तनाव के बीच भी मुस्कराते दिखे प्रधानमंत्री मोदी, कहा- न भारत रुकेगा न उसका विकास

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने जब गुरुवार को लाखों भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं से नमो ऐप के जरिए संवाद किया, वह आत्मविश्वास से भरे दिख रहे थे।

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इसरो के उपग्रह पाकिस्तान के 87 फीसदी इलाके पर रख सकते हैं पैनी नजर

भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच इस वक्त तनाव चरम पर है। भारत का एक पायलट अभिनंदन पाकिस्तान के कब्जे में है और पूरे देश में उसकी रिहाई के लिए आवाजें उठ रही हैं।

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पाकिस्तान ने LoC पर फिर दागे गोले, पूंछ सहित सीमा पर कई सेक्टरों को बनाया निशाना, एक की मौत

एयर स्ट्राइक से बौखलाए पाकिस्तान ने बुधवार को दूसरे दिन भी एलओसी पर सेना की चौकियों तथा रिहायशी इलाकों को निशाना बनाकर गोलाबारी की। सेना ने मुंहतोड़ जवाब दिया है। हालांकि, इसमें किसी प्रकार के जानी नुकसान की खबर नहीं है।

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गिरफ्तार होंगे आम्रपाली के सीएमडी अनिल शर्मा समेत तीन निदेशक, SC ने दिया आदेश

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने रियल एस्टेट कंपनी आम्रपाली समूह के तीन निदेशकों को गिरफ्तार करने का आदेश दिया है। इसके साथ ही इन तीनों की निजी संपत्ति की भी कुर्की होगी।

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Air Force Pilot Will Be Released Tomorrow, Says Pak PM Imran Khan

Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman, taken captive by Pakistan yesterday, will be released tomorrow as a "gesture of peace", Imran Khan has declared. The Pakistan Prime Minister was speaking...

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IAF, Army, Navy Joint Media Address Today, 1st After India-Pak Escalation

The Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) are today expected to brief the press for the first time amid tension between India and Pakistan.

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Mi TV 4A Pro 32, Mi Sports Bluetooth Earphones Basic Launched in India

Xiaomi at it Redmi Note 7 and Redmi Note 7 Pro launch event also launched two more products – the Mi TV 4A Pro 32 and the Mi Sports Bluetooth Earphones Basic.

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IAF Wing commander Abhinandan comes back home tomorrow

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Tata Motors launches 2019 edition of Hexa, price starts at Rs 12.99 lakh

NEW DELHI: Tata Motors Thursday said it has launched the 2019 edition of its SUV Hexa with price ranging between Rs 12.99 lakh and Rs 18.36 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).The updated model now comes with various additional features like a seven-inch touchscreen infotainment system with android auto connectivity across variants."Our versatile SUV Hexa has caught the imagination of the country with its distinctive on-road and off-road capabilities and has witnessed a strong traction in the market," Tata Motors Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Customer Support, Passenger Vehicles Business Unit S N Barman said in a statement.The company is confident that this new edition will help it take forward its brand promise of offering customers aspirational products with the next level of design and technology, he added.Tata Motors had launched Hexa in January, 2017.

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24 Pakistani Jets Tried To Cross Over, Stopped By 8 Air Force Fighters

As India waits for the release of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who is in Pakistan's custody, exclusive details have emerged on the unprecedented air combat operation along the Line of Control,...

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Will Consider Returning Indian Pilot If It Leads To "De-Escalation": Pak

Pakistan today said that it is willing to consider returning the Indian Air Force pilot it captured if this leads to de-escalation in tensions between the two countries. The pilot was captured...

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Govt keen on amalgamation of PSBs to create globally competitive, healthy large banks: Arun Jaitley

The government is following the policy of amalgamating public sector banks to create healthy large banks which are globally competitive, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday.He said the NPA situation of PSU banks has improved in the last 2-3 quarters and the NDA government has ended the practice of "phone banking" and has maintained arm's length by not interfering in the functioning of lenders."In order to make them (banks) sound, whether it is legislative steps or important steps like creating healthy large banks, which can be globally competitive, the government is also gradually following the policy of amalgamation...," Jaitley said at an Indian Banks' Association (IBA) event.The minister said the non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans had initially gone up because of truthful disclosure requirements which ensured that there was no sweeping of bad loans under the carpet.Moreover, he said the Reserve Bank insisted that banks should provision for all stressed assets so that only sound banks survive."The NPA curve has gone down in the last two-three quarters," he said.Since 2014-15, PSU banks have recovered Rs 2.87 lakh crore bad loans up till December 2018.In the first nine months of current fiscal, the amount recovered by state-owned banks stood at Rs 98,493 crore, a 100 per cent growth over the previous year.Asked about the future plans for amalgamation, SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar said "three are already in the process and April 1 is the date. The success of this merger will determine the future course."In January, the Cabinet had approved the merger of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB). This will make BoB the third largest PSU bank after State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank.Kumar further said the situation for public sector banks is "looking much better" with declining NPAs and improving profitability.On the rise in credit offtake, Kumar said: "If you look at RBI statistics, the industry has been growing at around 15-16 per cent and that trend will continue".

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Lenovo Z6 Pro to Launch in June With 5G Support, HyperVision Camera

Lenovo Z6 Pro will launch in June with 5G support and a HyperVision camera, the company's VP revealed at a presentation during Mobile World Congress 2019, in Barcelona.

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Sensex, Nifty Fall For Third Day Dragged By IT, Auto Stocks

Domestic equity benchmarks clocked their third day of losses in a row dragged by selling pressure in information technology and automobile heavyweights.

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For Pilot Captured By Pakistan, A Message from Kargil Hero Nachiketa

Amid concern over the Indian Air Force pilot held captive by Pakistan, Nachiketa, the airman who was in Pakistani captivity during the 1999 Kargil conflict has also put out a strong message for his...

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Chris Gayle Destroys Records In Six-Fest, Kings XI Punjab Ecstatic

Chris Gayle was in sensational form as he blasted 162 runs off 97 balls against England in Grenada.

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State governments should not look at aviation sector through centre versus state prism: Suresh Prabhu

NEW DELHI: States across the country will be the beneficiaries of the expanding aviation sector, and should consequently not look it through a centre versus state prism, Union minister Suresh Prabhu on Thursday said."States will be the biggest beneficiaries (of expanding aviation sector). So we should not look at it as you against us. Because we (centre) can say this is your problem," the Civil Aviation minister said at "Wings 2019", a conference organised by his ministry and FICCI.Noting that both the Centre and state should have a common platform for expanding aviation sector, he said every problem of the sector is "our" problem "because when people vote for the central government or state government, the voters are the same, it is just that they choose different governments".He said, "Aviation is a subject where you can not make the mission possible for letting everyone fly, unless we can make state governments part of this process. They will be partners in progress. They should be beneficiary in progress. They should be drivers of this progress."Prabhu said that the central government's regional connectivity scheme "UDAN would never have taken off and would have still been grounded had there been no state participation".The regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) seeks to connect unserved and under-served airports as well as make flying affordable.Prabhu said, "State governments should not be used only as emergency landing platforms but states should regularly benefit from this. So, we really look forward to states becoming, regular, permanent, and active partners with us to make it the reality."Talking about third set of bidding under UDAN scheme that finished a few weeks before, he said, "UDAN 3 is the landmark event because for the first time, the planes which will land on water, will also work. And for the first time, UDAN has taken off to cross India's national geographical boundaries to go into the other countries.""These are two significant events and now we want to find out more ideas that can come in so that we can actually take it forward," he added.

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AirAsia announces launch of new technology centre in Bengaluru

MUMBAI: Malaysian budget airlines group AirAsia Thursday announced the launch of a new technology centre in Bengaluru to help it design and create custom-built solutions for the group's airline and digital businesses.The move is a part of the global initiatives that the company is exploring to drive its digital transformation, a release said.India is a source for innovation and cutting-edge technology, and offers us tremendous growth potential when it comes to our mission to develop an all-encompassing travel technology ecosystem," said Aireen Omar, AirAsia deputy group deputy chief executive officer for technology and digital, at the launch of the new facility.The centre will deploy a team of around 35 AirAsias software engineering and technology (AASET) experts, who would work to streamline the airlines digital assets such as its website and mobile app along with creating and implementing new products and enhancements such as the new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot, among others, for a seamless journey."We look forward to further developing our team of specialist software engineers, analysts and product development teams in the region," Omar added.The opening of AirAsias new technology centre demonstrates the airlines commitment to building world-class technology in the country, said Sunil Bhaskaran, managing director and chief executive officer AirAsia India.Indias skilled manpower can address the requirements of the global market - at the same time adding value to the Indian ICT industry and helping to strengthen the industry ecosystem," he added.The Bengaluru-based low cost AirAsia India is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Sons and AirAsia group.

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Wreckage Of Downed Pak F-16 Seen In PoK

Sources in the Air Force (IAF) have confirmed that metal piece seen in the image is part of the F-16 wreckage.

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Blog: Modi Has Pak On Back Foot, What Should Follow Now

The subcontinent has been sitting on a nuclear powder-keg which has kept India and Pakistan from fighting full-scale conventional wars. It is essential that India act quickly to de-escalate the...

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Bipasha Basu Takes Us Inside Sister Vijayeta's Dream Wedding

The video which Bipasha Basu shared gives a sneak peek of the dreamy wedding

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"Even BJP Supporters Are Ashamed": Akhilesh Yadav On PM's Video-Con

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday lashed out at the BJP for going ahead with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to party workers through a mega video-conference amid escalating...

