News for 'Uttam Ghosh'

Uttam's Take: Bringing Migrant Indians Home

Uttam's Take: Bringing Migrant Indians Home

Rediff.com2 May 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the government's decision to transport migrant workers, stranded during the lockdown, to their villages.

Uttam's Take: Meditating Amidst The Ruins

Uttam's Take: Meditating Amidst The Ruins

Rediff.com4 Nov 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi traveling to Indonesia to meditate at a time when his party is in severe disarray.

Uttams Take: Does the PM Care?

Uttams Take: Does the PM Care?

Rediff.com25 Aug 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Prime Minister Modi feeding peacocks when hundreds of millions of his countrymen have been savaged by the lockdown-ravaged economy.

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Nitish?

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Nitish?

Rediff.com29 Oct 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Bihar 2020.

Uttam's Take: Kahan Gaye Vaccines, Modiji?

Uttam's Take: Kahan Gaye Vaccines, Modiji?

Rediff.com13 May 2021

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on India's Vaccine Crisis.

Life insurers may face VNB margin squeeze

Life insurers may face VNB margin squeeze

Rediff.com20 Jan 2026

The loss of input tax credit (ITC) following the rationalisation of the goods and services tax (GST) on individual life and health insurance from 18 per cent to nil is may weigh on the profits of life insurers in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025-26 (FY26).

Wholesale price inflation is negative for second month

Wholesale price inflation is negative for second month

Rediff.com14 Aug 2025

Wholesale price inflation (WPI) stayed in negative territory for the second consecutive month at (-) 0.58 per cent in July, as prices of food articles and fuel saw deflation, even though prices of manufactured items increased, government data showed on Thursday.

Uttam's Take: Petrol price erupt

Uttam's Take: Petrol price erupt

Rediff.com8 Dec 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the latest hike in fuel prices at a time when the economy is in its worst condition ever.

Uttam's Take: What will Modi2 bring?

Uttam's Take: What will Modi2 bring?

Rediff.com26 May 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Verdict 2019.

US Senator Proposes Tax On Companies That Hire Foreigners

US Senator Proposes Tax On Companies That Hire Foreigners

Rediff.com9 Sep 2025

'If companies want to hire foreign workers instead of Americans, my bill will hit them where it hurts: Their pocketbooks.'

Smallcap Index Faces Worst Year Since 2018

Smallcap Index Faces Worst Year Since 2018

Rediff.com31 Dec 2025

Over 50 per cent, or 660 stocks, from the BSE 1000 index recorded negative returns during CY25.

Tata Capital's Rs 15,512 cr IPO subscribed 1.95 times

Tata Capital's Rs 15,512 cr IPO subscribed 1.95 times

Rediff.com8 Oct 2025

The initial public offering of non-banking financial company Tata Capital Ltd got fully subscribed on the final day of bidding on Wednesday. The company's Rs 15,512 crore share sale received bids for 45,84,78,044 shares against 33,34,36,996 shares on offer, translating into 1.38 times subscription, according to NSE data till 13:36 hours.

Uttam's Take: Get Lost Coronavirus!

Uttam's Take: Get Lost Coronavirus!

Rediff.com27 Mar 2020

A billion of them could fit on a pinhead, yet this tiny coronavirus has pulverised life on our planet.

Uttam's Take: Your Democracy vs Ours

Uttam's Take: Your Democracy vs Ours

Rediff.com23 Nov 2018

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the turn of events in Jammu and Kashmir.

GST rate cuts spur credit growth in banking sector in Q3 FY26

GST rate cuts spur credit growth in banking sector in Q3 FY26

Rediff.com7 Jan 2026

Banking sector has witnessed healthy growth in advances in the third quarter of financial year 2026 (Q3FY26) against the same period last year, as the full impact of goods and service tax (GST) rate cuts drove growth. Most of the lenders saw their credit growth outpace the deposit growth in the quarter.

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Sena

Uttam's Take: BJP vs Sena

Rediff.com11 Oct 2019

On the contentious issue of cutting trees in Mumbai's Aarey forest, the BJP and Sena appears to be on opposite sides, as Uttam Ghosh notes in his take on the Aarey controversy.

Uttam's Take: Boom! Boom! time for BJP

Uttam's Take: Boom! Boom! time for BJP

Rediff.com19 Mar 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on politics post the air strikes.

Equal work, unequal wages: pay gap persists for gig workers

Equal work, unequal wages: pay gap persists for gig workers

Rediff.com26 Oct 2025

Even as festive hiring for the year surged, wage parity between gig and permanent employees remained unresolved, with 47 per cent of respondents believing there is a pay gap, a report has revealed.

Uttam's Take: Uncertain America

Uttam's Take: Uncertain America

Rediff.com6 Nov 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the US poll presidential election.

Uttam's Take: Waiting For The High Command

Uttam's Take: Waiting For The High Command

Rediff.com10 May 2022

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on a strange regurgitation of history.

Uttam's Take: UP's Andha Kanoon

Uttam's Take: UP's Andha Kanoon

Rediff.com11 Jul 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Vikas Dubey's arrest and mysterious death in a police encounter.

Uttam's Take: Speedbreaker Kaun?!

Uttam's Take: Speedbreaker Kaun?!

Rediff.com4 Apr 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Modi's jibe and Mamata's retort.

