'These companies hired in high numbers last year and are balancing that out this year by recruiting fewer freshers.'
Leonard Barsoton of Kenya and Ethiopia-based Bahraini athlete Desi Jisa set new course records in the men's and women's elite international section en route to winning titles at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K marathon.
Many brands have proved there is gold in old. What explains their success?
Azim Premji and his family gave away Rs 7,904 crore (Rs 79.04 billion) in philanthropy, up 1,645 per cent!!! over the previous year.
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.
For the Congress' revival, the eclipse of the Gandhis is absolutely necessary, asserts Virendra Kapoor.
At least five companies looking to raise a cumulative Rs 6,595 crore could launch their initial public offerings (IPOs) next month after a busy August that saw eight IPOs. On Thursday, south-based diagnostic chain Vijaya Diagnostics announced its plans for a Rs 1,895-crore IPO. Ami Organics will announce its plans for a Rs 600-crore issue on Friday.
The concept is making a comeback with companies like Bajaj, Titan, Kingfisher, Nirma and Airtel using their old jingles enmeshed with new visuals.
In the 1970s, when the detergent world stood on the cusp of a change, Indian consumers first learnt the difference between Sasti cheez aur acchi cheez (a cheap product and a good product) from the sparkling white saree-clad, Lalita ji.
The buzz in the IPO market continues with four companies launching their initial share sales this week to raise over Rs 14,628 crore collectively. This comes after four companies -- Devyani International, Krsnaa Diagnostics, Windlas Biotech and Exxaro Tiles-- launched their initial share-sales last week to mobilise Rs 3,614 crore. So far in the current fiscal, 16 companies have raised Rs 30,666 crore through IPOs against Rs 31,277 crore by 30 firms in the entire 2020-21. Going forward, market analysts expect the IPO environment to remain buzzing during the entire 2021-22.
Top companies have grabbed a bigger pie of their sectors in the pandemic period, leading to a further rise in market concentration in many industries as measured by the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). The HHI score, which indicates competitive intensity in an industry (or a lack of it), reached a new high in FY21 as bigger firms raised their revenue market shares either organically or through mergers and acquisitions. A higher HHI score indicates a rise in market concentration in favour of a few firms while a lower score means that the industry's revenue is more evenly divided among many companies
BJP legislator Kanu Kalsaria first rebelled against Modi by dragging the state government to Supreme Court, that too successfully, in opposing, now cancelled Nirma Cement plant in coastal Mahuva area of Bhavnagar, from where he is an elected MLA.
As a ruling party MLA, he led an agitation to oust a cement plant but will the rebel against his own party government win the electoral battle that he has jumped into?
The health system is trying to ensure that it isn't caught by surprise -- the way it was last time. So, hectic preparations are on.
The Nirma University of Science and Technology invites applications for admission for 2009-10.
Government and the media do not communicate enough, thinks the man who manages India's largest media company.
In 1989 when Bajaj came out with their legendary and elegant Hamara Bajaj campaign, that looked more at apna India, rather than the scooter, and at all hues of scootered Indians, it drew millions of eyeballs and was brilliantly successful.
They said that each firm may have a different, specific reason for making the move. Binani Cement was the first to announce the delisting plan and the other two firms followed shortly.
'Corruption is rampant in every office in the state from the villages right up to Gandhinagar. I have witnessed all these issues first hand... Before Narendra Modi became chief minister Gujarat had a debt of Rs 25,000 crore to Rs 30,000 crore. Today it is Rs 180,000 crore. There has been six-fold jump in public debt in Gujarat in the last ten years... Every child born in Gujarat owes a debt of Rs 30,000 today. How can you call this development? Look at how high taxes are in Gujarat. Look at the condition of our public health system. There are not enough doctors or nursing staff in government hospitals; not enough teachers in schools and colleges.' Three-time BJP MLA Dr Kanubhai Kalsaria rips apart Narendra Modi's policies.
The opposition has been critical of the Centre's handling of the situation, accusing it of not doing enough to ease the hardships of the migrant workers, many of whom have lost their jobs during the lockdown which started on March 25.
The former Bigg Boss housemate is ready to enter your homes again.
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has revised prices of 440 medicines. Around 300 medicines have seen price cuts, while the others have seen a hike, sources said. The extent of the revisions is not known as yet.
Nirma University's Law Institute offers admission to its five-year integrated programme, accepted by the Bar Council of India.
From consulting firms to tech and detergent companies, brands are busy swatting away online crusaders. In the fraught times we live in, it is not just religion that stokes the fires of controversy. In such instances, it may be best to take the trolls head on.
Nirma University Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, invites applications for admissions to its two-year MBA programme.
Though fraught with risks, small business can easily fetch better returns than the established companies.
Nirma University Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, invites applications for admissions to its two-year MBA programme.
Only a lack of long-term vision is the biggest roadblock to India's progress.
The Nirma Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, invites applications for its two-year residential Master of Business Administration programme.
The markets have opened strong in morning session as FMCG, telecom, oil, banking, power, metal and some technology stocks
On the second day of global investment summit in Ahmedabad, industrial groups have announced plans to make investments of Rs 12,000 crore (Rs 120 billion) in Gujarat, P K Laheri, the state's chief secretary, said on Monday.
The top five most trusted brands are Samsung Mobiles, Sony, LG, Nokia and Tata.
Criticising those doubting the cross-Line of Control surgical strikes, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the action by the Indian army has increased the sensitivity among Indians regarding national security in a very effective way.
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