During May-June, sales of not only seasonal consumer goods such as ACs and refrigerators go up, but also with more and more families going abroad for holidays, there is a surge in sales of cameras and camcorders and even laptops, according to industry observers. While Reliance Digital is offering value for money combo offers on cellphones to laptops and televisions.
High lending rates triggered by Reserve Bank's tight monetary policy have tranquilized the country's property market, but demand will surge once rates dip, real estate firm DLF Ltd's chairman K P Singh said on Tuesday.
According to its promoter, Hirji Kanji Patel, this would be equivalent to the Pentium 4 technology but will be ultra low on voltage. The company also plans to start 20 level 3 multi-brand chip-level laptop service centres across India by April 2008.
Prices have remained lower this year.
Sports Ministry to introduce 'transparent' National Sports Code
The pressure on dollar is also causing lower risk appetite
The Aditya Birla Group announced the merger of its two holding companies, Aditya Birla Nuvo and Grasim, to make the holding structure clearer, ensure stable cash flows and unlock value in its financial services arm
German premium carmaker BMW on Thursday rolled out its first '3 series' sedan from its plant near Chennai, with a price tag of Rs 26.7 lakh.
A philanthropist, Lord Paul has made large donations to many organisations, including a million pound to save the London Zoo from closure. He has also worked to develop strong Indo-British relations.
The sharp fall in shares revived memories of the bear phase during May-June but experts said there was no reason to panic and the fall had provided buying opportunities to investors. The Sensex could see another 200-point drop, they said.
When the move was first thought of it was at the behest of Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet and Air India. Only Vistara and AirAsia were opposing it as they were doing the poaching, says Anjuli Bhargava.
He was arrested after a 'brief exchange of fire'.
The NCC will for the first time send girl cadets to scale Mt Everest.
Foreign secretaries of the two nations will meet in May-June to discuss various issues, they agreed.
FIFA has reportedly raised objections of holding the 2022 Qatar World Cup in the summer in light of health risks and speculations are that the tournament would be held in winter.
In May-June the two foreign secretaries will meet, the Pakistani president said.
Gold buyers in Asia were in no hurry, anticipating the market to weaken further, with premiums in India and Hong Kong picking up only modestly this week
Jaguar must raise their game immediately if they are to retain Australian Mark Webber next season, says three times Formula One world champion Jackie Stewart.
Only 10,059 tourists have visited the state this month compared to around 90,000 in July
The over-recovery on diesel for such companies reached Rs 3.56 a litre for the first fortnight of October.
Toll so far this year has reached 485, which is more than double of 2014.
Speaking to around 60 journalists in three different sittings, the Congress vice-president, who is known to be media shy when it comes to his personal life, has opened up on a range of topics.
The Air India board has cleared a proposal for sending its pilots on deputation to its budget arm, Air India Express, which has been facing shortage of commanders for some time now.
At the Battle of Malegaon, Muslim soldiers in the Maratha army defied the British army for a full month when they had no hope of victory as the Chhatrapati and Peshwa had already surrendered.
Maruti, Hyundai & Mahindra together had 72.5% market share in year's first half.
Skoda Auto India Ltd is to roll out a series of new models of passenger cars under its Octavia brand in the next one year targeting a total sale of 8500 units in 2003 as against 4500 units in 2002, the marketing head of the company said on Wednesday.
New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi has no qualms in saying that Mumbai, in the warm-up match, showed the visitors how to play in Indian conditions and they will have to play better to beat the hosts in the upcoming Test series. Ronchi felt there were more positives than negatives to take out of the only warm-up match of the team's India tour. "I think getting used to the wicket which was changing over three days (was one takeaway). It was deteriorating a bit with guys facing more spin towards the end and ball doing a few different things. Mumbai bowled and batted really well.
The view among the regulator and the government is that the currency is overvalued
In the first fortnight of December, the gold imports have fallen to about 25 tonnes, from 150 tonnes during entire November
The loss of job opportunities in recent times has been so severe that labour stopped even looking for jobs, says Mahesh Vyas.
In 2012, private equity investments touched $7.5 billion.
The effects of creating 'baiting crowds' on social media, and their use by politicians, have diluted the civilising processes of parliamentary democracy, says Deepak Lal.
Price correction over post-election peaks could throw disinvestment calculations awry.
'The critics are getting carried away.' 'The challenge for the RBI is not any erosion of autonomy caused by demonetisation.' 'It's the whole attempt to reduce the RBI's stature and role that has been under way,' says T T Ram Mohan.
Political compulsions have led to a change of narrative. But, in the ministry of finance, senior management ought to be looking at more serious issues than 'digitally cashless' India, says Rahul Khullar.
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