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अभिनंदन पर पाकिस्तान का नया पैंतरा, भारत की दो-टूक, बिना शर्त हो रिहाई

सरकार का कहना है कि पाकिस्तानी वायु सेना ने विशेष तौर पर भारतीय सैन्य ठिकानों को निशाना बनाया जबकि हमने केवल जैश-ए-मोहम्मद के शिविर को निशाना बनाया।

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पाकिस्तानी मीडिया ने लिखा- हमारी जमीं पर गिरने के बावजूद अभिनंदन ने दिखाया गजब का हौसला

विमान का मलबा रज्जाक के घर से एक किलोमीटर दूर जाकर गिरा। उन्होंने एक पैराशूट को जमीन पर आते हुए देखा। जिसने उनके घर से एक किलोमीटर दूर लैंडिंग की थी।

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डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने कहा भारत-पाक तनाव जल्द होगा खत्म, हम कर रहे हैं मध्यस्थता

भारत और पाकिस्तान की सरहद पर तनावपूर्ण स्थिति के मद्देनजर अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने गुरुवार को कहा कि कुछ "आकर्षक और यथोचित उचित समाचार" आएगा।

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भारतीय सैन्य प्रतिष्ठानों को निशाना न बनाने का पाकिस्तान का दावा झूठा: रक्षा मंत्रालय

भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच एक हवाई संघर्ष के बाद पाकिस्तान ने बुधवार को भारतीय वायुसेना के एक पायलट को हिरासत में ले लिया था।

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आयकर रिफंड के लिए बैंक खातों को पैन से जोड़ना जरूरी, 1 मार्च से लागू होगा नियम

आयकर विभाग अगले महीने से सिर्फ ई-रिफंड जारी करेगा। यह रिफंड सीधे करदाताओं के बैंक खातों में भेजा जाएगा। इसके लिए करदाताओं को अपने बैंक खाते को पैन से जोड़ना (लिंक) होगा।

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No Deal On Pilot Captured By Pak, Want Him Back Immediately: Sources

There will be "no deal" on the Indian Air Force pilot captured by Pakistan, sources said today, adding that India expected his immediate return.

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At Kumbh Mela, UP Eyes Guinness Record For "Largest Parade Of Buses"

According to an official, the parade of 500 buses would be the longest anywhere in the world ad will make new Guinness World Record.

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Uncle Sam steps in: Trump hints at 'good news' from India & Pak

President Donald Trump voiced confidence that the hostilities between India and Pakistan would end soon, saying he has some "reasonably decent" news with the US involved in trying to help reduce tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.In his opening statement at a press conference at the end of his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un here, Trump said the US has some "reasonably attractive news" from Pakistan and India."We have been involved in trying to help them (India and Pakistan) stop and we have some reasonably decent news," he told the reporters."I think hopefully that (tensions) could be coming to an end, it has been going on for a long time," Trump said.Tensions have escalated between India and Pakistan in the wake of the Pulwama attack by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).The US president said that there is a lot of "dislike" (between India and Pakistan).India carried out air strikes against the biggest training camp of JeM in Balakot. In the operation, a very large number of JeM terrorists, trainers, senior commanders and groups of jihadis who were being trained for suicide attacks were eliminated. The facility at Balakot was headed by Yousuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of the JeM chief.Pakistan on Wednesday claimed it shot down two Indian fighter jets over Pakistani air space and arrested a pilot.Forty CRPF personnel were killed and many injured on February 14 in one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir when a JeM suicide bomber rammed a vehicle carrying over 100 kg of explosives into their bus in Pulwama district.

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Karachi Bakery In Bengaluru Gets Call Threatening To Blow It Up Over Name

The Karachi Bakery manager in Bengaluru outlet has claimed that he recieved a call to 'blast the store' if the word 'Karachi' not removed from the name board.

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Animal spirits suggest tame start for India economy

by Anirban NagIndia’s economy started the New Year still hungover from the sluggish showing in end-2018, stoking expectations for more monetary stimulus from the central bank.A set of indicators tracked by Bloomberg to measure “animal spirits” -- a term coined by British economist John Maynard Keynes to refer to investors’ confidence in taking action -- showed weaker indicators outnumber stronger ones 4-3 in January. A pullback in exports and business activity weighed on sentiment.While India’s inflation-targeting central bank cut interest rates earlier this month to prop up economic growth, Governor Shaktikanta Das kept the door open for more when he noted that “growth impulses have weakened and there is a need to spur private investment and strengthen private consumption.”While a rates review is scheduled for April, a pulse check for the economy is due later Thursday, when the government will release gross domestic product data for the quarter ended December. Economists forecast expansion to have slowed to 6.8 percent from 7.1 percent in the previous quarter.Here’s a breakdown of what the indicators suggest:Business ActivityThe seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Composite PMI Index was unchanged at 53.6 in January. While the manufacturing sector was in robust shape, the dominant services sector, which contributes more than 50 percent of GDP, showed signs of cooling.A key factor that kept a check on services activity was a softer expansion in new work, with companies noting only a moderate increase in sales. 68199023 ExportsOn a sequential basis, exports declined in January from a month ago. While shipments grew 3.7 percent on an annualized basis, economists doubt the pick up will be sustained as the global economy slows.With exports continuing to trail imports, India’s trade deficit widened in January from a month ago. In other words, the resultant negative net exports will likely be a drag on GDP.Consumer ActivityConsumer demand was stunted with passenger cars and two-wheeler sales taking a knock in January. Sridhar V, a partner at Grant Thornton India LLP, attributed this to the higher cost of finance and a shortage of loans from India’s shadow banking sector that is still recovering from the effects of a default by a peer last year.Shadow banks, which accounted for 30 percent of all advances in the economy over the past three years, are grappling with high cost of funds, which in turn have led to steeper lending rates for customers. Still, demand for bank loans grew 14.5 percent in January from a year earlier, according to Reserve Bank of India data.The Citi India Financial Conditions Index, a liquidity indicator, showed a slight rise in January, but overall conditions remained pretty tight to boost consumption. The index includes gauges such as short-term money market rates, government bond yields and credit default spreads. 68199025 Industrial ActivityGrowth in India’s core infrastructure sector, which constitutes 40 percent of total industrial production, slowed to an 18-month low of 2.6 percent in December as steel and crude oil output declined.Industrial production, however, showed some signs of a recovery. The index rose 2.4 percent in December from a year earlier, with the uptick largely coming on the back of growth in the manufacturing sector.

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Hughes Communications India gets flight and maritime connectivity licence

Hughes Communications India (HCIL) Thursday said it has received Flight and Maritime Connectivity licence from the government, that authorises it to offer high-quality broadband services in ships and aircraft, within Indian territory.With this, HCIL becomes the first company to be granted the Flight and Maritime Connectivity (FMC) licence in India by the telecom department, after the government notified rules for in-flight, maritime mobile phone services in December last year.HCIL is a majority-owned subsidiary of broadband network and services provider Hughes Network Systems."The first company to be granted the FMC licence in India, HCIL is now authorised to provide in-flight connectivity and high-quality broadband services to Indian and foreign airlines and shipping companies operating within Indian territory," HCIL said in a statement.The company has already set up a base mobility platform and is in talks to enhance the services in India, it added. The statement did not divulge details about potential tie-ups with specific airlines, likely tariffs, or timeframe in which the services could be available.A source however said the connectivity could be in place in about three months for in-flight services, and before that for ships.Once the alliances with airlines are in place, travellers will be able to stay connected during a flight with internet access and possibly also have voice services through apps during air travel within Indian territory, the source said.The FMC licence has been granted for a period of 10 years, and HCIL will pay spectrum charges based on revenue earned from providing these services, which can be delivered using both satellites and telecom networks on the ground.HCIL will provide FMC services in India operating over domestic and foreign satellites permitted by the Department of Space, the statement said.Since the policy was first published by regulatory authorities in mid-December 2018, it has generated a lot of interest from India's maritime and airline industries and HCIL looks forward to supporting them in the rapidly growing opportunity for in-flight and maritime connectivity services, the statement said.Commenting on the development, Partho Banerjee, President & Managing Director at Hughes Communications India said: "We stand ready operationally to initiate high quality broadband services for both airlines and maritime operators, including having the availability of ubiquitous satellite coverage across Indian airspace and territorial waters".According to Euroconsult, over 23,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to their passengers by 2027, up from 7,400 aircraft in 2017.Northern Sky Research's Aeronautical SatCom Market's 2017 report predicts that by the end of 2019, broadband VSAT connectivity will be installed on one out of every three commercial passenger aircraft and will rise to two out of every three by the end of 2026.Fuelled by rising demand for broadband connectivity, this installed base is estimated to generate over USD 32 billion in revenue over the next decade, as air travel continues its rise around the world.The connectivity needs in maritime industry are also growing leaps and bounds.An increasing number of vessels are looking to stay connected to provide their crew and passengers high-speed internet access, monitoring weather patterns to cut fuel costs, filing regulatory documents, ordering supplies from sea to save time in port, and generating business intelligence.Over 44,242 ships are equipped with Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) in 2018, double the last recorded number in 2013, the Hughes statement said citing data by Comsys.

