Business Standard checks out trade hubs across the country to assess the impact of demonetisation. The first of a six-part series takes a look at Tirupur.
The airline will fly the A320s between the Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
The government will also evacuate Indians on Friday from China's Wuhan city, the epicentre of the deadly Coronavirus, which has spread to at least 17 countries already.
In an online chat with readers, Amit Jaiswal, head of academics, MockBank.com shared tips and strategies to crack the upcoming IBPS Bank PO exam.
Netflix plans local studio in India push. Move comes as rival Amazon Prime Video lines up as many as 18 original shows for India.
'Bachchao', a free android application developed by Chinmayi and her team, enables women to send alerts to friends and family in case of potential threat.
The government has opted for the RuPay debit card over the Aadhaar-based platform for "last-mile" authentication in its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
Top gainers among the S&P BSE Sensex include GAIL, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Bharti Airtel, all edging up by 1% in late morning deals
'India has an advantage because we produce more cotton and we have more workforce.'
Amid dramatic scenes and vociferous demonstrations by the Film and Television Institute of India students, television actor and Bharatiya Janata Party member Gajendra Chauhan on Thursday took charge as chairman of the premiere institute in Pune, even as police detained nearly 40 protesters who were calling him a "political appointee".
India is among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of expat quality of life.
Consolidation is the prime mood of the Indian equity market at the moment.
As the mid-day meal school tragedy in Bihar fuelled food safety concerns, more cases of children falling ill after consuming free food or contaminated water have come to light from Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Delhi and Maharasthra.
'What does the nation get out of the CBI's fabulous infrastructure? Very little that is useful.'
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
The stories of exclusions illustrate so tragically, the need of the hour is to bolster biometrics and 'smart' technologies with something more old-fashioned - the good old fashioned, compassionate human touch, says Geetanjali Krishna.
The key gain from using Aadhaar will be a drastic cut in impersonation and fictitious identities, thereby plugging a major loophole through which a lot of leakage in subsidy payment takes place.
Dr Talat Ahmad, vice chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia suggests important reforms in the Indian education system.
The wheels turn for bicycles, as manufacturers go back to the basics. After motorised two-wheelers overtook cycle sales in the country, manufacturers are focusing on commuter segment again and reviving entry-level cycles.
Details were not immediately available ahead of a planned government briefing.
This historic Vishaka judgement brought the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace into the mainstream discourse says Kanika Dutta.
'There were absolutely no guidelines (on surrogacy) and poor women were being exploited.' 'These poor surrogate mothers do not understand the value of life. They only understand the value of money.' 'Germany and Britain banned it because they know surrogacy is exploitation of women's body. Therefore these foreigners were coming to India.'
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
Indo-United States defence ties will not be impacted due to the issue relating to Indian diplomat Devayani Khobragade, Defence Minister AK Antony on Tuesday said.
'Officers have been made the scapegoat for political failure.' 'No effort has been made to find out who scuttled the prime minister's decision to introduce competitive bidding and why and at whose instance.'
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
In a major security breach at Tihar Jail, two undertrials scaled the wall of the ward they were lodged in and then dug a tunnel through the boundary wall to escape from one of the most high-security prisons in the country.
Businesses that either take local communities for granted or see them as an obstacle to be 'managed' are skating on thin ice.
Venkaiah Naidu said Aadhaar will not be made mandatory till the entire population gets such cards or UID numbers.
It is high time old boys' clubs inside many large corporations come under serious scrutiny for protecting one of their own.
'By taking fingerprints, iris scans and other details of citizens, the State is becoming the custodian of its people.' 'The State can use this data according to its whims and fancies, which is not good in a democracy.' 'When the State looks at all the activities of its citizens, it becomes a police State.'
Perhaps India needs to implement these for Achhe Din to happen.
'When war is thrust on you as in 1962 and 1965 or is tempting as in 1971, ensure that all other fronts are kept quiet, leaving your army free to deal with one,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Exemptions, and the fact that farm income is outside the tax net, ensure that India's tax-GDP ratio stays low.
India's still male-dominated corporate environment wittingly and unwittingly contrives to put women employees on the back foot.
The rape of a young woman in New Delhi by Uber cab driver has raised the disturbing question of women's safety all over again.
That it has been threatening to review this rule for a while is old hat anyway.
Drunk driving can attract a fine up to Rs 50,000.
India will require new technical solutions and approaches to solve environmental problems.
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