'If the epidemic is sharply contained in a month or two, we have a huge buying opportunity. 'If not, we are staring at a serious economic crisis, the contours of which we are totally unaware of,' warns Debashis Basu.
A buoyant economic mood and tempting discounts, both online and offline, are fuelling a shopping frenzy this Diwali.
Studies in China claim that traditional Chinese medicines seem to be working effectively on patients with mild or moderate symptoms of coronavirus.
Can't take five days off before Test series, says Gavaskar
Australian spinner Steve O'Keefe believes it would be a daunting task to tame Virat Kohli and his men in the upcoming Test series in India but insisted that they are not infallible and might find the going difficult on turning wickets.
Which Indian sweet you would like the next version of Android to be named after.
Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd), former general officer in commanding, 15 Corps, explains what may have happened during the Indian Army's anti-terrorist operation in Kashmir in which four soldiers and one policemen, including the commanding officer 21 Rashtriya Rifles, made the supreme sacrifice for the Motherland.
Nayantara Patel lists four hotels to visit for the fabulous food they serve.
India has remained obsessed with cheap capital and infrastructure spending when instead the central constraint on Indian development remains the abysmal quality of Indians' skills, says Mihir Sharma.
Steps taken to prevent misuse of the platform have to be balanced with data privacy and security concerns, say experts.
The Singapore-based contestant is the first to have scored 93 out of 100 points to win the 10th season.
Underachievers in the last four seasons, both Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils would look to reverse their fortunes when they kickstart their IPL V campaign against each other at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Their pics will send you into a food coma!
'The prime minister's announcement of a nation-wide shutdown was eloquent, but should have been more clearly phrased to avoid police overreach.' 'Migrant labour should have been allowed adequate notice and transport options to get home,' notes Rahul Jacob.
They'll spice up your Instagram feeds with their lip-smacking food pics.
With 10 million Indians now on Google+, the newest social media platform, users are now seeking ways how best to use it.
'The next general election is four years away. That's enough time to recover -- provided the government stops spending and taxing so much,' says T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Rava Ladoo, Besan Ladoo, Paneer Kheer and more. You can share yours too!
'There appears to be greater convergence of interests between China and the US in the Afghan-Pakistan theatre than between India and the US. This is hardly a recipe for a super-alliance,' says former foreign secretary Ambassador Shyam Saran.
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has driven Indian government into a political corner, the US media has said, but a leading paper feels that the methods being used by the social activist are a recipe for 'anarchy.'
Some 30-odd co-pilots were being "forced to work overtime" without any remuneration.
Rishabh Pant is definitely one for the future but former captain Sourav Ganguly is not sure if the young wicketkeeper batsman can fit into India's World Cup squad.
A woman who sleeps with a man she just met signals that she has low self-esteem or that she is actually only using him for sex, says Solene Paillet.
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The prime minister said that India needs to fully depend on itself.
Some recent forecasts suggest further weakness in the US economy.
Giriraj Rao, the food scientist and chemist whose knowledge of spices led him to play an important role in developing recipes for many Coke products including Fresca and Mellow Yellow, and who made America his home for nearly six decades, was among the first to use the phrase, Indian American.
Yet another Sicilian masterpiece, this rice salad features capers, which give it a nice, sharp edge.
Madhu Gadia shows Arthur J Pais how healthy food can be finger-licking tasty.
A team of 50 people led by celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor and NGO Akshaya Patra supervised the night-long preparations and yoga guru Ramdev put crowning tadka in the dish at the World India Food event that will conclude on Sunday.
Chef and author Rakhee Vaswani talks about her passion for cooking, her daily struggles as a mompreneur and how she's spreading smiles through her recipes.
As part of an ongoing series, we bring you another excerpt from Mumbai-based chef Zubin D'Souza's Khana Sutra: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook.
Tarla Dalal, noted food writer, chef, best-selling cookbook author and host of cooking shows, passed away on Wednesday morning.
'A bold, progressive step forward,' Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Uday Kotak said of Nirmala Sitharaman's corporate tax breaks.
Reader Sarani Tarafder tells us how to make Jalebis in 30 minutes.
Writing about values helps people connect as per a research conducted by Jennifer Crocker and Yu Niiya from the University of Michigan and Dominik Mischkowski from the University of Konstanz.
Spending that bonus, sprucing up your home, preparing something delicious -- a festive special this week.
All the top chefs in the world create the most amazing toppings for bruschetta but classic tomato-topped bruschetta will always be in fashion.
Food is genetic medicine, and the kind that your ancestry has eaten for centuries is your best bet.
Should you continue investing in stocks and mutual fund SIPs even as Indian stock markets keep sliding every other day and there is gloom all around?
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