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DMart Q2 results: Store network grows 20%, but sales per sq ft rise just 0.6% as profit falls q-o-q

New Delhi, Oct. 11 -- Avenue Supermarts, the company that operates the DMart supermarket chain, is opening stores faster than it is improving sales productivity. Its network expanded nearly 20 per cen... Read More


RBI tightens forex derivatives framework to ensure orderly functioning of market

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday announced a host of restrictive measures relating specifically to foreign exchange (forex) derivatives contracts even as it openeda sp... Read More


The next phase of farm electrification: Tillers, weeders and the machines around the tractor

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- When India talks about clean farm power, the electric tractor gets most of the attention, and with good reason. The tractor is the backbone of Indian mechanisation, and manufactu... Read More


How can lift irrigation projects help India take water to more farms?

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- India's irrigation challenge is increasingly becoming a question of water distribution and accessibility, rather than only water availability. More than 80 per cent of India's av... Read More


UN rights office alarmed by mass detentions at Delhi protests

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Saturday voiced concern over reports that demonstrators, protest leaders, lawyers, journalists and civil society members were detained in De... Read More


HDFC Flexi Cap Fund: Can its winning formula survive the scale test?

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- HDFC Flexi Cap Fund is among the oldest and largest diversified equity schemes in India, but its current identity needs to be explained in the right context. Launched in January ... Read More


Rising rates: What should your debt strategy be?

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- In last week's Big Story, we talked about why rising bond yields (and central banks hiking rates) globally, could represent a regime change for equity investors. As global intere... Read More


Index Outlook: Staying afloat

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Nifty 50 and Sensex have snapped their eight-week fall. Both the indices managed to witness some recovery and close the week higher by 0.44 per cent and 0.78 per cent respectivel... Read More


Bullion Cues: Rally may falter

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Gold ($4,194.70/ounce) and silver ($60.40/ounce) appreciated 1.3 and 0.7 per cent respectively. In the domestic market, gold futures (Rs.1,51,499/10 gm) gained 0.7 per cent where... Read More


Crude Check: More gains likely

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Brentcrude oil futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) ($104.70/barrel) rallied 2.4 per cent last week. Whereas crude oil futures in the domestic market (Rs.8,881/barrel) ... Read More