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Three key takeaways from the RBI's policy review

RBI is broadly in consonance with the Economic Survey with regards to growth

Market sell-off brings 10-year American treasury yield back in focus

The 10-year yield has been on an upward move for a while now, but it wasn't expected to reach the level of 2.85%, anytime soon

Faster growth in female workforce participation requires equal opportunity

Increasing India's female workforce participation can boost GDP growth substantially. Indeed, the next chapter of the country's success story may well come from more women joining the workforce

U-19 World Cup: Can Prithvi be another Kohli or fade away like Unmukt?

Prithvi Shaw's story has been marked out by an inevitable path to stardom. Since his early years, Shaw made a name for himself by amassing bounteous runs across tournaments

Budget 2018: After all the hype, Jaitley delivers fairly balanced outcome

Jaitley's Budget 2018 speech was more on the expenditure side, with higher allocations being announced for infrastructure and social services

IRS: It is unclear whether four measures of readership aid or muddle market

It is unclear whether the survey's four measures of readership aid or muddle the market

Real estate under GST: A great weapon in the war against black money

GST leaves a digital trail of transactions that serves as a deterrent for non-reporting or under-reporting the sale value of land or building

Sensex, Nifty at record high: Markets will rise further on better earnings

While no market has ever gone up on a straight line, we believe the corrections will be short and the markets will eventually head higher as the earnings jigsaw puzzle falls into place.

Ranjan Kapur from 1942 to 2018: Goodbye, advertising's gentleman

An astute advertising professional, he took Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) India to the number one position after coming on board as managing director in 1994

Only 9% people approach police, 74% prefer out of court settlement

A survey revealed that people with annual income above above Rs 500,000 preferred approaching courts

Why consolidation of sovereign holding for PSEs makes perfect sense today

With a sovereign holding company structure, popularly known as centralised agency model, the government or the state would be able to ensure non-interference in day-to-day functioning of PSEs

Will the SC help usher a new era in India by scrapping section 377?

By doing so, it can reaffirm equality and human dignity as foundational principles

Rise & rise of American pop brands: How the products became a hit in India

Hollywood cashes in on the growing appetite for branded merchandise in India, but home-grown characters and celebrities struggle to play the game

As sugar-crushing season reaches peak, producers pay the price of reform

Govt-controlled cane prices remain a challenge as the sugar-crushing season gets into full swing

Cane price control: Sugar producers pay the price of reform

Government-controlled cane prices remain a challenge as the sugar-crushing season gets into full swing

Banking Q3 preview: Private banks to outperform PSBs; bad assets to go down

While large private lenders will still be impacted due to higher provisions, we believe the pain will be relatively lower during the quarter

Infosys Q3 results: Volume growth provides stability to performance

The company delivered better than expected on volume growth front, which stood at 1.6% QoQ, and consequently aided the EBIT and PAT coming in higher than expected

Indian tourists are among world's highest spenders: Taiwan Tourism Board

With 'Brand India' being an important market for many countries, Taiwan also eyes Indian market

From domestic growth to global economy: Key risks for markets in 2018

H2FY18 should see sharp earnings recovery, led by low base of demonetisation and signs of pick-up in rural consumption

Quarterly preview: Markets to see sustainable earnings growth after years

It would be interesting to decipher how the sequential numbers pan out as the impact due to GST would be behind us