US hopes diplomats arrest wont affect bilateral ties
The US has hoped that the major diplomatic row over the arrest of the Indian deputy consul general in New York will not affect bilateral ties with India. In a major diplomatic embarrassment to India, 39-year-old Devyani Khobragade, a 1999-batch IFS.
The Indian Economy Blog �� Is There A Bubble In Indian.
Being in the midst of a bursting housing bubble in US I sat down and came up with a rough calculation���. Chennai: Residential Apartment in Velachery (close to IT shops): ~1000 sq.ft. Cost: Rs 27,00,000. Interest Rate: 8%... Annamalai, I dont think Rental values will ever meet the grade... Recently one of the leading papers��� Hindustan Times of Times of India, I forget which, had carried a good article about how buildings should be rated for earthquake safety.
AARTH FIN-SECURITY: END SESSION ( 18 / 03 / 2013 )
Key benchmark indices followed weak trend in global shares triggered by Cyprus over the weekend announcing plans to impose a one-time levy on bank deposits as part of a sovereign bailout.. The central bank on 29 January 2013 signaled after a monetary policy review that there is less room for aggressive policy rate cuts amid any negative surprise emanating from inflation and the twin deficits viz. the current account deficit and the... Live Currency Cross Rates��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 04.05.11
The RBI had a tough call. Inflation was at a discomfiting 9% at March-end. But expectation of a ninth round of interest rate increases also deepened concern about dampened growth. Two sets of data released on the eve of RBIs credit... HINDUSTAN TIMES. A BAND OF BROTHERS. RAVI KALIA,. The news of Osama bin Laden s death comes on the heels of the Wall Street Journal report (April 27) that Pakistan, Americas key partner in its war against the Taliban in��.
Haqs Musings: Pakistan on Goldmans BRIC+ N11 Growth.
Youth literacy is about 70% and growing, and young people are spending more time in schools and colleges to graduate at higher rates than their Indian counterparts in 15+ age group, according to a report on educational.. Further, according to the latest data released by the FBR, the revenue collection this year is on target and is likely to cross the Rs2,000 billion mark for the first time in history... Your cross comparisons with the Sensex is a nonsensical issue.
Soaring Chinese Imports and Twin Deficits Worry India
The Reserve Bank of India, which has lifted interest rates 13 times since March 2010 to curb inflation that has exceeded 9 percent since December, last month cut its growth forecast to 7.6 percent from 8 percent. Morgan Stanley... The Reserve Bank on January 24 lowered the amount of deposits lenders need to set aside as reserves for the first time since 2009 and signalled future interest-rate cuts, moving to shield growth from the impact of Eur-opes debt crisis.
Trade Unions, affiliated to Left and Right Political Parties of.
Images. Oneindia. dailynews365. Press Trust of. ABC News. The Hindu. NDTV.com. The Hindu. Hindustan Times. Rediff. All related images ��.. What about deregulating the interest rate on banks savings accounts?. There is a flight to safety into the US sovereign bonds and that is expected to continue till the FIIs ascertain for themselves that there are no more negative surprises coming from Europe to start investing into emerging markets, said Dilip Kadambi,��.
Haqs Musings: Indian Economy: Hard or Soft Landing in.
Ironically the british set up RBI in colonial times with rock solid safeguards including an independant cadre and complete independence from political pressure which Indians clung on too while the British greatly weakened the Bank of... This despite the fact that, at 6.5% now, Indias key lending rate is still one percentage point below its average level from the last time India was growing so fast... Heres Hindustan Times on Mukherjees anxiety over Indian economy:
Confused Mind Clear Answers 2Q(2012-04 to 07) | Anil.
Send the money when there is opportunity. Right now, higher interest rates are seen by me as opportunity. If you take a view that Rupee will depreciate more than interest rates, then you have to back off from buying rupee.
Riders on the storm
The only real biking equipment available in India at the time was the STUDDS helmet. Within a kilometre deep beyond the Rohtang Pass in the Himalayas, their mobike toppled 33 times and on the journey downslope, they had to leave behind 35kg of .