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Convenience store chain 7-Eleven to enter India through Future Group

MUMBAI: 7-Eleven, the world's largest convenience store chain, has signed a master franchise agreement with Future Group that will open and manage the eponymous brand stores in India, one of the fastest-growing retail markets.Future Retail's subsidiary SHME Food Brands will open newer stores as well as convert existing locations to the 7-Eleven brand, starting this year. The retailer that has nearly 67,000 stores world over including 7-Eleven among other retail formats, said products mainly in beverages, snacks and fresh foods with local recipes will be part of the initial convenience offering.“This strategic relationship offers an excellent opportunity to bring 7-Eleven’s brand of convenience and its iconic products to the Indian consumer,” 7-Eleven Inc. International Head Ken Wakabayashi, said. "7-Eleven will support Future Retail Ltd to implement and localize the unique 7-Eleven business model," he added in the statement.ET was the first to break the news of the impending partnership in its Feb 14 edition.The Japanese-owned, US-headquartered 7-Eleven generates nearly a third of its sales in the Asian country. The Future Group's latest move will be pitched against round-the-clock convenience store chain Twenty Four Seven, promoted by Modi Entreprises and In & Out, which is run by state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd.“7-Eleven, Inc. is among the most iconic global brands in the food retail landscape. We are proud to bring this globally trusted convenience store to India and build new pathways together that will offer Indian customers greater convenience and choices, within their own neighbourhood,” said Kishore Biyani, founder of Future Group, which runs 1,444 stores in 409 cities, and generates most of its revenue from food and grocery retailing.It already has three smaller store brands--Easy Day, Heritage Retail, and Nilgiri's--that have been acquired in the past few years and contribute 15% to sales. It plans to have 10,000 small stores in the next few years in the country where kiranas or local grocers with small format outlets still account for nearly 90% of the all consumer products sales.Globally too, corner shops including 7-Eleven in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and Singapore, Lawson in Japan and Oxxo in Mexico are among the largest retailers in their respective markets, reflecting the growing business of small outlets in several countries despite the presence of international supermarket and hypermarket chains. Since 2012, most of the large grocery retailers in the country have reduced store sizes by 13-35% to drive more profit through higher revenue per square feet.A recent report by Antique Broking expects Future Group's small-store business to breakeven at an ebidta (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation) level by the end of FY19. A year ago, Trent Hypermarket, a joint venture between the Tata Group and Tesco exited its small store business that operated under the Star Daily brand.Future Consumer, also sells its own brands of snacks, cookies and other packaged foods, can piggyback on global chain to push its wares beyond Big Bazaar stores. The FMCG arm already gets about a quarter of its sales from about 120,000 general stores.

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Redmi Note 7 Pro With 48-Megapixel Camera, Snapdragon 675 Launched in India

Redmi Note 7 Pro is here. The Redmi Note 7 Pro price in India has been set starting Rs. 13,999.

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Redmi Note 7 With Dual Rear Cameras, 4,000mAh Battery Launched in India

Redmi Note 7 has finally been launched in India. Redmi Note 7 price in India will start at Rs. 9,999.

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Samsung Galaxy M30 First Impressions

Samsung M30 offers triple rear cameras, a Super AMOLED display, and a large battery with fast charging support at a competitive price point.

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शाम पांच बजे थल और वायु सेना की प्रेस कॉन्फ्रेंस, ट्रंप ने दिया बड़ा संकेत

भारतीय सेना ने पाकिस्तान की सरजमीं पर स्थित जैश-ए-मोहम्मद आतंकी संगठन के कैपों को नेस्तनाबूद कर दिया था। जिसके बाद पाकिस्तान ने भी जवाबी कार्रवाई की कोशिश की लेकिन वह इसमें नाकाम रहा।

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प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने कहा- आज पूरा देश एक है और हमारे जवानों के साथ खड़ा है

प्रधानमंत्री नमो एप के जरिए देश भर के अपने पार्टी कार्यकर्ताओं, स्वयंसेवियों(वॉलंटियर्स) और समर्थकों के साथ सीधा संवाद कर रहे है।। 

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अभिनंदन वर्तमान ने मार गिराया था पाकिस्तान का एफ-16 विमान

पाकिस्तान को जवाब देने के लिए भारत की तरफ से दो मिग21 और सुखोई 30एमकेआई लड़ाकू विमानों का कॉम्बैट एयर पेट्रोल लांच किया गया।

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सामने आया पाकिस्तान का एक और झूठ, सामने आई एफ-16 विमान की तस्वीर

पाकिस्तान न केवल अपने किसी विमान को गिराए जाने से इनकार कर रहा है बल्कि उसकी सेना के प्रवक्ता का यहां तक कहना है कि बुधवार को उनकी तरफ से एफ16 का इस्तेमाल ही नहीं हुआ।

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सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने 11.8 लाख वनवासियों और आदिवासियों को बेदखल करने के आदेश पर लगाई रोक

उच्चतम न्यायालय ने 11.8 लाख वनवासियों और आदिवासियों को बेदखल करने के 21 राज्यों को दिए गए 13 फरवरी के निर्देश पर रोक लगाई है। 

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भारत ने पाकिस्तान को सौंपा पुलवामा हमले का सबूत, कहा- मसूद अजहर को गिरफ्तार करे पाक

पाकिस्तान के कार्यवाहक उच्चायुक्त को विदेश मंत्रालय ने पाकिस्तानी वायुसेना द्वारा भारतीय सैन्य प्रतिष्ठानों को निशाना बनाने पर कड़ा विरोध दर्ज कराने के लिए तलब किया था।

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पाक की गिरफ्त में रहे इन जांबाजों की कहानी है खौफनाक, पार कर दी थीं बर्बरता की सारी हदें

पाकिस्तान की बर्बरता के तीन बड़े उदाहरण हैं स्क्वाड्रन लीडर अजय आहूजा, कैप्टन सौरभ कालिया। हालांकि फ्लाइट लेफ्टिनेंट नचिकेता वापस लौट आए थे।

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जेएनयू देशद्रोह मामलाः वीडियो फुटेज देखना चाहती है अदालत, 11 मार्च तक टाली सुनवाई

जवाहर लाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय (जेएनयू) में देशविरोधी नारे लगाने के मामले में दिल्ली की पटियाला हाउस कोर्ट ने आज सुनवाई करते हुए पुलिस से वीडियो फुटेज अदालत में पेश करने को कहा है।

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पाक सेना की हिरासत में भी दिलेर दिखे लहूलुहान विंग कमांडर अभिनंदन

विंग कमांडर अभिनंदन वर्द्धमान को अपनी हिरासत में लेने के बाद पाकिस्तान ने बुधवार को पहले दो वीडियो जारी की थीं।

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देश जांबाज अभिनंदन की वापसी के लिए व्याकुल और प्रधान सेवक सत्ता वापसी के लिए: कांग्रेस

रणदीप सुरजेवाला ने ट्वीट कर कहा कि देश जाबांज विंग कमांडर अभिनंदन की अविलंब सुरक्षित वापसी को व्याकुल है और प्रधान सेवक सत्ता वापसी के लिए।

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अमेरिका ने आतंकी ठिकानों पर भारत के हवाई हमलों का किया समर्थन, डोभाल से की बात

अमेरिका में भारत के राजदूत हर्षवर्धन श्रृंगला का कहना है कि भारत किसी भी आतंकवादी कृत्य पर चुप नहीं रहेगा और आतंकवाद की सभी घटनाओं का ‘माकूल जवाब’ देना भारत के लिए कोई नई बात नहीं है।

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सेना पर आपतिजनक पोस्ट करने वाले की तलाश

सेना पर आपतिजनक पोस्ट करने वाले की तलाश

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गर्मी से पहले ही पेयजल संकट, पब्लिक परेशान

गर्मी से पहले ही पेयजल संकट, पब्लिक परेशान

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अब सामूहिक विवाह में दंपति को मिलेंगे 51 हजार

अब सामूहिक विवाह में दंपति को मिलेंगे 51 हजार

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झांसी कानपुर रेलवे ट्रैक पर ट्रेनें निरस्त होने से बढ़ीं यात्रियों की मुसीबत

झांसी कानपुर रेलवे ट्रैक पर ट्रेनें निरस्त होने से बढ़ीं यात्रियों की मुसीबत

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पड़ोसी ने परिवार पर फेंका तेजाब, पांच झुलसे

पड़ोसी ने परिवार पर फेंका तेजाब, पांच झुलसे

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पांच से पैंतीस हजार की कीमत वाले मोबाइल बरामद

पांच से पैंतीस हजार की कीमत वाले मोबाइल बरामद

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आतंकी पर भारतीय सेना की कार्रवाई से खुश से झूम रहे लोग

आतंकी पर भारतीय सेना की कार्रवाई से खुश से झूम रहे लोग

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कोच में अज्ञात वाहन की टक्कर से बाइक सवार की मौत

कोच में अज्ञात वाहन की टक्कर से बाइक सवार की मौत

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ट्रक ने मारुति में मारी टक्कर दो घायल

ट्रक ने मारुति में मारी टक्कर दो घायल

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पहाड़ों की बर्फबारी, अन्नदाता पर पड़ रही भारी

पहाड़ों की बर्फबारी, अन्नदाता पर पड़ रही भारी

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गलियां बनी कूड़ा घर, गंदगी से बुरा हाल

गलियां बनी कूड़ा घर, गंदगी से बुरा हाल

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बच्चों से एमडीएम और शिक्षा की जानकारी की

बच्चों से एमडीएम और शिक्षा की जानकारी की

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विज्ञान का उपयोग मानव हित में करें-डीएम

विज्ञान का उपयोग मानव हित में करें-डीएम

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राठ रोड ओवरब्रिज पर संकेतांक लागाने के दिए निर्देश

राठ रोड ओवरब्रिज पर संकेतांक लागाने के दिए निर्देश

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संवेदनशील व अतिसंवेदनशील बूथों का करे निरीक्षण

संवेदनशील व अतिसंवेदनशील बूथों का करे निरीक्षण

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विज्ञान का उपयोग मानव हित में करें : डीएम

जिला स्तरीय विज्ञान महोत्सव का आयोजन

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किसान से मोबाइल लूटने वाले को चार साल की कैद

खेत से लौटते समय साथी के साथ सरिया मारकर लूट लिया था मोबाइल

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वाहन की टक्कर से बाइक सवार की मौत

चंर्दुरा गांव के पास की घटना, दो माह पहले ही हुई थी शादी

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मामूली सी बात पर हुआ विवाद, पड़ोसी ने एक परिवार के पांच लोगों पर फेंका तेजाब

यूपी के उरई (जालौन) जिले में मामूली सी बात पर पड़ोसियों के बीच विवाद हो गया। देखते ही देखते कहासुनी मारपीट में तब्दील हो गई। एक पक्ष का आरोप है कि शराब के नशे में पड़ोसी ने उसके परिवार पर तेजाब फेंक दिया।

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"We Have Some Reasonably Decent News From India, Pakistan": Donald Trump

US President Donald Trump has said "we have some reasonably decent news from India and Pakistan" amid tension between the two countries over the past two days.

