Roads are being expanded, bridges are being built, hotels are springing up, and the crowds are pouring in. Bringing with them promise of unforeseen economic boom. Ayodhya, it seems, has opened up its heart, Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com discovers on his first day in the city.
India's biotech sector is expected to grow 25-30 per cent during the current fiscal over Rs 1,830 crore revenue generated during 2002-03, according to a joint survey by the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises and Biospectrum.
Global Internet firm Yahoo! on Thursday said it plans to ride on India's mobile explosion to drive growth for its products and services in the country.
India Inc has found renewed hope in the capital markets for the next six months but has painted a gloomy picture for the long-run due to the uncertainty arising out of impending general elections.
Presenting Purvi Doshi's collection on the fourth day of Lakme.
Local language information technology application market is likely to touch a revenue of $64 million by 2005 from the current $11 million, according to a study by Frost & Sullivan.
The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.
Demand for gold in India, the world's biggest market, has risen sharply with the wedding season in full swing.\n\n\n\n
Industries such as aviation and hospitality have many silos within them and Aionos, the joint venture between Interglobe Enterprises (IGE) and Assago Group, is an attempt to bridge them and boost efficiencies using artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, Rahul Bhatia told Business Standard on Tuesday. Bhatia, the Group Managing Director of IGE, serves as the majority shareholder in India's largest airline, IndiGo. Additionally, IGE operates 21 hotels under the Ibis brand and runs a logistics company called Movin.
Like every year speculation is rife on who the contestants of Bigg Boss Season 8 will be? While the Colors channel is tight lipped about the final list, we have managed to source the list of most likely contestants who will be locked inside the house.
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard are likely to be retained.
A peek into the industry that is mobile apps and its future in India.
Rediff.com contributor Anita Katyal explains why the Congress is ill-equipped to battle the Narendra Modi government in the forthcoming Budget session of Parliament.
An overview of how the tournament could give it a welcome boost...
Travelling has become a hassle-free and safe experience in India thanks to radio cabs.
'The second generation of migrant labourers is not enthusiastic about continuing in this field.' 'The parents of the next generation do not wish their children to be part of this trade.'
Sam Bahadur brims with patriotic fervour, but one can trust Director Meghna Gulzar's refined sensibilities to not descend into nationalistic jingoism, believes Mayur Sanap.
The US needs to understand that it could potentially lose out on attracting several Netravalkars in the future if it curbs the influx of such industrious Indian immigrants, argues Vishal Menon.
Car sales in terms of numbers in India in the just-concluded financial year (2013-14) have gone down in over a decade, confirming once again the extent of the economic slowdown.
Neither the batting has worked nor has the bowling clicked in the two matches played so far.
Real estate players also report an increase in demand from the IT sector.
Eighty per cent, or 60 of the 75 companies that made their debut on the mainboard this financial year, ended their listing day with gains.
Do you think Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer can do the job for my team?
The three-day discount sale launched by domestic airlines have boosted forward bookings of carriers in February and March, a lean season for travel.
Q3 will be better than the second, say bankers and builders.
Globally, most headhunters are down 40-50 per cent in revenue. But India, it seems, is ahead of the curve.
Maldivian Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer on Saturday said India's gesture to renew the quota to allow the export of certain quantities of essential commodities for his nation signifies the longstanding bilateral friendship and the commitment to further expand trade and commerce.
The post-Covid pandemic boom in corporate revenues appeared to have faded away in 2023-24. Yet, companies have reported a sharp recovery in their profits in FY24, driven by high margins. Their combined net sales, including gross interest income for lenders, rose by a modest 4.8 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) in FY24.
Manufacturing sector, which accounts for two-thirds of the industrial production, recorded a growth of 7.3 per cent in June indicating return of consumer demand in the market.
Real show stealer was Boomball: Ashwin lauds Bumrah's Himalayan feat
India's entertainment and media (E&M) industry may grow by 10.5 per cent cumulatively next five years, to touch Rs 92,950 crore (Rs 929.50 billion), a PriceWaterhouseCoopers report said on Wednesday.
The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday raised India's growth forecast to 5.4 per cent for 2009 and said that the global economy is beginning to pull out of a recession.
Liquidity-starved sectors such as infrastructure and realty could be the biggest beneficiaries of the vote of confidence for the UPA.
Hong Kong has regained its spot as the world's fourth-largest market following a broad market rout in Indian equities. Currently, the Chinese territory's market capitalisation stands at $4.9 trillion versus India's $4.75 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. In January, the domestic equity markets' market capitalisation had surpassed that of Hong Kong following a spectacular rally in the small- and midcap stocks.
Highlighting the tremendous scope for the hospitality sector in the coming year, a top government official today said there would be immense opportunities during the Commonwealth Games.
The 12.5 per cent EM outperformance this year is surprising. As any market strategist will tell you -- in times of stress when safe haven trades are in fashion, emerging markets typically fall faster than developed ones as investors switch out of what they deem to be riskier assets.
'The film-literate public in Kerala are not happy watching run-of-the-mill movies.'
Australian great Ian Chappell blamed the batters for wasting too much time in the middle in Test cricket.