Haqs Musings: India and Pakistan Comparison Update 2011
Although India has higher rates of literacy and enrollment than Pakistan, Pakistanis spend more time in schools and colleges and graduate at a higher rate than their Indian counterparts in 15+ age group, according to a... Indias central bank has raised interest rates 12 times since March last year in an effort to battle stubbornly high inflation, a move that has hurt credit-based purchases and slowed economic growth... The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Mumbai.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 18.09.10
THE TIMES OF INDIA. LADY IS NOT SO GAGA; LENDING A HELPING HAND - VINOD KHOSLA; ITS A GIANT STEP; THIS IS NO JOYRIDE; THE LIMITS OF VIOLENCE - KANTI BAJPAI. HINDUSTAN TIMES. SPEAKING THE RIGHT. NOW, SENSEX WITH RICE AND WHEAT.. Presenting its first ever mid-quarter review of the credit policy, the Reserve Bank of India surprised the markets on Thursday with a larger than expected hike in the short-term policy rates.
AFSPA Defended, Operation TRIVENI Gets OFF and.
HDFC Bank Managing Director Aditya Puri said details regarding forging partnerships between UID and banks to further financial inclusion were among the points discussed at the meeting held at the RBI headquarters here. UID will... Hindustan Times - ?Oct 2, 2010? Bigg Boss 4 will be a longer season than the previous three. The show will now run over 96 days instead of the usual 84 days. The House is spread across approximately 4000 sq feet. But this one��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 30.01.10
HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. A JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS. PRATIK KANJILAL. Cultural nationalism is a fickle business. On Republic Day, we learned that South Koreas first lady traces her bloodline back to Ayodhya. We were so happy. Here was.. The RBI on Friday surprised everyone by raising the cash-reserve ratio (CRR) by75 basis points instead of the expected 50 basis points, leaving the other key rates unchanged. This will not result in any interest��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 28.09.10
When he found small streams cut off hamlets from roads, he brought in bus cages and placed them over the streams so that people could cross them during the monsoon... Therefore, it comes as no surprise that the exchange authorities have neither introduced an agro-index nor do agro-companies find representation in the Sensex or Nifty. Despite... It can offload government bonds onto banks and overlook the interest rate risk when it comes to bank supervision.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 27.11.09
HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. ITS ONLY ON PAPER. Next time you get caught in a traffic jam because the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) failed to clean up stormwater drains on time before the rainy season, dont blame the... One of the standout features of the monetary stimulus in India has been the wide divergence between the RBIs policy rates and the actual lending rates of banks ��� the latter havent fallen nearly as much as the RBI would have liked.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 03.11.09
Nor should we forget that the then Congress-appointed Governor, Syed Sibtey Razi, played a key role in first bringing down the BJP Government and then installing the mockery of a Government headed by Mr Koda... HINDUSTAN TIMES. EDITORIAL. ONE-POINT AGENDA. SITARAM YECHURY. Mondays terrorist blast in Rawalpindi comes soon after similar attacks in Peshawar. The vulnerability of the USs Af-Pak policy was clear with the Peshawar attack that��.
RBI surprises with key lending rate cut, Sensex crosses 30000 for first time ever
In a surprise move, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its main lending rate--the repo rate --by 0.25 percentage points to 7.5% on Wednesday morning rekindling hopes of lower EMIs for homeloan borrowers and cheaper bank capital for companies to aid .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 21.04.10
Reading out a statement in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Mr Tharoor declared, though not for the first time, My conscience is clear and I know that I have done nothing improper or unethical, let alone illegal���.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. TAKING AWAY TO GIVE BACK. The choices facing the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on monetary tightening are two. One, keep raising interest rates gradually keeping in mind the risks to a recovery posed by a sluggish world economy,��.
Why Indias the best country for stand up
Its a great time to be a comedian in India. This has as much to do with the initiative of comedians, as it does with our audience. I started stand-up five years ago, back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, LK Advani was still a young boy and nobody.