Dollar debt and higher import cost might impact earnings by up to 30%.
'The smartest businessmen are shopkeepers as their return on investment is better than anyone else.'
The combined share of customs and excise duties, service tax, and value-added tax in India's gross domestic product reached an all-time high of 10.5%.
In any institution that has a passionate ideology, the moderate is always vulnerable to the person who is more extreme, because that is what the supporters want.
Lt Col Raja "Grinder" Chari, 39 is in the batch of 2017.
'As a woman, we need to give right the upbringing to our sons, to respect, protect and help the weaker sex instead of bullying them. We should start doing this too, not just blame men. The judiciary needs to bring in some changes, so that people start fearing the law.' 'What excuse will you give for girls aged four to six getting raped and murdered? You can't blame them for their dressing sense.'
Just like optimum blood pressure, sugar and the likes are the measure of your physical health, a good CIBIL score is a measure of your financial health and you must do the needful to keep your CIBIL score at a satisfactory level.
Though Muslims have been trusted allies of Jats since the days of former Prime Minister Charan Singh, experts feel the alliance has had its share of strains following his death in 1987
The Tata empire turns 150 this year. R Gopalakrishnan, former director, Tata Sons Ltd, imagines a conversation among the group's founder Jamsetji, his son Dorabji, his successor, Nowroji Saklatwala, and his successor, J R D Tata.
'With enjoyable physical activity, stress release quality sleep and the right diet, we can reverse the metabolic damage which is wreaking havoc in the world and especially in India.'
Make modern meals from ancient grains.
'The big thing is on the works on Zero Distance, the initiative to bring innovations in every project.'
'The market position from here on is expected to go up'.
The Council also discussed process to make return filing simpler with just one return to be filed every month.
There is such a thing as too much sugar, says Raja Sen
The long-neglected fruit may finally get the recognition it deserves.
The Reserve Bank of India held its policy rate at 7.25 percent on Tuesday.
Days after the PM announced a financial inclusion package, a look at how banks and insurance firms are going about it and what lies ahead.
The Rumble in the Jungle was the greatest boxing spectacle of the 20th century, notes Dhruv Munjal.
While some companies used that to become world leaders, others squandered it by over-borrowing.
Lisa Haydon shares her Housefull journey.
The country's largest consumer goods company Hindustan Unilever says it has been able to reduce its water use by regular metering, monitoring and controlling of utilities consumption at all its manufacturing sites
Senior science journalist, Dinesh C Sharma told rediff.com that the way ahead would require higher public awareness and discourse on these factors and building advocacy for reversing such government policies
Malayalam film 101 Chodyangal is a touching tale.
Here's how you can plan better and pay smarter!
Khoobsurat offers up the expected -- only it does so with a smirk, says Raja Sen.
In Tamil Nadu, Divya Nair encounters jallikattu, a ban on colas and a water shortage.
The Gomti Riverfront Development project, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, the Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre and the efforts towards the beautification of Old Lucknow are some of Akhilesh Yadav's initiatives that are the subject of investigation.
'This colliding of worlds is a feature of chawl life in Mumbai, where the clashes in one household often become prime-time television for the neighbours; where the boundaries of good sex, lechery, and incest are frequently blurred,' says Sreehari Nair.
The government has set up a control room to coordinate the cleaning process across the state and the civic bodies have been entrusted with the task of managing the work, official sources said on Thursday.
FSSAI will put the draft guidelines in front of a seven-member expert committee.
'In the end, investing is about people.' 'If you get the right people, they make things happen,' Mengistu Alemayehu tells Shyamal Majumdar.
'If Michael Jackson is called the King of Pop, would he mind it? It's a great thing. I don't mind being called excellent in what I do. I don't mind being typecast. I am very good at what I do, nobody can do what I do. I am the best action hero.' There's no stopping Vidyut Jammwal.
The IMD on its part is sticking to its forecast of July rainfall.
Ajit Mishra, Vice President, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers' stock market queries. Ajit will offer his unbiased views on a weekly basis
A meal in a jar is not only a culinary fad, but also a practical way of ensuring the right portion to eat
'There is no Buddha or Gandhi among countries, existing for the service of others; they all exist for the good of themselves.' 'For each country, its own interests should be paramount, and it is futile and churlish to expect China to be an exception to this rule,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant and long-time China-watcher.
'I am the undiscovered Julia Roberts of India. They haven't figured it out yet.' Kalki Koechlin gets talking.
Killer Kangana or Teasing Twinkle? Take your pick!
Binu Alex, co-founder and editorial director of www.commodityonline.com, in an interview to Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, says demand-supply imbalance arising out of the government's inability to preserve the crop for non-harvesting season is the root cause behind the price rise.
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