Govt in talks to streamline FDI, FII processes: Goyal

Govt in talks to streamline FDI, FII processes: Goyal

Rediff.com19 Nov 2025

The Centre is regularly holding consultations with stakeholders to streamline foreign direct investments (FDIs) and foreign institutional investments (FIIs) related processes to enable faster and more efficient investment flows into the country, said Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, adding one such meeting with stakeholders was held on Tuesday.

Uttam's Take: Indian politics in 2018

Uttam's Take: Indian politics in 2018

Rediff.com1 Jan 2018

Uttam Ghosh on how Indian politics may play out in 2018.

Uttam's Take: Hail the Myanmar Resistance!

Uttam's Take: Hail the Myanmar Resistance!

Rediff.com19 Mar 2021

Uttam Ghosh salutes the Myanmarese People's resistance to Tyranny.

Private banks' mcap fell in Jul-Sep: S&P

Private banks' mcap fell in Jul-Sep: S&P

Rediff.com7 Oct 2025

Private sector banks slipped in market capitalisation (mcap) during the July-September quarter, underperforming their government-owned peers as trade uncertainties dragged market sentiment, said S&P Global Market Intelligence. According to its analysis, HDFC Bank shed 4.8 per cent in mcap during the third quarter, while ICICI Bank's dropped 6.7 per cent.

Uttam's Take: Bengal beckons

Uttam's Take: Bengal beckons

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

Uttam Ghosh wonders if the farmers's concerns will be addressed now that the BJP has embarked on Mission Bengal.

Divyansh Panwar and Khyati Chaudhary Win National Shooting Selection Trials

Divyansh Panwar and Khyati Chaudhary Win National Shooting Selection Trials

Rediff.com7 Mar 2026

Divyansh Singh Panwar and Khyati Chaudhary emerged victorious in the 10m Air Rifle events at the National Selection Trials, while Anish Bhanwala won the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol event.

Uttam's Take: Toxic Trump's wonder drug :(((

Uttam's Take: Toxic Trump's wonder drug :(((

Rediff.com26 Apr 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on US President Donald J Trump's startling suggestion to study the possibility of injecting disinfectants into COVID-19 patients.

$6-Billion Foreign Bet on India's Private Banks

$6-Billion Foreign Bet on India's Private Banks

Rediff.com12 Jan 2026

Cleaner balance sheets, regulatory support and strong growth prospects helped Indian private banks attract over $6 billion in foreign capital, with more deals expected in 2026.

Private capex likely to rise 21.5% to Rs 2.67 lakh crore in FY26

Private capex likely to rise 21.5% to Rs 2.67 lakh crore in FY26

Rediff.com1 Sep 2025

Capital investment by the private sector is likely to rise 21.5 per cent to Rs 2.67 lakh crore in 2025-26 aided by robust macroeconomic fundamentals, and a 100-bps policy rate cut, according to an RBI article. Despite global uncertainties, Indian firms entered the 2025-26 fiscal year with healthier balance sheets, higher cash buffer, improved profitability, and greater access to diversified funding sources, said the article 'Private Corporate Investment: Growth in 2024-25 and Outlook for 2025-26' published in the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) August bulletin.

Uttams Take: EC gets a spine

Uttams Take: EC gets a spine

Rediff.com17 Apr 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Election Commission finally taking action against hate election speeches.

Credit card transactions surge; debit cards' decline: RBI

Credit card transactions surge; debit cards' decline: RBI

Rediff.com24 Oct 2025

The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) Payment Systems Report highlighted that between 2019 and 2024, credit card transactions doubled in volume and almost tripled in value. During the same period, however, debit card transactions witnessed a decline, both in volume and value.

Uttam's Take: We mourn them all

Uttam's Take: We mourn them all

Rediff.com9 May 2020

Uttam Ghosh pays homage to these martrys for India.

Uttam's Take: Trump likes walls!

Uttam's Take: Trump likes walls!

Rediff.com20 Feb 2020

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how Trump -- who wants to build a wall between his country and Mexico -- may react to the Gujarat wall on his visit to Ahmedabad on Monday.

Uttam's Take: Greta takes on the big shots

Uttam's Take: Greta takes on the big shots

Rediff.com25 Sep 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on how Greta Thunberg, the teenage Swedish environmental activist, blasts world leaders at the UN over climate change.

Uttam's Take: RBI opens its coffers to government

Uttam's Take: RBI opens its coffers to government

Rediff.com28 Aug 2019

Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Rs 1.76 lakh crore being transferred by the Reserve Bank of India to the government.

Uttam's Take: Good riddance 2018!

Uttam's Take: Good riddance 2018!

Rediff.com1 Jan 2019

Uttam Ghosh's Take on the year just gone by.

Uttam's Take: Why did PM CARES ignore migrants?

Uttam's Take: Why did PM CARES ignore migrants?

Rediff.com5 May 2020

Uttam Ghosh asks why the PM Cares fund could not have paid for the train tickets of migrant workers on their way home when the government flew Indians stranded in different parts of the world for free!

Deposit Rate Cuts Tough For Banks As Govt Retains Small Savings Rates

Deposit Rate Cuts Tough For Banks As Govt Retains Small Savings Rates

Rediff.com14 Jan 2026

'The government's decision to keep interest rates unchanged on small savings schemes will certainly constrain banks' ability to cut deposit rates further.'