The iPhone maker’s India strategy is going through a sea change. It just can’t afford to delay the shift any further.
As India is implementing trade facilitation and is trying to improve ease of doing business, it is important to amend the 2010 regulation and allow the entry of perishable cargo through the fast track route.
Shifts in law happen when one repeatedly breaks the law and makes it the new normal. Is Israel’s military response to Hamas’ cyber-attacks one such event?
At present, there are more bets that the market will fall rather than go higher post elections.
The report casts serious doubt about the credibility of a database used to compute GDP
The message from the general elections is of Kashmiri alienation, even if the bright side is that with the message having been conveyed, a wider participation can be expected in the assembly elections.
The PepsiCo case has lessons for other companies that depend on a similar method of contract farming and try to enforce their exclusivity. On the flip side, this could be a blow to corporate efforts to improve productivity in the Indian farm sector as well
Gold prices have strong support at $1260 an ounce while resistance is at $1295
Of the 22 assembly seats going for a bypoll in Tamil Nadu, the ruling AIADMK has to win at least four seats. If not, it will lose its majority in the House.
Will the economy revive once the political uncertainty is over?
It will be a big boost to entrepreneurs in the country
Although there was no doubt about the implication of higher tariffs, new research has once again made it clear that no country stands to gain from trade wars.
With rising political pressure to create more jobs, which in turn require more spending on infrastructure and industry, foreign direct investment (FDI) becomes all the more critical. The government is justified in protecting its interests, but that should not come at the expense of investors feeling shortchanged.
WhatsApp’s reach and acceptability in India are fine, but regulatory hurdles can make life hard for the Facebook firm
In some instances, SEBI seems to have inflicted self-goals, passed creative directions and it is unlikely that they will stand up to the test of legal scrutiny.
Despite the constant din around national security in these elections, the fact is India has been rather poorly served by the BJP government on longer-term issues of national security, and on the challenges posed by China.
If the BJP had announced this scheme, without doubt the message would have reached the intended beneficiaries. The same cannot be said about the Congress, and for obvious reasons.
The current exclusive focus on Modi is not being seen as sycophancy but as a strategic choice which is endorsed by almost all within the BJP
Money supply has not kept pace with output growth
Tata Steel’s investors have taken the European JV for granted and is reflected somewhat in valuations. A break-up could come as a rude shock
Deliberately capping a sector in the index will create trust issues. That said, the free-float market capitalisation criterion is also not perfect and a rethink is due.
To deprive voters of knowing what their candidates stand for in terms of the issues that are closest to them might be a step too far in policing our democracy, and our voters’ sensibilities.
Nafed and other agencies are sitting over 35 lakh tonnes of pulses procured over the last three years.
Amarinder Singh’s no-nonsense approach in keeping Congress President Rahul Gandhi and his predecessor Sonia Gandhi at arm’s length, away from campaigning in the assembly polls in 2017, was appreciated by the people.
Headlines point to a broad slowdown in the FMCG sector but the numbers and management commentary don’t completely support it. What should investors do?
