Retail loans to remain most affected due to pandemic: Moody's

Moody's Investors Service on Thursday said loans to retail customers, especially those to low-income borrowers, will remain most affected due to the shock caused by the coronavirus pandemic.......

Who needs TikTok? Bharat has its very own alternatives

Chingari, Roposo, Khabri and Trell are seeing huge traction as people are looking at options to earn incentives from home. Music streaming app Gaana, which is strongly placed in the market with 150......

Shyam Srinivasan on Federal Bank's vision, and more

'The important vision is to be the most admired bank and digitally-enabled for the MSMEs.' 'Unsecured retail loans could be our next opportunity.' It has been a decade since Shyam Srinivasan,......

RBI mandates banks to link fresh retail loans to external benchmark

All public sector banks have moved to such a regime voluntarily, while private banks are yet to. The state-run banks have introduced repo-linked products for floating-rate home and auto loans, but......

PIX: Namitha shows off 'Indian beauty' in Japan

After Rajnikanth wowed the Japanese people, it is the turn of Namitha. Her photograph, taken by photographer Karthik Srinivasan, has been chosen by Tokyo Television for the show Yari-sugi ko-ji......

Review: Thuppakki's music has nothing new to offer

Pavithra Srinivasan says Thuppakki's music is a rehash of Jeyaraj's earlier tunes. Considering it's the coming together of two giants of the Tamil film industry, Ilaiya Thalapathi Vijay and......

Review: Needhane En Pon Vasantham music is pleasant

The music of Tamil film is pleasant, writes Pavithra SrinivasanGautham Vasudev Menon is back with RS Infotainment and Photon Kathaas' Needhane En Pon Vasantham (You are My Golden Spring), a title......

Review: Leelai is worth a watch

Pavithra Srinivasan feels that Tamil film Leelai is a simple urban romance.Urban love stories are rare in Tamil cinema these days. But R Movies' Leelai, despite a familiar plot, is interesting......

Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Karthik, Shankar in TN probables

IMAGE: Dinesh Karthik. Photograph: BCCI Out-of-favour India players Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay and Vijay Shankar were on Wednesday named in a 26-strong probables list by Tamil Nadu for next......

Kapil, Dhoni, Gavaskar lavish praises on Srinivasan

Srinivasan's efforts to improve the lot of sportspersons praised IMAGE: CSK captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right, with former BCCI president Narayanswami Srinivasan. Photograph: PTI The efforts......

BCCI old guard wants pull-out, COA warns of consequences

IMAGE: Narayanaswami Srinivasan (right). Photograph: Rohan Karthik/Getty Images A section of the Board of Control for Cricket in India's old guard, especially from the Narayanaswami......

Time for big hits, new names to shine as IPL 8 kicks off

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner with teammate Shikhar Dhawan. Photograph: Indian Premier League/Facebook With its scandalous past still fresh in the minds of fans and critics alike, the......

Hughes tragedy overshadows eventful year in cricket

A woman places flowers amongst other tributes next to a photograph of Phil Hughes outside the Adelaide Oval. Photograph: Morne de Klerk/Getty Images New Zealand's Corey Anderson took 36 balls to......