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2 days ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
Also read: Exclusive: Raamdeo Agrawal on why global investors are turning to India, not China or the USAs part of the rejig, 11 stocks have been added to the MSCI Smallcap index while 22 stocks have been removed. The MSCI India Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and midcap segments of the Indian market. With 156 constituents, the index covers approximately 85 percent of the Indian equity universe.
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4 days ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
According to Amar Ambani, executive director, Yes Securities, the Indian markets jumped partly due to the India-Pakistan ceasefire, but mainly on the news that the US and China have eased tariffs and that the talks have progressed well. “A 90-day window for a trade deal has lifted sentiment, with investors hoping the worst of the trade war is behind us,” he says.
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1 week ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
There are three caveats, though, according to them. India needs to complement any tariff arbitrage with earnest ease-of-doing-business reforms; second, India still depends heavily on imported components from China for its assembly of electronics products and solar equipment; third, the trade diversion to India could include some rerouting of Chinese exports to the US and thus requires stricter “rules of origin” enforcement.
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1 week ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
Financial irregularities in Gensol Engineering and BluSmart Mobility—two companies previously celebrated for their commitment to green and sustainable business practices—raises questions about the true sustainability of green champions and brings under scrutiny the integrity of environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives. The two companies with common co-founders are grappling with allegations and a Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) investigation.
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1 week ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
A sharp decline in the prices of vegetables lowered the cost of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian food plates in April, shows an analysis by Crisil. In the month, tomato prices reduced 34 percent year-on-year to Rs 21 per kg due to a high-base effect amid low yields last year (tomato cost Rs 32 a kg last April).
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3 weeks ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana |Salil Panchal
“There was no differentiation in the academic ask from the boys and girls. The soft conditioning was that engineering was not a career path for women, even though gender equality was a conditioning in the family,” Dasgupta says. Click here for the full listBut when she failed to get into her dream passion medicine despite being a class topper, her love for math and her adaptability led her to a new path.
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3 weeks ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
Contrarian betsMarket movements can be unpredictable, and volatility forces investors to make a crucial decision: Should strategies rely on market timing, or should they be based on deep conviction with a medium-term horizon? “I tend to be of the second kind,” says Desai. “We use our macroeconomic path and bottom-up analysis to find true value.”Desai is known to hold bold and contrarian views with high conviction.
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3 weeks ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
In the December quarter of 2024, retail investors were the largest public shareholders in Gensol Engineering, holding 30.54 percent stake in the company that provides engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services to the solar power sector. Surprisingly, even the Enforcement Directorate (Raipur) held 5,20,063 shares, or 1.37 percent stake, in Gensol Engineering at the end of December 2024.
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3 weeks ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
In a worst case, scenario with a 20 percent probability, he sees Sensex tanking to 63,000-levels. This assumption is based on grim factors such as oil prices surging past $100 per barrel, the Reserve Bank of India tightening to protect macro stability, global growth slowdown meaningfully, and the US slipping into recession. However, in a bull case scenario which has a 30 percent probability, Desai sees Sensex at 91,000 by December.
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1 month ago | 
forbesindia.com | Nasrin Sultana
“I am known for closing deals,” she says. “Sometimes, people make false promises. I am not afraid to speak the truth, even if it’s difficult to hear.”Her ability to identify potential risks and communicate clearly with clients has saved countless deals from falling apart. “I do not see Kaku as a woman leader; I see her as a great leader who happens to be a woman.
