'We have essentially tried to set out an agenda for the next five years and it, in essence, represents the political commitment to that agenda.'
National-award winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-politician, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty -- who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- is truly a force of nature, notes Sukanya Verma.
The panel was set up to suggest ways to reform India's monetary policy.
Digital literacy is emerging as the professional language of 2024. It is the ability to process complex data sets, deploy critical communication technologies appropriately and validate your importance at your workplace, explains Jagdeep Kochar, managing director, Baker & Taylor India.
Weighed down by the oil-to-chemicals (O2C) business, Reliance Industries (RIL) results for the April-June quarter (Q1) of 2024-25 (FY25) missed Street estimates. A 14 per cent fall in the O2C segment's operating profit compared to the year-ago quarter and a 22 per cent sequential decline pulled down the consolidated performance. The O2C segment accounts for a third of the overall operating profit and about 60 per cent of the attributable consolidated profit.
Invest in MFs for liquidity and choice of funds. Invest in NPS for the tax benefits, tax-free rebalancing, and for earmarked savings for retirement.
That merging of skills and temperament has made him a much more desirable player than in the past.
Heel pain can be due to plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis or heel pad syndrome, says rediffGURU Dr Shakeeb Ahmed Khan.
'By integrating data, research, and new insights, we are designing work environments that foster innovation, collaboration, and wellbeing.'
Young Indian stars will be eager to usher in a new era in the shortest format with a series victory when they face Zimbabwe in the fourth T20I in Harare on Saturday.
Competitive advantage is increasingly transient and companies need strategic and operational agility to operate in this environment of uncertainty.
Film folk celebrate International Yoga Day with pictures of them doing, well, yoga!
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The actress has taken to Instagram to share her impressive yoga moves.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Bimal Jalan said on Wednesday that the central bank had a soft and flexible stance on altering the repo rate if monetary conditions warranted.\n\n\n\n
'In Parliament, he was the one person who stood for democracy and secularism even when the principal Opposition party was not very forthright in taking on the BJP and RSS.'
If the cashless request is denied, the entire cost may need to be paid for planned treatments.
The Supreme Court decision to cancel the allocation of 214 coal blocks will have bearing on thermal power plants, in which the banks have put in more than Rs 1 lakh crore (Rs 1 trillion) as loans.
Complimenting India on maintaining market linked exchange rate, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday asked other key economies to move toward flexible exchange rate regime.
Former India cricketers and umpires feel the stand-off between umpire Darrell Hair and the Pakistan team could push the game into chaos.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday called for flexibility in the framework that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in the process of creating, to help countries manage large capital flows that could put economies at risk as they come out of the global financial crisis.
The flexibility in the team with the presence of a lot of all-rounders and the leadership skills of Gautam Gambhir have been behind Kolkata Knight Riders' good show in the IPL so far, coach Dav Whatmore said on Wednesday.
Every 20 minutes take at least a 20-second break and look at something which is 20 feet away from you. This exercise helps in relaxing the eye muscles and reduces fatigue, suggests ophthalmologist and aesthetic surgeon Dr Sneha Shah.
Regulator Sebi on Friday approved a slew of measures to further improve the ease of doing business for market participants, including providing relaxations to Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) and entities looking to raise funds through initial share sale. The proposals were cleared by the Sebi board during its meeting on Friday.
Yoga is an excellent way to help children develop mindfulness and enhance their ability to concentrate. says rediffGURU Sabrina Merchant.
Favouring labour reforms but without 'hire-and-fire' system, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Friday said rigidities in labour laws were affecting the domestic job market.
As Thalapathy Vijay embarks on a career in politics, Arjun Menon looks closer at his glorious filmography.
rediffGURU Krishna Kumar, founder and CEO of GoMoTech, offers expert advice on how to scale up in your career and life.
India skipper Rohit Sharma lauded his players on the comfortable 47-run victory over Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup Super 8 match in Bridgetown on Thursday, attributing the clinical all-round display to better planning, which was possible due to extensive knowledge about local conditions.
The RBI is exploring ways to allow banks more flexibility in loan restructuring.
'With the deployment of a higher degree of mechanisation, awarding contractual mining to MDOs and operational efficiency, we feel confident of achieving the desired target.'
Reliance Industries Ltd, India's most valuable company, on Friday reported a 5 per cent drop in its June quarter net profit as lower fuel cracks and petrochemical margins outdid gains in telecom and retail businesses. The oil-to-retail-to-telecom conglomerate's consolidated net profit was at Rs 15,138 crore, or Rs 22.37 per share, in April-June -- the first quarter of the current 2023-24 fiscal year -- compared to Rs 16,011 crore, or Rs 23.66 a share, earnings a year back, according to a company's statement.
Earlier in the day, the White House said that it would be monitoring the progress on the Chinese assurance that it would be making its currency more flexible. It also said that currency, indeed, would be one of the topics of discussions during upcoming G-20 Summit in Toronto.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has identified "climate shocks" as a risk to food inflation rates and overall price rise while stating that the outlook for the country's economic growth remains bright. In its Annual Report for 2023-24, released on Thursday, the central bank said easing supply-chain pressures, broad-based softening in core inflation, and early indications of an above-normal southwest monsoon meant well for the inflation outlook in 2024-25. "The increasing incidence of climate shocks, however, imparts considerable uncertainty to the food inflation and overall inflation outlook," said the RBI while noting headline inflation moderated by 1.3 percentage points on an annual average basis to 5.4 per cent in 2023-24.
Former Australia player Tom Moody believes India need to be flexible with their batting order in white ball cricket.
He said the new short-term treasury bills will be part of the government's same borrowing programme. To meet its burgeoning expenditure, necessitated by the slowing down economy, the government has pegged its market borrowing at over Rs 4.5 lakh crore (Rs 4.5 trillion) for the current fiscal, bulk of which is being raised in the first half.
As competition heats up in the multi-utility vehicle (MUV) segment, the country's leading utility vehicles player Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) plans a flexible manufacturing line for its latest launch the compact SUV Quanto to capture market share.
Bharti Airtel may end up cumulatively bidding for more spectrum than market leader Reliance Jio in the upcoming auctions. This is owing to its need for spectrum renewal, and a requirement for 900 MHz in a few circles, analysts have said. Despite the muted bidding expected in the upcoming auctions, Airtel may end up making more bids than Jio, they added.
Only one male and five female wrestlers qualified for the upcoming edition. Here's a look at the strength and weakness of all the six contenders.
He was addressing mediapersons at the end of the SAARC Summit.
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