Rahul to India Inc: 'We have to carry the poor with us'

What India is thirsting for now is a visionary partnership. We need to forge a new business compact, a new framework a new framework that responds to the 21st century. We are a brave, young......

Breaking through

Kalpana Saroj and Milind Kamble, who will get the Padma Shri this year, are epitomes of a new resurgence in the Dalit community, writes Aditi Phadnis When Kalpana Saroj, chairperson of Kamani......

Meet the Indian Jain Fonda!

Sarina Jain does not mind people calling her the Indian Jane Fonda like A Magazine did several years ago. But she quickly adds that her Masala Bhangra Workout classes that mix aerobic principles......

Door Looks SHUT For Corporate Run Banks

It may be a 'no-go' for banking licences to large industrial houses. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   The Reserve Bank of India may not be in favour of issuing banking licences to large......

Covid-19: Zero cash flows force India Inc to sell assets

Not just mid- and small-sized firms, even big ones will either sell group companies or stakes in their listed entities to tide over crisis; more sell-offs seen in coming months. Illustration:......

Lockdown? You can still buy that dream Mercedes!

The German luxury automaker has already seen its online traffic increase 10-fold this year. Though that has not always translated into sales, Mercedes-Benz says it is continuing to build on what it......

Will Apple's latest strategies help push India sales?

Recently, Apple did two things differently. First, it entered video streaming sector with cheaper options and second it has opened up its OTT service for non-Apple users too. Apple Inc has always......

Sushanth returns with Current

Sushanth, another scion of the Akkineni family -- the maternal grandson of the thespian Akkineni Nageswara Rao -- made his acting debut last year with Kalidasu. Now, the young lad hopes to......

Anurag Kashyap's guide to No Smoking

Anurag Kashyap made us sit up and notice his brilliant direction in Black Friday, a film based on the 1993 Mumbai blasts. But reactions were very mixed when he released his second film, No Smoking,......

Fed Cup: Upbeat Lajong have nothing to lose

Having stunned all the big runs enroute the final and creating a football frenzy in the region, Shillong Lajong FC will virtually have nothing to lose when they face East Bengal in the Federation......

Cielo Filho breaks 47 seconds in record flood

Brazil's Cesar Cielo Filho sliced through the 47-second barrier to triumph in the men's 100 metres freestyle final amid another torrent of swimsuit-aided records at the world championships in Rome......