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Cover image of the book Rahul Bajaj: An Extraordinary Life By Gita Piramal. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | History of Indian nation-building from the standpoint of...

There are three ways to understand the country's journey textbooks, history books and biographies of well-known...

22 May 2022 1:20 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Number of CPSEs rises under Modi govt

The BSE data also shows that the big-ticket stake sale under the Modi government has been to exchange traded funds.

15 Nov 2019 2:18 AM IST

The industrial growth measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) for 2017-18 too decelerated to 4.3 per cent from 4.6 per cent in the previous fiscal. The IIP had grown by 4.4 per cent in March 2017.

Factory data suggests pain points in job generation

A lower growth in consumer durable goods would mean people are postponing their decision to buy relatively big ticket...

13 Sept 2019 2:33 AM IST

Former director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc Rajat Gupta.

I want to work for reforming criminal justice system in US: Rajat...

He is a no stranger to the readers of business and corporate crime.

4 April 2019 12:54 AM IST

India, as a regional powerhouse, should be able to attract regional talent that cant aspire to immigrate to the West.

Skill of retaining nation's talent: Brain drain scene may only worsen

There is a direct relation between per capita GDP and talent retention which is why we haven't attracted the best lot...

1 May 2018 2:39 AM IST

McClean founder Premanand Eswarapu

Helping companies and households in upkeep

One of those, who gained this advantage and built over it, is Premanand Eswarapu.

14 Feb 2018 1:14 AM IST

A file photo of people demonstrating against government policies that favour one per cent rich.

New technology delinks people from GDP growth

Governments' focus on GDP growth alone ignoring other incidators could result into a popular backlash.

5 Feb 2018 2:33 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asserted that it is now easier to do business in India than ever before. (Photo: AP)

Blame the perils of centralised decision-making

Mr Modi, however, chose highly centralised plan, which in the process led to procedural mistakes that have wreaked havoc...

8 Nov 2017 1:57 AM IST

The govt official stressed on the need to ensure that consumers obtained accurate and unadulterated quantities of fuel purchased by them. (Photo: PTI)

Centre makes Rs 1.6 trillion more on fuel

At present, a consumer pays additional excise duty of Rs 11.77 on every litre of petrol and Rs 13.57 a litre on diesel.

14 Sept 2017 2:47 AM IST

According to International Labour Organisation (ILO), less than 20 per cent of women in India have wage or salaried jobs.

Unpaid at home, underpaid at work

The share of Indian women in wage employment , at less than 20 per cent, is lower than that in Sub-Saharan Africa.

17 July 2017 2:10 AM IST

Dr Ravuri Niranjan

Second opinion turns into business proposition

The company has now become one of the preferred destinations for people from semi-urban and rural areas.

4 July 2017 1:17 AM IST

A still from Baahubali 2: The Conclusion.

Insurance firms target South Indian film industry

Baahubali 2 likely to set the ball rolling for film insurance in South.

12 May 2017 1:16 AM IST