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New Pics From Akash Ambani's Swiss Party, Featuring Alia, Ranbir, Others

The Ambani bash for Akash and his fiancée Shloka Mehta in Switzerland is being held at St Moritz

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"India Will Fight As One, India Will Win As One": PM On Mega Video-Con

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ignored opposition attacks to address millions of workers of his BJP today amid India-Pakistan tension, and said: "India will fight as one, India will win as one." The...

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US, Britain And France Move UNSC To Ban Masood Azhar. Over To China

Amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan over Islamabad's denial and duplicity over terror groups flourishing under its watch, a fresh proposal by the US, UK and France has been submitted at...

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Samsung Galaxy M30 With Triple Rear Cameras Launched in India

Samsung Galaxy M30 price in India starts at Rs. 14,990, and it packs triple rear cameras and a Super AMOLED display.

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BS Yeddyurappa Tries To Explain "22 Lok Sabha Seats" Remark Amid Outrage

Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa today said he was quoted "out of context" amid criticism over his comment that that India's air strike on a terror camp in Pakistan on Tuesday has created a wave in...

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Fatima Bhutto Seeks Release Of Indian Air Force Pilot Captured By Pak

Author Fatima Bhutto, the grand daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Wednesday asked the Imran Khan government to release an Indian Air Force pilot captured after an air...

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India Will Stand As One, India Will Work As One, Says PM Modi: Live Updates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with over 1 crore Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and volunteers from 15,000 locations across the country today. The party claimed this would be the...

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US Stand Seen As "Endorsement" Of India, "Emboldened Them": Pak Envoy

Pakistan's ambassador to Washington today said that the United States has not condemned India's air strikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp on Tuesday, saying the stance "emboldened" New Delhi. The...

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Samsung Galaxy A50, Galaxy A30, and Galaxy A10 Debut in India

Samsung Galaxy A50 price in India starts at Rs. 19,990, while the Galaxy A30 price is set at Rs. 16,990 and Galaxy A10 is priced at Rs. 8,490.

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"I Beg To Differ": Minister VK Singh On Colleague BS Yeddyurappa's Remark

IAF Strike In Pakistan: Union Minister VK Singh today put out a sharp and public rebuke for his own party colleague, Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, who has been widely condemned for saying that...

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How India's Legacy Fighter Downed Pak F-16: 10 Things About MiG-21 Bison

The MiG-21 Bison fighter jet of the Indian Air Force that shot down an advanced American-origin F-16 of the Pakistani Air Force today was a highly upgraded version of the Vietnam-era Soviet jet. A...

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Court Orders National Herald Publisher To Vacate Delhi Building

The publisher of the Congress-linked National Herald newspaper must vacate its office in the capital, the Delhi High Court said today, cancelling a petition by the publisher against a December order...

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Buttler Saluting Cottrell Might Be The Best Trolling You've Ever Seen

Jos Buttler hit the most sixes in an ODI innings for England with 12 as he went from 51 to his hundred in 15 balls.

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"Betrayal Of National Sentiments": Opposition United On PM's Video-Con

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with over 1 crore BJP workers and volunteers from 15,000 locations across the country today in what the party claims will be the "world's largest video...

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Review: Femme Fatale Priyanka Chopra In 'Isn't It Romantic?'

Isn't It Romantic? Movie Review: Rebel Wilson hits the right notes, nowhere more so than in the lively 'I want to dance with somebody who loves me' duel with Priyanka Chopra, in this feel-good satire

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Samjhauta Express Suspended Indefinitely By Pakistan; India Not Aware

Authorities in Islamabad have indefinitely suspended the Samjhauta Express, a decades-old train service between India and Pakistan. A statement by Pakistan's foreign office said that the train service...

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Pak Violates Ceasefire In Jammu And Kashmir, Schools Along LoC Closed

Pakistan violated ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing and heavy shelling of mortars along the Line of Control this morning.

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Samsung Galaxy A50 and Galaxy A30 Will Launch in India at These Prices

Samsung A50 and Samsung A30 price in India will be officially revealed on Thursday, but Gadgets 360 has pricing info before everyone else.

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Mukesh Ambani's plan to become India's retail king has a problem

By Ari AltstedterThere’s a wrinkle in plans made by Asia’s richest man to take on Amazon.com Inc and Walmart Inc on his home turf in India: his telecom and retail businesses can’t share data.Billionaire Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd., has outlined how he will marry the might of his group’s 9,900-plus retail stores and 280-million strong telecom user base to bolster his e-commerce venture. A senior Reliance executive says that any data sharing on customers between the two, could run into a legal wall.“They are different companies so there are data privacy rules,” Ashwin Khasgiwala, Reliance Retail Ltd.’s chief financial officer said at a conference in Mumbai on Tuesday. “They’re different platforms,” he said while declining to elaborate on how the group plans to overcome it.While its brick-and-mortar retail businesses are housed in Reliance Retail, the telecom operations are in a separate legal entity Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. Legal hurdles in sharing information can stymie a variety of lucrative uses of that data to sell more products to customers.Ambani, who calls data the ‘new oil’ and has warned of ‘data colonization’ by overseas firms in India, can potentially find workarounds for the legal snarl. One option would be to merge the two Reliance units.Data sharing between “two legal entities is going to be very difficult,” said Abheek Singhi, head of Boston Consulting Group’s consumer practice in India. “My view would be at some point in time, at least from a legal entity perspective, it will come together.”

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How our IAF pilot landed in enemy territory

NEW DELHI: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s actions have set the tone for the Indian Air Force’s approach in an air battle if the standoff with Pakistan escalates.Details of the aerial combat on Wednesday morning suggests the MiG21 combat pilot locked and fired at a Pakistani F16 target along the Line of Control.Sources who did not wish to be named said the engagement started when at least ten Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft were seen heading for military targets along LoC. A combat air patrol, which had at least two MiG21 fighter jets and Su30MKI fighters, was launched from the Indian side to engage them.Varthaman managed to let off a short-range R73 missile against an intruding F16, which brought it down. During the engagement, his MiG21 crossed LoC to retain the lockin on the target and was shot down either by a surface-to-air missile or another Pakistani jet. Sources said the Pakistani jet was a twin-seater and that the fighter formation had taken off from three different bases.The Pak jets retreated without causing any damage in India. “There is corroborating evidence that an F16 engaged was shot down. It was engaged by our MiG21 Bison fighter,” an officer who did not wish to be named said. Pakistan has released videos of Varthaman and pictures of the MiG21, but there is no evidence yet of the downed F16. However, officials said ground troops saw the Pakistani jet going down.Activity has heightened along the Indo-Pak border and commercial flights have been suspended. Sources said IAF has cancelled the leave of all essential personnel and they have been assigned operational duties.Though the next step will be taken by the political leadership, IAF’s options include an escalated air engagement with Pakistan, which has vastly inferior number of combat jets. In case of an escalation, IAF can undertake shallow air raids to draw out PAF jets and engage them with a superior force.

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Who will blink first? India, Pak weigh options

By Iain Marlow and Chris KayAs Asia’s most acrimonious rivals face off, the fate of a captured Indian Air Force pilot may hold the key to whether -- and how -- each side is able to step back from broader conflict.India and Pakistan, which have fought three major wars since the bloody partition of 1947, regularly exchange artillery and small-weapons fire across a disputed border. But the situation that flared up earlier this month escalated dramatically into Wednesday, with the loss of an Indian MiG 21 fighter jet and the pilot later paraded on Pakistani television.While the US, Russia and China are all calling for calm, domestic political pressures make it far from easy for either side in the conflict to back down. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi must contest a general election within weeks, while his counterpart, Imran Khan, faces a military that is seeking to assert its dominance when Pakistan is in the eye of a financial and economic storm.The full political fallout of the exchanges remains unclear, but it’s evident that the capture of a pilot “complicates matters and will heighten tensions,” said Sandeep Shastri, a political scientist and Pro Vice Chancellor at Jain University in Bangalore.Neither country can afford a full-blown conflict, yet neither leader can afford to look weak -- all the more so with their publics whipped into a nationalist frenzy.‘Vulgar display’Still, in an address to the nation, Khan called for India-Pakistan talks to resolve the situation, saying that “better sense should prevail.” A Pakistani official in Washington said his country wants peace and dialogue with India to avoid escalation and confrontation, but he said India must help resolve the underlying conflict over Kashmir.That may in part reflect Pakistan’s greater exposure to the financial and economic fallout. Pakistan’s benchmark stock index plunged as much as 3.8 percent in Karachi, while India’s S&P BSE Sensex was down a mere 0.2 percent in Mumbai after gaining earlier in the day.Any sense of optimism in New Delhi at Khan’s conciliatory stance was undermined by the appearance shortly later of the downed Indian pilot on television, thanking the Pakistani Army for rescuing him from a mob. India’s Foreign Ministry promptly objected to “Pakistan’s vulgar display” of air force personnel “in violation of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention.” It demanded the “immediate and safe return” of the pilot.The Pakistani official in Washington, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the pilot in custody is being treated well and isn’t under duress. Modi, who must contest a general election within weeks, is drawing political capital by using Pakistan as a punching bag, the official said.The Pentagon said in a statement Wednesday that Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan’s “focus is on de-escalating tensions and urging both of the nations to avoid further military action.”The latest incident “puts enormous pressure on the Modi government in India to continue pressing ahead with the cycle of retaliation,” said Pratyush Rao, associate director for India and South Asia at consultancy Control Risks.Airspace shutIndian and Pakistani fighter jets engaged each other early on Wednesday in one of the most serious military confrontations in the fifty years since the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. India and Pakistan each shut parts of their respective airspace in the wake of the action.While skirmishes between both sides are not uncommon, particularly in the disputed Kashmir region in the north, the geopolitical importance of the actors is changing. Pakistan is the main conduit to Afghanistan and enjoys at least nominally good relations with China, while India is aligned with the U.S. and has ambitions to become a true global power.India in particular has transformed since the two countries last faced off in 1999. Now the world’s fastest growing major economy, India’s population of some 1.3 billion is forecast to overtake China’s to become the world’s largest by 2024.New Delhi and Islamabad both say publicly they don’t want the situation to escalate. But domestic politics suggest India and Pakistan may continue to spar regardless. Modi is facing a stiffer contest for re-election this spring than had been projected even a few months back, as he reaches out to his country’s more than 875 million voters at a time of weak job growth. The apparent capture of a pilot exacerbates his dilemma.Burger discountsOn the ground, tensions have run high ever since India blamed Pakistan for a suicide bombing in Kashmir on Feb. 14 that killed 40 Indian paramilitary troops. Some Indian hotels put up signs saying Kashmiris weren’t welcome, while a sitting state governor urged Indians to boycott the state and Kashmiri businesses. After India’s retaliatory airstrikes on Tuesday, an Indian burger chain offered a celebratory 20 percent discount.The early morning raid, when Indian fighter jets crossed into its neighbor’s airspace and bombed what India said was a major terrorist training camp, “was done purely in self defense,” said G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, a lawmaker and spokesman for Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. “India does not have any intention to escalate the fight.”Modi and his government now find themselves in a bind: Unable to concede and yet constrained in its actions by Pakistan’s apparent capture of a pilot, said Michael Kugelman, a senior associate for South Asia at the Wilson Center in Washington.“The bottom line,” he said, is that “Modi can’t afford politically to accept the olive branch that Pakistan has now extended to him.”Pakistan’s militaryFor his part, since coming to power last year on a ticket of transforming his nation, Imran Khan has repeatedly called for peace talks with India -- while running up against a grinding economic malaise that forced him to try to raise funds from China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. His government is also negotiating Pakistan’s 13th International Monetary Fund bailout since the late 1980s. President Donald Trump’s decision to cut some $2 billion in U.S. security aid has also squeezed Pakistan’s defense funding.Fear of Indian dominance continues to dictate strategy in a military that has directly ruled Pakistan for almost half its 71-year history. The army is the nation’s most dominant organization and has long been seen as one of the main obstacles to peace with India. The latest flare-up will likely help boost its case for more spending, said Kamal Alam, a visiting fellow at the London-based Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.It’s just possible that there’s already been an end to the military action, with honor maintained on each side leading to international mediation, said Katharine Adeney, director of the University of Nottingham Asia Research Institute. There’s a caveat, however. “It really depends on how Pakistan uses the captured soldier,” she said.

