Equities trade flat on caution ahead of US Feds meet

Mar 23, 2018 GUALFIN, ARGENTINA - "Trump backs death penalty for drug dealers," was a headline in yesterday's news. Liberals will howl and whine. But the death penalty may be underrated. It has been used against enemy soldiers, religious heretics, political ...

The question experts are asking: Has the Indian economy post demonetisation been fed less cash to meet digitisation objectives? Has somebody advised the government or the RBI to do with less cash so as to push digital money? So what is the adequate level of ...

Posted by Equitymaster Asian stock markets are higher today as Japanese and Hong Kong shares show gains. The Nikkei 225 is up 1.3% while the Hang Seng is up 0.2%. However, the Shanghai Composite is trading down by 0.5%. Overnight strong corporate earnings ...

'The people of the state can be won over by love, and not by swords.' IMAGE: Students in Srinagar protest against the brutal rape and murder of an eight-year-old child in Kathua Umar Ganie for Rediff.com Mohammad Shafi Pandit's soft-spoken erudition flows through the telephone line from Srinagar. It is only later I learn that militants had tried to assassinate him in September 1995. He was then the additional chief secretary, finance, Jammu and Kashmir, and was visiting his sister's home ...

'The current BJP leadership believes the party's expansion across India, and thus their own survival at the top, depends on injecting communal tension into areas where it has so far been largely controlled,' argues Mihir S Sharma. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A concern widely expressed in circles friendly to the Bharatiya Janata Party before the last assembly elections in Bihar was that a return of Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal to power in Patna would unleash 'jungle raj'. The ...

of the Fed for a four-year term, according to a statement released by the White House on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported. Clarida is also nominated as one of the seven members of the Fed's board of governors. Bowman is nominated to become a Fed governor ...

Apr 16 (OPTA) - The PGA Fedex Cup Rankings on Apr 15 Rnk Prv Total 1. (1) Justin Thomas (US) 1769 2. (2) Patton Kizzire (US) 1329 3. (3) Bubba Watson (US) 1281 4. (4) Phil Mickelson (US) 1248 5. (7) Dustin Johnson (US) 1176 6. (5) Patrick Reed (US) 1161 7.

Designer Karl Lagerfeld is 'fed up' with #MeToo movement

Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a conservationist famous for her work rearing baby elephants in Kenya and fighting for the protection of the species, has died aged 83, her family said today."Daphne passed away the evening of the 12th April after a long battle with ...