How the Bangladesh Air Force was born

'Overnight, the Chetak had new markings and thereafter flew on the call sign, Echo-Bravo-Romeo.''By all accounts, this was the first aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force.'Air Commodore Nitin Sathe......

1971 War: A brave Dakota pilot's contribution

'We flew all missions in the first part of the war at low levels; that is at 300 to 500 feet above the ground.''These sorties were no doubt stressful since the pilots and crew had to look out for......

Reliance Q2 net profit rises 9.6% YoY, slips sequentially on inventory losses

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Friday reported a 9.6 per cent year-on-year rise in net profit for the September quarter, driven by strong performance in its consumer-facing retail and telecom......

Strong order pipeline, execution to drive gains for L&T

Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Q1FY26 revenue and net profit came in slightly ahead of estimates. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters There was strong core engineering and construction (E&C) order......

Analysts see further gains in LIC post strong Q1FY26 performance

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) reported encouraging results for the April-June quarter (Q1) of FY26. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff The net premium income of India’s largest life......

Kotak Mahindra Bank's margins to improve after ban removal: Brokerages

Kotak Mahindra Bank’s net interest margin is likely to swell after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lifted its restrictions on the private lender that barred it from issuing fresh credit cards......