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NCLAT orders resolution on Essar Steel bid by March 8

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Thursday directed the NCLT Ahmedabad bench to take a decision on the Rs 42,000-crore resolution plan submitted by ArcelorMittal for debt-ridden Essar Steel by March 8.A two-member NCLAT bench, headed by Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, said that if the Ahmedabad bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) fails to pass an order by this deadline, it would call records and pass an order."Adjudicating authority (NCLT) has to pass final order by March 8, failing which this appellate tribunal may call all records including resolution plan approved by committee of creditors (CoC)," said NCLAT.The appellate tribunal has directed to list the matter on March 13 for next hearing.It has also directed the registry of NCLT to communicate this order to the Ahmedabad-based bench and its members.The NCLAT directive came while hearing an application filed by ArcelorMittal whose Rs 42,000-crore takeover proposal of Essar Steel has been approved by the CoC, and is pending before the NCLT for approval.Earlier, on January 29, NCLT Ahmedabad had rejected the debt settlement proposal put forth by the shareholders of Essar Steel saying the offer violates Section 12A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.The NCLT had said that Rs 54,389-crore offer by Essar Steel Asia Holding, which is much higher than the ArcelorMittal's Rs 42,000 crore bid, is not maintainable as the only way to make a proposal is through Section 12A.Essar Steel owns a 10-million-tonne steel mill in Gujarat.

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Lupin launches chronic angina treatment drug in the US

Drug maker Lupin Thursday announced exclusive launch of Ranolazine extended-release (ER) tablets, indicated for the treatment of chronic angina, in the US market.The newly launched product, in strengths of 500 mg and 1,000 mg, is a generic version of Gilead Sciences' Ranexa ER tablets, Lupin said in BSE filing.Quoting IQVIA MAT December 2018 data, Lupin said Ranolazine ER tablets, 500 mg and 1,000 mg had an annual sales of approximately USD 945 million in the US."This is a meaningful product and further strengthens our portfolio of generic products in the US. Launching exclusive and semi-exclusive generics is an important stepping stone as we transition to more complex generics," Lupin Managing Director Nilesh Gupta said."Products like Ranolazine bring significant savings to US consumers and are a key part of our vision to bring exclusive high quality, affordable medicines to the market, he added.Shares of Lupin were trading 0.29 per cent up at Rs 769.95 apiece on BSE.

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NCLAT directs NCLT Ahmedabad to take call on ArcelorMittal's Essar Steel bid by March 8

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) Thursday directed the NCLT Ahmedabad bench to take a decision on the Rs 42,000-crore resolution plan submitted by ArcelorMittal for debt-ridden Essar Steel by March 8.A two-member NCLAT bench, headed by Justice S J Mukhopadhaya, said that if the Ahmedabad bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) fails to pass an order by this deadline, it would call records and pass an order."Adjudicating authority (NCLT) has to pass final order by March 8, failing which this appellate tribunal may call all records including resolution plan approved by committee of creditors (CoC)," said NCLAT.The appellate tribunal has directed to list the matter on March 13 for next hearing.It has also directed the registry of NCLT to communicate this order to the Ahmedabad-based bench and its members.The NCLAT directive came while hearing an application filed by ArcelorMittal whose Rs 42,000-crore takeover proposal of Essar Steel has been approved by the CoC, and is pending before the NCLT for approval.Earlier, on January 29, NCLT Ahmedabad had rejected the debt settlement proposal put forth by the shareholders of Essar Steel saying the offer violates Section 12A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.The NCLT had said that Rs 54,389-crore offer by Essar Steel Asia Holding, which is much higher than the ArcelorMittal's Rs 42,000 crore bid, is not maintainable as the only way to make a proposal is through Section 12A.Essar Steel owns a 10-million-tonne steel mill in Gujarat.

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Modi's second stint as PM may send Sensex 7% higher: Poll

BENGALURU: How Indian shares fare this year will depend heavily on the outcome of national elections in May, with market experts polled by Reuters saying a majority win for the ruling party would be the most favourable outcome for equities. Since hitting a record high of 38,989.65 on August 29, the BSE Sensex has fallen roughly 8 per cent. This year, it is down about 0.3 per cent as there has not been the kind of recovery from late 2018's deep equities selloff that other major stock indices have had. The absence of a 2019 rally partly driven by increasing uncertainty before the election, reflected in a second consecutive cut to 2019's outlook in the latest quarterly Reuters poll of 50 equity strategists. The polling was conducted on February 13-26 before the escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan after both sides said they shot down each other's fighter jets. The Sensex is forecast to gain 2.7 per cent to 36,960 by mid-2019 from Tuesday's close of 35,973.71, just a touch lower than the 37,000 predicted three months ago. The index is then expected to rise to 37,975 by end-2019, a downgrade from 39,400 forecast in November's poll. Late last year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost power in three key states, handing Prime Minister Narendra Modi his biggest electoral defeat since he took office in 2014. "Despite the recent state election outcomes, the base case assumption continues to remain, with the incumbent party coming back to power for another term," said Hitesh Agrawal, retail research head at Religare Broking. "This will be taken positively by the market, which likes certainty and continuity, especially on the policy front. Any other general election outcome will lead to a knee-jerk reaction." RECOUPING LOSSES? But at best, Indian stocks are forecast to only recoup losses they incurred late last year. If the BJP wins a majority of seats, that would help the Sensex gain over 7 per cent in the election's immediate aftermath, according to strategists who answered an additional poll question. However, if BJP falls short of a majority and has to form a coalition to stay in power, Indian stocks are expected to rise only half that much. If the Indian National Congress (INC) party wins a majority, Indian shares were predicted to rise about 2 per cent immediately after the election. But the Sensex is forecast to fall 3 per cent if an INC-led coalition forms the next government. An alliance of regional parties would be the worst outcome, knocking the market down 7.5 per cent in the vote's immediate aftermath, according to the poll replies. Rajat Agarwal, Asia equity strategist at Societe Generale, said the equity market "is sanguine about politics at this point". But while a return of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) under Modi's leadership "should be hailed by the market, equity markets could de-rate in the near-term if the BJP loses", he noted. The tepid outlook for Indian stocks also stems from a slowing domestic economy that has dampened investors' interest in already over-valued stocks. India's economic growth likely slowed again in the final three months of 2018 after a worse-than-expected performance in the prior quarter. The October-December growth number will be reported later on Thursday. The Reserve Bank of India, which surprisingly cut interest rates on February 7, is widely expected to cut them again in coming months, according to a separate Reuters poll. That could also provide a boost to the market. Nearly 90 per cent of strategists who answered a separate question said earnings growth, which has failed to rise at a significant pace over the past four years, will improve. Societe Generale's Agarwal called the elections a "risk event for equity markets in the near-term". But a study of past ones "suggests that beyond the short-term reaction, the equity markets align themselves to the trajectory of corporate earnings", he added. "The medium-term prospects of the equity markets are well supported by the earnings recovery, domestic liquidity and a new private capital expenditure cycle."

