Value Research Stock Advisor has just released a new stock recommendation. You can click here to learn more about this premium service, and get immediate access to the live recommendations, plus new ones as soon as they are issued. Reliance Industries Limited's (RIL) mega capex drive of Rs. 5.4 lakh crore between FY 2014 and 2019 altered its business mix significantly. The share of consumer facing businesses, retail and digital (JIO) to group EBITDA has increased from two per cent in FY 2015...

Liquor traders, who opened vends in Punjab only after vehemently raising the issue of expected losses due to coronavirus, are flouting the lockdown guidelines by keeping vends open after the permissible time. Defying guidelines, many liquor vends can be found open even at 8pm at several places. In the lockdown 4.0, liquor vends have been allowed to open from 7am to 6pm. In lockdown 3.0 from May 4 to 17, the Punjab government allowed opening of liquor vends from May 7. But the traders opted to...

WTO rules restrict India’s ability to build its food stock as the procurement of food grains at MSP is subject to strict limits With almost all economic activities likely to remain at a low key in the coming months, the Covid-19 pandemic could have a devastating impact on the livelihood and food security of millions of people across India. It is generally recognised that food stocks of 58 million tonnes with the FCI will be an important factor in helping the government avoid a potential...

Former two-time Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MP Paramjit Kaur Gulshan, along with some other party leaders, joined rebel party leader and Rajya Sabha member Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa. Gulshan has remained Lok Sabha member from Faridkot and Bathinda segments. Dhindsa Senior met a group of disgruntled SAD leaders at the house of former Youth Akali Dal (YAD) leader Bhola Singh Gillpatti on Saturday. Besides Gulshan and Gillpatti, other SAD leaders who joined Dhindsa include Sarabjit Singh Doomwali,...

The filing of chargesheet in the case involving alleged extortion from pesticide dealers wherein three agriculture department officials were arrested in July 2016 with ₹4.50 lakh is set to be delayed further with the state home affairs department seeking more clarifications from police for granting approval to submit the document. It was after the home department flagged certain points for granting permission to file the challan, the police in December last year sent a file addressing the...