As Kerala gets into the festive mood, police are maintaining tight vigil with the army receiving information that there may be a terror attack in southern parts of the country.
The banana grower, like everyone else in the village, was buying all his daily requirements on credit. The grocer, fishmonger and vegetable seller were all happily dispensing with their goods and keeping account of who owed what.
Anuj Rakyan, the entrepreneur behind Raw Pressery, has seen his business valuation grow 50 times in a little over 3 years. The sky is the limit, he tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar.
'Sometimes we remember our plans and preoccupations from early March.' 'They seem laughably unreal now,' says Shuma Raha.
At the height of the agitation against Tata Motors and after, the decibel level at Singur has always been high. The coronavirus scare, however, appears to have tempered it. The lockdown has hit Singur's inhabitants hard in more ways than one, reports Ishita Ayan Dutt.
The Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee Act of a state regulates the purchase of agricultural products, such as cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables for that region. It hobbles farmers, imposing multiple levies on produce and disallows direct sales to private companies.
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option.
GST is levied on every transaction in the supply of goods and services, barring certain exempted items
With fuel being the main input cost for the transport sector, rise in cost of operations is a given. The sector is unsure on the extent of being able to pass this on through rentals or to absorb it with higher volumes.
'If your paper writes something you don't agree with, will you criticise it?' Nitin Gadkari asks Aditi Phadnis when quizzed about demonetisation.
Not all change is good, but this one is, applauds Shekhar Gupta.
The government will investigate the claim of former Pakistani dictator Ayub Khan's son, Gohar Ayub Khan, that an Indian brigadier had sold the 1965 war plan to his country for Rs 20,000, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday.
Why should Reliance Digital position itself as an alternative to Chadhaji's store? It simply doesn't make good business sense, says Sudhir Bisht.
Vishu invokes fond memories of childhood writes Divya Nair/Rediff.com
Last year, his family forced Kishore Singh not to write anything about them...
'Life has been very stressful and frustrating.'
With cyber criminals becoming savvier by the day, learning how to safeguard yourself is imperative.
Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala explains why he thinks Modi should be at the helm of India.
Nearly two-thirds of India's gold demand comes from rural areas where jewellery is a traditional store of wealth for millions who have no access to the formal banking system.
'Whether we like it or not, coronavirus is knocking on the door. We only have two weeks, a month if we are lucky, to prepare for its spread.' 'The US wasted this opportunity and is facing spreading virus and economic meltdown,' notes Sonalde Desai.
As people wait in long queues outside banks, they appear happy that the ban on Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will unearth black money and root out corruption.
Two devoted J Jayalalithaa followers speak of what the TN chief minister meant to them.
'The issue is not whether the farm laws are beneficial for the farmers or not.' 'The farmers have taken a stand that they do not want these laws.' 'Why do you want to thrust these laws down their throat?'
'On a daily basis you are saying, you do this, you do that, but where is the blueprint of the war?' 'How many isolations actually we need per hundred thousand people?' 'How many ventilators will we need for 100,000 people?'
How will the government's decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes help curb the creation and flow of black money into the Indian economy?
The governor also said no life has been lost in Jammu and Kashmir due to any violence in the last 10 days
Manjula Chimbalkar, a health coordinator from Mumbai's COVID-19 hotspot Dharavi, speaks about her concerns and fears
'I expect normalcy to return in one or two days,' says Tuticorin's new Collector Sandeep Nandur.
A Rediff.com journalist reveals what it's like to live in a building sealed by the authorities because one of the residents is COVID-19 positive.
A few simple and efficient workouts to keep fresh through the day
Away from limelight, Jeevika Didis are silently fighting the coronavirus in rural Bihar.
These should be your go-to food for slimming down.
There is a lot of police action on the ground and even inter-state movement has been stopped, because of which deliveries of essential items via platforms, such as Flipkart, Amazon, Grofers, and Milkbasket, aren't happening. Food-delivery firms -- Swiggy and Zomato -- are facing similar challenges, according to the sources.
A'Market valuation is another concern.'
'India is trading at steep valuations and there have been a number of IPOs, especially in the insurance sector, that have had an impact on secondary market liquidity.'
Captain Indu Nair, joined a private airline after her tenure as a pilot in the Indian Air Force ended five years ago. Among the first batches of women pilots in the IAF, she flew during the Kargil conflict. As a commercial airline pilot, one of her best experiences, she says, is when she takes off with an all woman crew - in the cockpit and the cabin.
Freedom doesn't mean experimenting everything that comes your way. Tread with caution, warns Dr Prakriti Poddar.
'Even with the restrictions of depositing more than Rs 2.5 lakh in a bank, people will find new methods to convert this cash hoard into legal tender.'
A young Mumbai artist brings the city alive.
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