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Shankar Sharma: India will likely lag its EM peers

Same government coming back, does not mean much for the market; another government coming back for temporary period might mean a bad thing but market might then end up thinking that new thinking might not be such a bad thing. So we will wait and see, said Shankar Sharma, VC & Joint MD, First Global, in an interview with Nikunj Dalmia of ET Now. 68196059 66931376 66918133 Edited excerpts: What is happening to the world? 2018 was a shaky year. It took everything on the chin. In 2019, has world made a comeback? World is fine. I do not think world has any problem. We can see how China has performed over the last few days. It has put behind trade tensions, trade wars. The world is a very peaceful place. I do not see any problems and I am talking about the world at large, not necessarily in our backyard. Rest of the world seems to be talking progress and economy and rates and jobs and I think the world is in a good place. US is doing very well. Russia and Brazil have performed dramatically well. China, which was a laggard, has in my view now broken out and now you will see a lot of outperformance from China. The world seems to be a great place to put money into equities. Even the US had a very ugly December but do you even remember that now? It has gained back pretty much everything. Even a stock laggard like Apple is now at a three-month high. So things are looking good globally. If things are looking good globally, why is India underperforming? Global trends in 2018 were negative, but we stood tall. Now they are better, but India has to align with global reality? As long as we are going to do all that we are doing, I do not see why India should be bucking the trend that it has seen in the last few months. It is just that stock markets like peace, calm, harmony, progress, discussions around economic issues, discussions around employment, not the stuff that we are largely discussing these days because that is a path to nowhere. Nobody got rich or prosperous discussing war and temples and stuff like that. So I am little worried about the discourse that we have right now, taking us away from what really the country needs and obviously we need to grow a lot faster than we are. We need to have more people coming into the employment net. We need to have companies declaring much better numbers. So we need to focus on the good things but somehow the discussion and discourse in India is a little different. If you were to question that, then obviously you yourself questioned as to why are you taking us away from what we love discussing these days which is border and tension and Pakistan and stuff like that. So, it is okay. We both know that good news and good prices do not come together. Right now news is not very market friendly whether it is geopolitical, earnings, or the promoter front. But do you think it is time to start shopping? My view is that some of the stocks are still fine, some are dodgy. Many corporate groups look extremely dodgy. So there is a mixed bag of players out there. Several of them have corrected which I think is great and if you are brave, you can go and buy them. But I am not prepared to make a big market call and say the worst is over. I could be very wrong on that but that is okay. I am invested. I will be happy if the market rallies and rally sharply from here on. It is just that I do not want to stick my neck out and say that worst is over and blood is on the Street and so let us go and buy some stocks! Like I said, we do not know how the stuff that is currently dominating the chatter, plays out. We do not know how all this affects the elections. There are many imponderables out there. I recognise the fact that sometimes market can work very differently from what people generally anticipate. I am prepared to take that risk and I would rather not stick my neck out and make a big call on where the markets are headed. But there are many stocks that look very attractive and we will stick to that. Let us look at all the scenarios, to understand what the markets are pricing in. Scenario number one – the current government comes back into power in the current avatar. Scenario number two – the current government comes back with outside majority and third is that we see a change of guard and a new government takes over, backed by a different political party. What do you think markets are betting on? So, let us assume the same government comes back. I do not see why that itself should mean a big upmove in the market because if the same government comes back, you will have the same policies, good or bad. I am not making a judgement on that but it will be basically more of the same. In that case, the markets will just replicate or keep going down the path they have gone for the last few years which has been not very bad, but not very good either. So it has been a mixed kind of thing. India has not been a huge outperformer or a huge underperformer barring of course the last couple of months. If the same government comes back, I do not see any cause for the markets to suddenly go up 20% a day because it will be the same thing being repeated all over again. On the other hand, if another government comes to power, the market is now left with a whole new set of things to figure out. Let us say the UPA comes back in some form, in which case the markets might say okay for a minute it is very bad news because we love the current government and any stable government or any existing government going out is generally considered to be a bad thing, but then we had 10 best years of stock market growth and the 10 best years of economic growth under the UPA. So, maybe then it is not so bad. Remember, in the first phase, which was the best phase of the UPA -- UPA-1 -- they had the Left to contend with and despite that we had terrific numbers. The markets in my view will sit and take a deep breath once the numbers are out and in either event, I do not think you are looking at a very substantial up move. If the same government comes back, I think it will be more of the same so it will just continue around the path. Other government sort of comes, it might have a down day but the markets will then sit back and re-examine past data and say it is not that bad and India’s policies for whatever they are worth will still continue and a fresh government might give you some fresh thinking. So it is a complicated question and there are no clear answers, but my sense is that the same government coming back, does not mean much for the market; another government coming back for temporary period might mean a bad thing but market might then end up thinking that maybe new thinking might not be such a bad thing. So we will wait and see. So you are of the view that markets are unlikely to move higher in the short term, the underperformance in India is here to stay. There is a case for anxiety because of geopolitical events and because of election. What kind of picture do you think could emerge in the runup to the election? Is a 10-15% fall likely? Of course. If you are talking 10-15%, I do not think there is anything to discuss. If you are talking a 10-15% decline in markets and you are going to put 10-15-20% of your capital, that is a pretty good area. But I do not think markets are going to decline 10-15% and that is going to be a huge fall if that were to happen! I do not think we are set up for that kind of fall unless something very drastically wrong happens at the border and you do not know how things can happen in such volatile situations. Leaving that aside, I do not think the markets are set for 10-15% decline. If they were to happen, there will be many stocks which will fall 30% and they have already fallen 30-40%. That means you are looking at incrementally 50-60% from the peaks. As long as you are confident of the companies’ numbers and they do not have leverage, you can put money to work in those kind of situations. You have been a big votary of small and midcap stocks. When there is such a negative wave of selling of mid and smallcaps, how would you safeguard your small and midcap portfolio?If anything, I am even more bullish because there are newer companies that I have seen look very good and numbers are very strong. We had stocks falling 30-40% and I have always said that this is a volatile category. If you do not have the stomach to withstand 30-40% fall on your portfolio, then you should not be in this category at all. Rather, you should not be in equities at all! Forget about smallcaps because even largecaps will take a 20% knock. I see any number of very good companies’ numbers for the next 12 months. After even two years in the bag, stocks are down 40-50%. I think you are going to do very well buying a number of them.You have liked the chemical space in the past. There were a lot of chemical stocks in smallcap space which became part of the midcap space. But after the market correction, they have gone back to the smallcap space. Why do you like chemical companies, the so-called old economy B2B businesses which some would say do not have the pricing power?The entire chemical space is very good even now. Look at companies like Vinati Organics or Aarti. These companies have been stellar performers over decades and there are many around. There is a very tiny company which I cannot name, which just in last 12 months went up 20 times. There are so many names like that. If you pick them right, it is a sector which obviously has been very volatile over the last 10-15 years because of chemical prices moving all over the place, but there has been some kind of solidity coming in.You have to figure out these companies. I am figuring out one new company right now as we speak. It is a good overall space and that apart, there are a number of smallcap companies which do not fall into any category. I am looking at a number of them. I mean, I am very optimistic on this space.Should one not get tempted by the price fall in NBFCs? NBFCs now have a balance sheet issue. Never ever say where is the bottom in financials. People keep talking about this was four times book, this is now only two times book or this was two time book and now 0.5 book. You do not have a clue what the book is! Long and short of the whole story is that off balance sheet, there are all kinds of structured transactions. It is a whole black box in terms of balance sheets of financials, not just in India, but across the world and we are probably a little better. In such a ,situation the book is frankly just simply calculable. When you cannot calculate the book, then why waste time calculating price to book? As for NBFCs, I have been very clear even in the boom period that they enjoyed for the last couple of years, that this is not a sector I want to put even one rupee of my capital into and nor would I advise other people to. But of course, it is up to the people to take their chances. It is a sector in which your cost of funds is higher than that of banks and therefore you need to find higher cost borrowers in order to make a reasonable spread. As a result, you go out there lending to people who generally have dodgy credits. That is why the real estate or promoter funding and structured transactions work well when you have a rising market. The moment you have a bear market -- and we have seen a 12 month- 13 month bear market -- the tide recedes and that is when the quality of collaterals is exposed. That is when you start demanding more cash or more collateral and that is when promoters or your borrowers simply do not have additional cash or collateral to give you. Result: your stock prices start to take hits and that is why you have seen all of them collapse. I was looking at the valuations of NBFCs. How can financials trade at seven times book and six times book and eight times book? This is absurd and even after correction they are like three, four times book value! I just do not think it adds up. This sector should trade at book, 1.2 book or 0.8 book. That is pretty much the range it should trade at given the risk in their core business models. But in an euphoria you will find these kind of companies running up a lot. They are just cooling off but I am not sure whether you have seen the bottom here.What to your mind could be the second derivative impact of the slowdown in NBFCs? They were lending to the consumer space, retail space, the Bajaj Finances and some would argue the Cholas of the world. They have created very big consumer retail businesses. Are we in for a sizable slowdown if not in the infrastructure space, but in the consumer/consumption space?Of course, the NBFCs were not really lending to the infra and all those sectors unless it is at the promoter level. But they have lent a lot to real estate and that we all know is in deep strife and a reasonably large part of the consumer boom in India that we have seen in the last three, four years, has been funded by NBFCs. People are not extending credit anymore because whatever the inflows are is simply going to pay off the liability. No net new credit is being created by NBFCs in aggregate. That will have a knock-off effect on consumption for sure. You will see that happen and the stock market did what it did because of the consumption story and not because of any other part of the story. If that slows down, we have a little bit of a pickle on the earnings momentum part.Is India in a Jekyll and Hyde kind of a situation where the good news is that we have corrected, valuations are looking reasonable but the negative part is that we have got elections, we do not have a proper earnings recovery to keep the consumption engine going while the investment engine will keep us dragging down?India has been a very confusing market. In the last six months, there have been equal number of times when I have thought that India is breaking out and is putting all the problems behind it. Just when I start to get a little confident, it just kind of reverses, including as recently this morning, from where we started to then what it did during the day, it has been just impossible to get a very clear line of sight into where India is going. On the balance, it does look that it will lag its peers in the emerging market space, that is at least my reading so far. The tape is telling you that. But like I said, it has been all over the place in the last few months time and it is very hard to say that India is an outperformer or India is an underperformer.You always say a bull market is on somewhere in the world. Where do you think the bull market is on and what should be the right asset allocation?Emerging markets look very good. They have underperformed quite a bit but they are coming back. US looks very, very good. By and large, equity looks good and is not in trouble at all. You would see the periodic corrections of the kind we saw in December in the US but I am very optimistic on global equities and within that, the EMs look the best because they have lagged a lot of and with China now sort of coming back, EMs look very good. I am very optimistic on emerging markets equities. You are a great tape reader, you do not look at valuations or pricing but you look at the screen and the tape. What is the screen telling you?Well that is what the tape is saying. I mean, do not take my word for it, you just have to go and see. The tape and data is pretty clear that -- and that’s a little bit of a concern and disappointment -- because usually India is a very robust market in good times and in bad times. The world is going along pretty okay. In that situation, India should have been blowing out the lights. That we are not, is a matter of disappointment for me both as an Indian and as an investor.Which is the one big regret you have about your investing career? Which is that one big asset allocation or stock purchase or stock transaction you would like to reverse? Hand on your heart. you would say oh I did a mistake otherwise I would have been a billionaire?It is very straightforward, I should have bought all the MNCs in India in the 90s which were trading at 60 times earnings onwards to 150 times earnings. Gillette Shaving Products was trading at a 150 times earnings and Lever was the cheapest, trading at 60 times earnings. Everything else -- Nestle and the others were trading between 60 and 150. I thought they were very expensive and never bought them. In hindsight I should have-- that was a big mistake. We should have loaded up on them believing that India will always be expensive towards so- called higher quality companies. I somehow could not ever believe that even for quality you should be paying 60 or 150 times earnings, but I was clearly wrong.

