, in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, wrote that the US and India are forging a deeper and stronger partnership that extends far beyond the Beltway and the Raisina Hill.
Air toxics emissions are high from older vehicles.
India and Russia on Thursday decided to expand cooperation in various sectors as they signed 16 pacts, including on joint manufacture of 226 military helicopters.
The new ordinance on land acquisition will allow land grabbers to deprive millions, destroy agriculture, horticulture, rivers, forests, tree cover and mangroves to extract minerals as well as ground water, without replenishment at a pace that will not leave anything for the next generation, warns activist Medha Patkar.
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The catalyst is the run on emerging market equities, but many investors are just tired of waiting for India to get its act together.
While Indians don't buy property during May-September due to the holidays/rains/ religious reasons, buyers should scout for property now.
'The Modi government's greatest blunder is to exploit sensitive external relations in its domestic politics,' says Shekhar Gupta.
