Gold demand in India rose on Friday, after prices fell 3 percent in the past two days, luring jewellers who began restocking and preparing for the wedding season beginning mid-January, dealers said.
The rupee ended the year with its biggest annual loss since 2008 as foreign capital took flight on growing concerns about India's current account deficit, its poorly performing stock market and an uncertain global economic outlook.
Just one test into the four-match series against Australia and India are confronting the grim reality that they remain international cricket's slowest starters, especially on tour. Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted that India start slow.
Investors from across the globe have turned their focus on to the art market in order to seek refuge from the ongoing financial turmoil by placing their money into art instead of stocks.
State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, expects the government to inject capital any time, although it is yet to get a formal commitment on the amount, a senior official said on Friday.
Mosaic, a leading North American fertilizer producer, may have won the battle to arrest a plunge in phosphate prices ahead the region's spring planting season, but it still risks losing the war as overseas capacity surges in the coming years.
Anuj Bidve shot to death at close range as he walked with friends on Boxing Day.
Millions of medical patients are crossing international borders each year to receive treatment in a growing trend known as medical tourism.
Gold demand in India marginally improved on Thursday after prices fell to their lowest level in more than two months, but many buyers in the world's biggest importer were on the sidelines hoping for a steeper fall soon, dealers said.
Mukesh and Anil Ambani buried the hatchet in a five-year battle that split the business empire inherited from their father, but family watchers were sceptical that the reunion would result in renewed business ties.
Farmers have been blocking roads with burning tyres and refusing to sell their produce in a bid to force the government to prop up crop prices which they say barely cover costs, thus adding woes to Indian economy.
Annual food inflation eased for a ninth straight week to its lowest in nearly six years in mid-December on improved supplies, bolstering hopes of a cooling in overall inflation that will allow the RBI to shift focus to reviving growth by cutting rates.
The computing project resembles previous low-cost initiatives such as the One Laptop Per Child Scheme at $100 per device and the $35 tablet unveiled last year in India.
Australia defeated India by 122 runs on the fourth day of the first test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Thursday.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India has banned seven companies, which recently raised funds in initial public offers, from further accessing the securities market and has also banned some merchant banks involved in these issues after investigations.
Indian batsmen fall like nine pins before a fiery Aussie pace attack in their victory chase at the first test in Melbourne.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said on Wednesday it has slashed prices on its PlayBook tablet in India in a move aimed at boosting dismal sales for a device that was briefly considered a potential threat to Apple's iPad.
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Pakistani model and actress Veena Malik has reportedly admitted that her nude FHM photoshoot was a mistake.
A fall in overseas gold market failed to lift physical demand in India, the world's top consumer, as the depreciating rupee kept prices steady in the local market.
India struck back with four late wickets while Australia's Mike Hussey posted a defiant half-century to leave the first test delicately poised at the close of the third day on Wednesday.
Rahul Gandhi may well succeed his mother Sonia Gandhi as head of the ruling Congress party. One of his challenges is to claim the anti-graft message of Anna Hazare.