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Fake news & misinformation on Indo-Pak tension flood the social media

New Delhi: The intensifying tension between India and Pakistan since Tuesday’s air strike has turned the social media into a virtual battlefield and fact-checkers are left grappling with a deluge of misinformation and fake news.Tweets from #BalakotAirStrike #BringbackAbhinandan, #SayNoToWar, #MiG21, #F16, #PakFakeClaim #PakistanPM had been trending all through Wednesday with unabated exchange of barbs from both sides of border. Videos of previous air-shows and photos of crashing fighter jets were being peddled as latest from both the countries on various platforms.“We saw a huge rush post the Pulwama attacks and since the Balakot air strike, several stories were fact-checked on Tuesday itself, including that of woman pilots being in charge of the operation and some old images and videos going around. There’s a lot of panic on the social media since the aggressive stance taken by Pakistan on Wednesday. It’s going to be a big challenge as this is the first such cross-border aggression between the two countries, which is playing out live on the social media,” said Jency Jacob, managing editor of fact-checking website BOOM, which works in partnership with Facebook.Jacob said all kinds of misinformation was floating around, including a video of anti-aircraft guns being ferried and seized in Mumbai which was found to be incorrect after checking with Mumbai police.“A video which went viral was of fighter jets destroying some location. It was found to be a video game clip. There are other videos of jubilant soldiers which had nothing to do with this event. There are lots of old crash photos circulating as IAF fighter jets being shot down by Pakistan. All old videos and photos will show up on people’s feed over the next few days,” he said.Mails sent to Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp on steps taken to pull out content did not elicit a response till press time. Hashtags like India and Pakistan and F-16 had generated over 2.21 lakh tweets and 89,000 tweets till Wednesday evening. 68194232 "We do not allow coordinated attempts to manipulate our service, and take proactive steps to ensure we’re removing networks of accounts engaged in this behavior," said a Twitter spokesperson but did not share specific details. "Everyone has a role to play in ensuring misinformation doesn’t spread online and we encourage people to use media literacy best practices and not to share information unless they can verify that it is true," the spokesperson added. On the Check4Spam website, a non-profit entity that verifies posts on social media, the web traffic, or the number of people coming to the website to fact-check stories, jumped 79% on February 26 from a month ago. Founder Shammas Oliyath said WhatsApp was the main harbinger of misinformation as per their website.“There are lots of fake messages and content on WhatsApp as expected. The media is also picking up information without verifying. They have taken an old Pakistani video and are showing it as an Indian strike video from Balakot. The Pakistani side has used our old Jodhpur fighter jet crash video as their video of shooting down an Indian fighter jet,” Oliyath said.“Ever since the Pulwama attack, it has been crazy for the fact-checkers. We have been bombarded through various channels. It is a non-stop deluge,” Alt News founder Pratik Sinha said.

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विजिलेंस जांच से जुड़े अभिलेख मांगे

विजिलेंस जांच से जुड़े अभिलेख मांगे

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वार्ड 36 में तेजी से घूमा विकास का पहिया-City

वार्ड 36 में तेजी से घूमा विकास का पहिया-City

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हीला हवाली से लटकी स्कूलों की मरम्मत-City

हीला हवाली से लटकी स्कूलों की मरम्मत-City

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मौसम ने दिखाए अलग-अलग रंग

झांसी। बुधवार को मौसम के कई रंग देखने को मिले। सुबह सर्द हवाओं से सर्दी बढ़ी रही। दोपहर में बादलों की आवाजाही के बीच अच्छी धूप खिली रही, जिससे लोगों ने गर्माहट महसूस की। शाम को एकाएक तेज बारिश हो गई।

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"Won't Be In My Control Or Narendra Modi's If This Escalates": Imran Khan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for dialogue with India, hours after a Pakistani F-16 jet crossed the Line of Control and was engaged by Mig-21 Bison aircraft of the Indian Air Force.

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Pakistan Closes Its Airspace For Commercial Flights

Flight operations have been suspended across major airports in Pakistan's Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provinces on Wednesday in the wake of the escalating tensions between Pakistan and India,...

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Patanjali distributors come under GST lens

Mumbai: After penalising Patanjali for not passing on tax cuts to customers, the National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) has begun investigating the consumer goods company’s distributors to check if they pocketed the difference, said people with knowledge of the matter.The NAA has issued notices to about 10 of Patanjali’s biggest distributors over the past month for not reducing prices in line with cuts in goods and services tax (GST), they said. The government has made several reductions in GST since it was introduced on July 1, 2017, in order to lower the prices of goods of mass use.Patanjali has already been asked to pay Rs 150 crore by the NAA. Investigations in the matter are ongoing and it is learnt that the company may appeal against the decision. Patanjali’s spokesperson didn’t respond to queries.Hindustan Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson and Hardcastle Restaurants, a franchisee of fast food chain McDonald’s, have been penalised or investigated for similar reasons.The authority is also examining whether prices on consumer goods and pharmaceuticals held by distributors and stockists on June 30, 2017, were reduced after GST kicked in the next day. The notices seek details of prices charged on products, particularly cosmetics.“The (distributor) was legally bound to pass on the benefit of reduction in the GST rate to customers which he has not as it is apparent from the invoices,” according to one of the notices that ET reviewed. 68177134 Tax experts said there’s no prescribed formula to determine whether benefits have been passed on to customers.“As of now, there is no methodology that the government or NAA has prescribed to arrive at antiprofiteering and so several companies are facing a challenge,” said Abhishek A Rastogi, partner, Khaitan & Co. “For many distributors, the change in GST and the tweak in the rates also meant that it created a lot of complications to not just calculate but also pass on the benefits.”Tax exports pointed out that there have been multiple changes over a period of time. Prices may not have been changed due to lack of understanding or clarity. Also, many companies were uncertain about the time taken to get tax credits and doubts persisted about whether benefits should be passed on to consumers before they received the money from the government.In many cases, some companies changed product composition to avoid breaching anti-profiteering norms, said people aware of the matter. “So, a 100 gram cream would become 110 grams. And when details are sought, the companies would say these are two different products and hence prices before and after GST are not comparable,” said one of them.Most major companies are finding it difficult to ascertain whether distributors passed on the reduced levies.“Once the stock is sold to the distributor, the companies do not have much control over the pricing of the same and many of them have pointed this fact out to the NAA,” said a person close to the development. “The NAA is asking companies to produce at least some letters wherein they have advised their trade partners to pass on the benefit to consumers.”

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Pak Used Air Force To Target Military Installations: Government Statement

India today said an Indian pilot is missing after an Indian Air Force aircraft shot down a Pakistani jet that was targeting installations in India.

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Sensex, Nifty Extend Losses To Second Straight Day

Domestic equity benchmarks fell for second straight day in a highly volatile session as tensions between India and Pakistan escalated.

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"US Navy Seals Killed Bin Laden In Pak, Why Can't India": Arun Jaitley

As tensions escalate between India and Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack and the subsequent air strike by India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said India has the capability to eliminate...

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DoT to study issue around Chinese telecom gear makers

NEW DELHI: As Chinese telecom gear makers face heat globally over alleged security risks, Department of Telecom (DoT) Wednesday said it will "carefully" study the issue on which many countries have raised concerns.The comments come at a time when developed markets like the US, Australia and New Zealand have taken a position against the use of equipment by Chinese vendors, particularly Huawei."(Many countries) have expressed security concerns, so India will also have to study it very carefully," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan told reporters here on the sidelines of the launch of India's first indigenous semiconductor chips by Signalchip.Telecom operators are keenly monitoring the developments in the space, following the dispute between the US and China's Huawei that is among the world's largest telecom equipment makers. The US has alleged that Chinese equipment could pose security risks involving eavesdropping on global internet traffic.However, not all nations are convinced and Germany has said it is not ready to block Huawei from its 5G network.India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea had recently said it will comply with the decision of the Indian government on the issue of use of communications equipment from Chinese vendors, such as Huawei.This will be done to ensure that India's strategic needs and security are fully looked after, Vodafone Idea Chief Technology Officer Vishant Vora had said last week.On Tuesday, telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal had also stated that his company is tracking the developments closely, although it doesn't "see any alarm bells ringing" just yet."In the end, Huawei is a big player in the telecom space. They have gone through rough patch with the US. Europe has largely taken decision that they will continue using Huawei. We are tracking this space very closely," Mittal had said.On the issue of 5G trials, Sundararajan Wednesday said a committee has been set up to come up with a framework for the said trials."So it (committee) will have to look at several things. It will have to define what will be the size of the trial, what will be the duration of the trial, (we) have to define lot of parameters, quantum of spectrum, how many locations, etc," she said.

