The pensions fund regulator PFRDA wants government to more than treble investment levels in equity markets by government subscribers under the National Pension System (NPS) up to 50 percent from 15 percent now.
Taking the opportunity, the right-handed batsman took a dig at his detractors, and said that he always believed in himself and his abilities.
Domestic fund flows to stock markets could potentially double in the financial year 2018-19 to USD 55 billion, from USD 28 billion recorded last fiscal, says a Citigroup report.
Indian capital market's growth and the vital role played by regulator Sebi is a "great story" for the developed world to learn from, Harvard Business School professor Suraj Srinivasan has said.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is seen well ahead in the first round of the Presidential Election but losing the second round by a wide margin to independent centrist Emmanuel Macron, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.
China`s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday more than 20,000 people from Myanmar are seeking refuge in China from fighting in northern Myanmar.
The Kwid Climber is expected to be based on the Kwid 1.0.
H-1B work visa and employment- based green card categories, popular among Indian-Americans, are often not consistent with their purposes as they do not bring in PhDs and computer scientists but only mid-level data management workers, a top Senator has said.
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday accused the Congress of running a "shop of secularism" and asked the party to end this.
Buckling under pressure from both the opposition parties and ruling ally Shiv Sena, Maharashtra legislative council Chairman Ramraje Nimbalkar on Thursday suspended Independent member Prashant Paricharak for 18 months from the house for his objectionable remarks on wives of armymen during the civic poll campaign.
The Pakistani lawmakers on Thursday brawled in Parliament after a leader of the ruling PML-N party called cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan a "traitor".
Beijing on Thursday accused American politicians of corruption and hypocrisy in its yearly rebuttal to US criticisms of China`s human rights record, saving an extra heaping of invective for the country`s divisive presidential race.
"But it was the right moment. I always wanted to end my career earlier rather than too late. I still feel good so I think this is the right time."
The law effectively legalises the Jirga system which often comes under scanner for anti-women decisions.
Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh on Thursday disapproved of attacks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders during UP electioneering.
President Tayyip Erdogan`s spokesman said on Thursday some European countries were working for the rejection of constitutional changes in Turkey`s April`s referendum and voiced concern about what it called rising Islamophobia and racism in Europe.
The US-led coalition fighting IS in Syria and Iraq said earlier this month that its raids had unintentionally killed at least 220 civilians since 2014 in both countries.
All the seven phases of crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections ended on Wednesday. Now, exit polls will predict the winner and performances of various political parties in the high-decibel electoral battle. Here are all the LIVE updates:-
Exit poll results for the Assembly Elections in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa, and Manipur - will be announced on Thursday evening.
Parkash Singh Badal, 89, is the oldest serving Chief Minister in the country.
Handscomb had admitted that it was he who suggested Smith to seek dressing room opinion after being LBW off Umesh Yadav during their second innings of the second Test against India.
The letter ends with the Indian-American woman telling the Obamas that "she`s in" for changing the world for better once they come back from their vacation.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has accused Germany of "fascist actions" reminiscent of the Nazi era.
I don't know what he (Kohli) is thinking when he says that, or if he sees what he sees on the balcony, but I can assure you in all my time in cricket I've never seen it happen.
Atorney General Mukul Rohatgi has told the Supreme Court that the government is seeking deportation of liquor baron Vijay Mallya from the UK to India.
