Advance booking: What to read in 2008

Some 'big books' to look forward to in 2008... Fiction The acquisition of Amitav Ghosh's forthcoming Ibis trilogy by Penguin India made big news in literary circles earlier in the year and the......

Can Sensex Hit 86,000 in 2024?

Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Leading foreign brokerages, such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Barclays, are upbeat on the Indian equity markets for 2024, even as they remain......

'Government is taking LIC on BSNL route'

'The government wants foreign companies to capture the insurance market.' Photograph: PTI Photo A bill to increase foreign direct investment in the insurance sector from 49 per cent to 74 per cent......

CPI to spearhead Occupy Dalal Street from Nov 4

An Indian version of the Occupy Wall Street protests, which is under way in as many as 1,500 cities spanning 82 nations, will beginin Mumbaion November 4 under the banner of 'Occupy Dalal......

RBI should direct banks to up flow to micro units

Pitching for norms for end use of bank credit, the Arjun Sengupta panel has said the RBI needs to direct banks to increase flow of funds to micro enterprises at reasonable rates as merely pumping......