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Department of Telecom to carefully study issue around Chinese telecom gear makers

NEW DELHI: As Chinese telecom gear makers face heat globally over alleged security risks, Department of Telecom (DoT) Wednesday said it will "carefully" study the issue on which many countries have raised concerns.The comments come at a time when developed markets like the US, Australia and New Zealand have taken a position against the use of equipment by Chinese vendors, particularly Huawei."(Many countries) have expressed security concerns, so India will also have to study it very carefully," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan told reporters here on the sidelines of the launch of India's first indigenous semiconductor chips by Signalchip.Telecom operators are keenly monitoring the developments in the space, following the dispute between the US and China's Huawei that is among the world's largest telecom equipment makers. The US has alleged that Chinese equipment could pose security risks involving eavesdropping on global internet traffic.However, not all nations are convinced and Germany has said it is not ready to block Huawei from its 5G network.India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea had recently said it will comply with the decision of the Indian government on the issue of use of communications equipment from Chinese vendors, such as Huawei.This will be done to ensure that India's strategic needs and security are fully looked after, Vodafone Idea Chief Technology Officer Vishant Vora had said last week.On Tuesday, telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal had also stated that his company is tracking the developments closely, although it doesn't "see any alarm bells ringing" just yet."In the end, Huawei is a big player in the telecom space. They have gone through rough patch with the US. Europe has largely taken decision that they will continue using Huawei. We are tracking this space very closely," Mittal had said.On the issue of 5G trials, Sundararajan Wednesday said a committee has been set up to come up with a framework for the said trials."So it (committee) will have to look at several things. It will have to define what will be the size of the trial, what will be the duration of the trial, (we) have to define lot of parameters, quantum of spectrum, how many locations, etc," she said.

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In Pics: Esha Deol Attends Wedding With Bharat Takhtani, Daughter Radhya

Several pictures from the festivities have been shared by Esha Deol on Instagram

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Bihar Man Arrested For WhatsApp Threat To Bomb PM Modi's Rally: Police

A man in Bihar's Patna was arrested after he posted a message on WhatsApp, threatening a blast at a rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 3, police said on Wednesday.

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Opinion: What Air Strikes Mean For Imran Khan - And India

If Pulwama and its aftermath have any lesson for Pakistan, India and Kashmiri insurgents, it is this. The solution to the common problems the three entities face lies in just three words - Boli, Not...

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Woman Set On Fire In Telangana In Broad Daylight Allegedly By Her Stalker

A college student was set on fire in full public view, allegedly by her stalker, in Telangana's Warangal, police said today. She has been critically injured and is presently hospitalised, they added.

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चौतरफा घिरे पाकिस्तान ने कहा, जंग नहीं चाहते, बातचीत से निकले रास्ता

भारत के कड़े तेवर के बाद पाकिस्तान अब सरेंडर मोड में है। पाकिस्तानी सेना के प्रवक्ता मेजर जनरल आसिफ गफूर ने कहा कि पाकिस्तान जंग नहीं चाहता।  दुनिया में कोई मसला जंग से हल नहीं होता।

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पाकिस्तान ने भारतीय सीमा में गिराए बम, तनाव बढ़ा, जानिए 10 बड़ी बातें

भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच बुधवार को तनाव काफी बढ़ गया है। मंगलवार को भारतीय वायुसेना ने पाकिस्तानी सीमा में घुसकर आतंकी ठिकानों को नष्ट कर दिया था।

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देश के सभी राष्ट्रीय राजमार्गों पर बने पुल और रेल ब्रिजों पर सुरक्षा बलों की तैनाती

भारत-पाकिस्तान सीमा पर लगातार बढ़ रहे तनाव के चलते सीमा क्षेत्रों में हाई अलर्ट जारी कर दिया गया है। इसके अलावा देश के तमाम दूसरे बड़े शहरों में भी पुलिस और अर्धसैनिक बलों को सचेत किया जा रहा है।

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पाक से तनाव के बीच रक्षा मंत्री निर्मला सीतारमण ने 2700 करोड़ रुपये के रक्षा उपकरण खरीद को मंजूरी दी

बालाकोट हवाई हमले के बाद भारत और पाकिस्तान की सीमा पर बढ़े तनाव के बीच सरकार ने लगभग 2700 करोड़ रुपये के रक्षा उपकरण खरीदने की मंजूरी दी है।  

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बॉर्डर पर तनाव: चंडीगढ़, अमृतसर और पठानकोट एयरपोर्ट से उड़ानें रद्द, हाई अलर्ट जारी, सेना तैनात

पीओके पर एयर स्ट्राइक के बाद भारत-पाकिस्तान सीमा पर तनाव की स्थिति बनी हुई है। इसके चलते चंडीगढ़, पठानकोट और अमृतसर एयरपोर्ट से सभी उड़ानें रद्द कर दी गई हैं।

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तस्वीरों में देखिए: बडगाम में दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हुआ एमआई-17 हेलीकॉप्टर, दो पायलट सहित पांच के शव बरामद

भारतीय वायुसेना का एक विमान जम्मू-कश्मीर के बडगाम जिले में बुधवार को दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गया। इस घटना में दो पायलट शहीद हो गए हैं।    

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भारत और पाकिस्तान में तनाव बढ़ने से हिमाचल में हवाई उड़ानें रद्द, हाई अलर्ट

भारत और पाकिस्तान के बीच तनाव बढ़ गया है। इसको देखते हुए हिमाचल में तीन प्रमुख हवाई हड्डों पर हवाई उड़ानें रद्द कर दी गई हैं।

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India Says Pilot "MIA" After Indian Jet Shot Down Pak Aircraft

"Air Force pilot missing, Pakistan claims he's in their custody, we are ascertaining claims": Government

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Skin Care Tips: 5 Everyday Superfoods For Glowing And Healthy Skin

Skin Care: Eating healthy foods will make you feel beautiful from inside as well as from outside. Consuming these everyday foods may not only help maintain your inner health but may also boost your...

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Market looks tempting? Don’t bat on front foot yet

Analysts said ‘buy on dips’ and retail investors went on accumulating many of the beaten-down stocks throughout Calendar 2018.While a handful of stocks did deliver good returns to investors, but a majority of them actually tanked further over the past two months. December quarter shareholding data shows individual investors gradually increased stake in as many as 97 stocks in the BSE500 index in the first nine months of financial year 2019. Only 10 of them have logged gains, some up to 92 per cent in this period.Among the most favoured stocks, individual investors held over 46 per cent stake in Nocil as of December 31, 2018, up from 44.37 per cent at the end of March 2018. The stock fell 9 per cent in 2018 and 24 per cent in 2019 so far. Brokerage Way2Wealth has a 'Buy' rating on Nocil with a price target of Rs 195.The South Indian Bank and Suzlon Energy are two other players where investors increased stake from below 40 per cent at the end of March 2018 to above 40 per cent by December. The stock declined up to 50 per cent.It’s the same story with PC Jeweller and Manpasand Beverages, which tanked over 75 per cent in 2018, and 14 per cent and 28 per cent, respectively, so far in 2019. Individual investors raised their stakes on the two counters during April-December 2018. Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power also drew individual investors’ interest through the year and their holding rose to 12.74 per cent at the end of December quarter 2018 from 12.49 per cent at the end of March 2018. The stock declined 43 per cent in 2018 and 60 per cent so far this year.However, Reliance Nippon – another retail investors’ favourite of 2018 – has delivered some 25 per cent this year after having slipped over 45 per cent between January and December 2018. 68179695 68179702 68179707 Beaten-down Tata Motors saw retail buying on every dip in 2018 and individual investors’ stake increased to 10.81 per cent by the end of December from 7.38 per cent at the end of March, 2018. The stock tanked 60 per cent in 2018, but has since gained over 1 per cent in 2019 so far. The auto firm recently reported its biggest-ever quarterly net loss of Rs 26,960.8 crore for December quarter. Brokerage Sharekhan is cautious on the stock due to subdued earnings and weak management commentary. It has advised investors not to bottom-fish on the counter.Market participants should adopt a stock-specific approach while going for a buy-on-dips strategy, says Umesh Mehta, Head of Research, Samco Securities.“Given that the midcaps have been beaten black and blue, but they always draw retail investors’ attention. I think at this point time you have to not just balance midcaps but also keep an eye on the forthcoming events and play safe,” says Dilip Bhat, Joint MD, Prabhudas Lilladher told ETNow.“If you are getting Maruti or M&M 35-40 per cent lower from their highs, consider them because you are getting good stocks at reasonable valuations,” he said. Investors increased their holdings in Maruti Suzuki to 4.21 per cent in December 2018 from 3.47 per cent in March. The stock tanked 23 per cent in 2018 and another 7 per cent in 2019 till February 22.With 31 per cent holding, individual investors also remained bullish on VA Tech Wabag. But shares of Chennai-based Indian multinational company slipped 39 per cent in 2018 and 16 per cent in 2019. Cholamandalam Securities has a price target of Rs 308 on the stock.However, Merck, Jubilant FoodWorks, L&T Technology Services, MphasiS, Britannia, VIP Industries and SRF worked for investors during this period, with the shares rallying between 9 per cent and 92 per cent since April 2018.Yes Bank, Dewan Housing Finance, Asian Paints were also on the list of 38 stocks where individual investors increased their holding in the past two quarters.Analysts say investors should not rush to buy but keep some cash ready. It is one of those phases where you neither bat aggressively on the front foot nor go on the back foot. It is important to preserve your resources, says Jagannadham Thunuguntla, Senior Vice President and Head of Research, Centrum Broking told ETNow.“There are a number of events lined up and the volatility they create will provide lot of opportunities over next three to four months to build a portfolio for next three to four years,” he said. 68177539 68165603 68165792

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