A mix of industrialists and businessmen, who have inherited riches or rose from humble backgrounds and even endured boom and bust cycles, the MPs are illustrative of how the political stock of the......
Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......
Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......
An extraordinary thing about superpower relations in the Cold War era was that when it suited the mutual interests of the United States and the Soviet Union, they just went ahead and cooperated.......
BOOKINGS OPENTHE good news for corporates is that the UPA government's plan to introduce reservations in the private sector won't take effect tomorrow morning. The bad news is it will the day after......
Dahiya's first internet-based venture to sell insurance failed, but he was convinced digital was the future Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com There aren’t many jobs you can do that will......
In the concluding article of a six-part series, Business Standard visits Ludhiana, one of the largest industrial towns in Punjab, to assess the effect of demonetisation. Moolchand Airi sold......
The analyst and investor community seems confident that India is well placed to weather the storm. On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve chose to keep the federal funds rate unchanged. But the......
Once in decline, the central Delhi landmark is buzzing with new restaurants, cafés and public events. Image: Connaught Place, New Delhi. Photograph: Reuters Walking through the colonnades......
Vijay Sharma, general manager (plant) of Dehradun-based Sarovaram Industries, says earlier, it was difficult to negotiate with large suppliers but Power2SME did away with the need to engage with......
Sometimes I wonder if IPL is even cricket: Ravichandran Ashwin IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin spoke about the meteoric rise of the IPL since its inception in 2008. Photograph: BCCI Premier India......
Former Test opener Navjot Singh Sidhu, Asian Games gold medallist athlete Jyotirmoyee Sikdar and South Asian Federation Games silver medallist skeet shooter Naveen Jindal will be making their debut......