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Chairman Anand Mahindra spoke to Business Standard on affordable housing.
I was on a verge of a nervous breakdown as feeding my picky eater toddler was a nightmare. But something changed, says Anay Bhalerao.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has offered some leeway to banks for early detection and resolution of bad loans. Under the new regime kicking off from April 1, lenders can finance 50 per cent of the outstanding loan value, RBI said in Framework for Revitalising Distressed Assets in the Economy, released on Thursday.
'Modi has said the poor are sleeping peacefully and the rich are buying sleeping pills.' 'The reality is the other way around.' 'Poor people are not able to sleep because of hunger.'
'In the end, investing is about people.' 'If you get the right people, they make things happen,' Mengistu Alemayehu tells Shyamal Majumdar.
The new entrants are young, enterprising Chinese men and women who want to tap into the promising Indian market.
Monday's surprise meeting is an admission by the Bharatiya Janata Party that their purported strategy of hoping to ride the popular 'Modi wave' in a Tamil Nadu without Jaya and a bed-ridden Karunanidhi does not have much chance of success, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
The recent withdrawal of subsidies on cooking gas and kerosene to Bhutan, since revived, has raised the hackles in China, with a state-run daily saying India will not allow Bhutan to freely engage with it.
This and more news from the world of showbiz in the latest edition of our glamour round-up.
Japanese cuisine gets a vegetarian twist in India.
Happy with her latest move, Indrani departed from Courtroom 51 with a spring in her step. The woman who hopped up into the jail truck was a cheerful one.
'Trump forgets that Kim is not one who likes to be treated publicly as a pauper; he wants to come to the table as an equal, and from a position of perceived strength, not as a suppliant,' says Dr Rajaram Panda.
State finance ministers' panel to decide on latest attempt at harmonising of views on Constitution amendment.
'My character in Surya Versus Surya cannot come out in daylight.' Actor Nikhil Siddhartha talks about his latest film.
'Perhaps the biggest indication was its striking decision in November to delink LeT from its aid certification process.' 'The administration decided that the US, in order to send military aid to Pakistan, would not need to certify that Pakistan is cracking down on LeT.' 'Perhaps the administration was trying to offer a carrot -- in effect, we're backing off on LeT, but in return we expect you (Pakistan) to go after the Haqqanis.' 'Either way, the optics were dreadful for the US given that Hafiz Saeed was released from house arrest a few days after the US move.' 'The US reacted angrily, but eventually it moved on, and refocused on its core concern: The Afghan-focused terror groups.'
The good folks at National Geographic list out the most popular dishes that are as popular as the cities where they were invented.
The successful implementation of the new Act will depend on a much bigger involvement of the state through a huge new superstructure of registration, certification and supervision
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Instead of tinkering with roaming, the circle system should be ended.
Ex TRAI chief says Manmohan Singh warned him of harm on 2G issue
Rediff reader Reshma Aslam shows us how to celebrate the power of womanhood by indulging in homemade delicacies.
Any company resident in a country has to pay both indirect taxes as well as Income Tax.
Why starve while fasting when you can feast on these nutritious goodies?
'In one mansion we visited, I was told the doors in the back courtyard had to be kept closed because to have the front and back doors open at the same time would result in Chettiar wealth flowing away,' notes Rahul Jacob after a memorable visit to Karaikudi.
What is the wider political strategy behind Mr Modi's concerted attack on black money, asks Subir Roy.
Build something that customers love. And then sit back to enjoy it.
On World Cancer Day, Dr J B Sharma, Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology, Delhi based Action Cancer Hospital, lists out some diet dos and don'ts for those undergoing treatment for cancer
The RBI recently met with a handful of foreign banks and asked them to stop acting as market-makers for rupee NDFs, according to three bankers involved in the discussions.
At Rs 140 crore per km, an elevated corridor will cost about the same as Delhi Metro's Rs 160 crore.
'China, which had earlier blockaded New Delhi's bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group by citing the nuclear non-proliferation law, finds itself in an awkward position and international isolation.' 'India needs to pursue a policy of mediation between China and the Southeast Asian countries for regional security,' says Srikanth Kondapalli.
Culinary legend Satish Arora hangs up his apron after almost 5 decades of service at the Taj group of hotels.
What is Christmas without some traditional food?
Indrani Roy shares 4 traditional Bengali preparations for the festive season. You can share yours too!
The cars, some 482,000 Passats, Golfs and Jettas sold in model years 2009 to 2015 in the United States, are peppy and fun to drive, owners say.
With just 10 detectives under his leadership and in about three weeks' time, Senior Superintendent of Police of Uttar Pradesh's Special Task Force Amit Pathak cracked an online digital racket that swindled 600,000 people and is now worth Rs 3,700 crore and counting.
This week's collection of stories that prove we live in a truly mad, mad world
'If your paper writes something you don't agree with, will you criticise it?' Nitin Gadkari asks Aditi Phadnis when quizzed about demonetisation.
There will be a review of employee compensation arrangement in the light of the new rules.
Air that people breathe in Indian cities is among the worst in the world.
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