India's first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 'country's first smog tower' at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Monday and said it will prove to be a milestone and many such structures can be......

Govt approves plan to turn surplus rice into sanitizer

The government on Monday approved that surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India can be converted into ethanol in order to manufacture alcohol-based hand sanitisers and also for......

How the Supreme Court held nation's attention in 2019

Verdicts paving the way for construction of a Ram Temple at Ayodhya and India's multi-billion dollar Rafale fighter jet deal with France were 2019's landmark imprints of the Supreme Court, which......

2,500 lamps illuminate Red Fort for I-Day celebrations

Around 2,500 lamps illuminated the historic Red Fort from 7:30 pm to 11 pm, starting Friday, in the run-up to Independence Day celebrations, a statement by the ministry of culture said. IMAGE: The......

Will Sudhir Valia, Suraksha's 'deal maker' manage to bag Jaypee Infra?

Suraksha started by funding developers for projects, and then evolved into realty angel investing. Dev Chatterjee reports. IMAGE: Suraksha Smart City - Vasai-Virar's biggest township under......

75% BSE 500 stocks below all-time highs despite index touching record

The underperformance of the bulk of BSE 500 stocks is a classic case of polarisation, where investors are lapping up stocks of sectors that are likely to do well going ahead. Around 75 per cent,......

Decade on, Jaypee Infratech customers still waiting for a home

Booked between 2007 and 2011, out of the total 32,700 residential units under various Jaypee Infratech projects, at least 20,000 homes are yet to be delivered. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Realty 2019: Housing sales remain sore spot

While sale of residential properties increased only marginally despite plethora of steps taken by the government through the year, office space leasing rose 40 per cent to touch an all-time high of......