Mangalyaan goes up; coal blocks hit the ground

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Three reasons why S&P revised India's outlook "This reflects our view that the govt has both willingness & capacity to implement reforms necessary to restore India's lost potential," S&P said. read more India creates history as Mangalyaan successfully enters Mars orbit  India has become the first nation in the world to have entered the Mars orbit in the first attempt. ISRO's MOM is also cheapest such mission till now. 'Make in India': FDI is also 'First Develop India' says PM Modi Modi said he wanted to make India a better place to do business; exhorted Indian businesses to continue investing in the country.

Editor's Pick How Google Fibre clone Sterlite plans to provide high speed net Sterlite will deliver super-fast fibre broadband connectivity at 20 to 50 Mbps speeds to urban homes through partner mobile operators. Can any Indian co replicate the success of Alibaba? While success in entrepreneurship is largely due to individual brilliance, other factors, including investment climate, do play a key part. Meet the people behind success of ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission The 56 -year-old scientist from Kodhawady, a small vil lage near Coimbatore, had never stepped out of his district until he finished his Masters. Cash-rich government likely to loosen its purse strings The government has already reduced first-half borrowing by Rs 16,000 crore and may not borrow this at all if things go according to plan.

Most Popular This Week M&M launches new Scorpio starting at Rs 7.98 lakh PM's US Visit: Modi seeks $1 tn funding to boost infra Apple plays defense on iPhone 6 bending Inspired by Alibaba, Tata Group to get into e-commerce  Yahoo buys Bangalore-based tech startup Bookpad

Story of The Week SC quashes allocation of 214 coal blocks allotted  The apex court had on August 25 held that all coal blocks allocation since 1993 by various regimes at the Centre have been made illegally and arbitrarily. read more

Money ULIPs 2.0: Why you should buy these insurance plans now While the low charges of new Ulips make them attractive, the main advantage is the seamless and tax-efficient transfer from debt to equity, and vice versa. How to rebalance asset allocation in your portfolio Rebalancing simply means modifying the portions held in various asset classes in line with the planned asset allocation of the investor.

Stock Round Up Sensex gets S&P booster; metals, banks lead The 30-share index ended at 26,616.93, up 157.96 points or 0.60 per cent. It touched a high of 26,721.03 and a low of 26,220.49 in trade today.

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