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Risk reward of investing into equities is turning favourable, says Carnelian Capital founder.

Trading returns are good, valuations are expensive and growth outlook is not that great.

Average household debt in India appears to have risen sharply, with families increasingly borrowing for day-to-day expenditure and housing, shows an analysis of CMIE’s household surveys (2016-18) by Subhamoy Chakraborty and Renuka Sane of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. Households borrowed the most from banks and retail outlets, and less from moneylenders. The surveys were conducted from January to April in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Here are some takeaways:

A quick run through of the projections on various commodities by SMC Global Securities.

The lottery industry, which is controlled by a handful of operators, is pitching for a uniform 12% levy and removal of tax on prize money.

The US withdrew incentives to $6.3 billion of Indian exports under the GSP programme effective June 5.

Admitting that the structural reforms like GST, and IBC etc had some impact in growth, he said in the long-run these reforms will take the country to higher growth path.

Prasad said that during his regime, mobile factories in India has increased from 2 to 268, including component makers for the handsets.

"Apple and Samsung are very big players, they can change scenarios for private sector manufacturing," Dhotre said in an interview.

A US nonprofit organisation has been quietly infiltrating government health and nutrition bodies around the world.

The attacks happened 11 days before Afghanistan's presidential election, which Taliban commanders have vowed to violently disrupt, and follow collapsed peace talks between the United States and the insurgent group.

Lily Mae Avant swam in a river and lake over the Labor Day holiday weekend earlier in September, then suffered a headache and a fever the following weekend.

Murthy approached the high court earlier this month after a magistrate took cognizance of the charge sheet filed in the case.

The Congress MLA, who is close to senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar, said she will appear before the ED as required.

Former SC judge F M I Kalifulla, who was heading the three-member mediation panel said some parties have written to him for resumption of the mediation process.

Transport minister Kailash Gahlot on Tuesday said that Delhi government was unlikely to make any changes in the categories of exemptions.

The rupee is emerging as Asia’s top performer in the past three months.