After the Bt Cotton boom in Gujarat, it is the turn of organic cotton now. Keeping pace with the global trends, certain areas in Gujarat are going for organic cotton.
The FMCG market is gearing up for a boom time again with the onset of three-month festive period spanning Dussehra and Diwali, which had brought in an additional revenue of Rs 844 crore (Rs 8.44 billion) last year.
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Italian marble floors, bar, modular kitchen, a state-of-the-art bathroom and a swimming pool in the backyard: luxury has just got redefined, and that too for the middle class as far as housing is concerned.
There is no denying that China is booming! According to a media reports sales of laptop computer and digital television -- items long considered fit only for the rich are expected to boom.
'Right now, silver -- and especially platinum -- are very cheap compared to gold. If I were buying today, I would choose platinum.'
Even when large businesses said they were flying blind in mid-2020, the markets rallied and an incredible business boom followed. This is not to say that the markets will continue to rally and there is nothing to worry about, observes Debashis Basu.
Mumbai Indians strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah has muscled up during the lockdown enforced off-season.
Buoyed by the boom in stock markets, many small and medium sized IT firms, including Servion Global Solutions, Accel-ICIM Frontline, Bahwan Cybertek and Dax Networks are planning initial public offerings to fund their growth and expansion plans.
The private sector is increasingly playing a dominant role in China's socialist market economy and by mid-2004 the booming nation had some 3.44 million private companies, with a sizeable number owned by Communist Party cadres, a latest survey has fou
Because the aftermath of what happened before continues long after. War breeds hostility and hatred and creates mistrust and greed. It extinguishes humanity and breaks the human spirit, argues Aarti David.
Like with all great crashes, some had noticed the cracks. "... cash balances (of banks) seem, from the available indications, to be hopelessly inadequate; and it is hard to doubt that in the next bad times they will go down like ninepins. If such a catastrophe occurs, the damage inflicted on India will be far greater than the direct loss falling on the depositors," said John Maynard Keynes in his May 1913 work "Indian Currency and Finance", written before his path-breaking work in macroeconomics laid the foundation of dealing with global crises.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Punjab Kings, two sides chasing their first IPL title, will square off in a tantalising Qualifier 1 encounter on Thursday, May 29, 2025.
From premium electric motorcycles to mass-market scooters, manufacturers are rapidly expanding their portfolios to capture a larger share of the booming market.
Growth in demand for diesel, India's most consumed petroleum product, fell to its lowest since the pandemic in the financial year ended March 31 as the economy expands at a slower pace and consumption shifts to cleaner fuels. Diesel consumption rose 2 per cent to 91.4 million tonnes in 2024-25 (April 2024 to March 2025) fiscal, according to provisional data released by the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Oil Ministry.
'The last few days have been nothing short of absolutely magical!'
Professionals will be required to either learn new tech skills that focus on AI, cloud computing, or risk becoming obsolete, says Arun Prakash M.
At first there are giggles, followed by awkward small talk before things get professional.
Liverpool roared back from a goal behind to thrash Tottenham Hotspur 5-1 and wrap up the English Premier League title in style.
Twice every 12 days, the NISAR satellite will scan nearly all of earth's land and ice surfaces to measure changes in the planet's ecosystems, growth and retreat of its land and sea ice, and deformation of its crust.
Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals for the 16th time but it proved a hard day's work at his Centre Court office.
Jasprit Bumrah is in 'good nick' following a three-month-long injury lay-off and Mumbai Indians want to ease him into competition mode in IPL 2025, said head coach Mahela Jayawardene.
Kohli follows Rohit into retirement: Can Next Gen stars emulate India's batting luminaries?
The outsourcing industry believes the growth of the LPO is expected to be between 50 and 100 per cent. Forrester Research, an independent technology and market research company, has projected the offshoring of 29,000 legal jobs by the end of the year and as many as 79,000 by 2015. When a company files for bankruptcy protection or various forms of bailouts take place in the US, there arises a need for legal work associated with such events.
Global wealth has more than doubled since 2000, reaching a new all-time high of $241 trillion, find the 2013 Credit Suisse Wealth Report.
Religious tourism witnessed 1,439 million tourists in 2022, generating Rs 1.34 trillion in revenue.
Mutual funds are increasingly launching schemes to take advantage of the infrastructure boom, both within the country and globally. The schemes will invest in companies that will benefit from the multi-billion dollar investments required in ports, roads, telecom, construction, engineering and aviation across the world in the coming years.
At a time when salaries continue to rise, ICICI Bank says it's important to keep economic realities in mind.
More than 30 technology startups, collectively valued at $100 billion, are poised to go public by 2027, signalling a potential rebound in India's stock market activity, according to a report by investment bank The Rainmaker Group. Walmart-owned Flipkart, financial technology (fintech) leader PhonePe, SoftBank-backed Lenskart, Razorpay, Zetwerk, and Meesho are among the top companies preparing to go public in India.
Syed Adil Hussain Shah, a 29-year-old Kashmiri pony ride operator, was killed by terrorists in Pahalgam while trying to save tourists from an attack. Shah was the only Kashmiri and Muslim victim of the attack, which saw terrorists demand tourists recite Islamic prayers before shooting them. His brother, Syed Naushad Shah, described Adil as a "righteous" man who ran towards the terrorists to stop them from killing more people. The attack has left a pall of fear over Pahalgam, with tourists fleeing the area and businesses shuttered.
In the past decade, Barmer's rural economy has been transformed by two separate energy projects.
Indonesian coal making its way to India provides about a third less energy than supplies from South Africa or Australia.
An increasing number of contractors managing parking lots at malls, multiplexes and five-star hotels are buying parking insurance covers
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