All stories by Avishek Rakshit
Muslims back calls for Gorkhaland
Rediff.com19 Jun 2017Around 2,000 Gorkha Muslims staged a protest march supporting the Gorkha Jamukti Morcha cause.
How Google plans to bring SMBs online
Rediff.com14 Jun 201710 million out of 51 million small and medium businesses have presence on Google Search
GST rates dampen Ayurveda firms' hopes
Rediff.com1 Jun 2017The Centre has decided to keep ayurveda products in the mid-range of the goods and services tax
GST in current form unacceptable, says Amit Mitra
Rediff.com31 May 2017According to Mitra, items such as foodgrain, vegetables, leather goods, footwear, cottage cheese, puffed and flattened rice, books and entertainment tax, among several others, should be in the zero-tax bracket.
Why Emami is taking the 'direct' route
Rediff.com2 May 2017Reducing dependence on wholesalers will give the company better control over its inventory, besides offering greater visibility to new brands, reports Avishek Rakshit.
Good days are here for India's tea companies
Rediff.com18 Apr 2017However, strong rupee, concerns over production at home may spoil the party
How Sanjiv Goenka plans to spread his wings
Rediff.com11 Apr 2017Group is planning to reduce its dependence on power generation business by expanding in other areas
Your favourite cup of tea could be in trouble!
Rediff.com30 Mar 2017The world-famous Darjeeling tea is losing its flavour even as it struggles with falling production, says Avishek Rakshit.
Jenson and Nicholson gets a fresh paint job
Rediff.com8 Mar 2017A new management at one of India's oldest paint companies looks to revive the dormant paints brand, readies for a stiff fight with rivals.
Placements drop by 5 per cent at IIM-C
Rediff.com6 Mar 2017It is not clear whether the drop in offers is a fallout of demonetisation.
There once was a pink Ambassador...
Rediff.com3 Mar 2017Most Indians have an Ambassador story. Avishek Rakshit chronicles what made this car such an indispensable part of India's cultural psyche.
Amazon to offer exclusive FMCG deals
Rediff.com1 Mar 2017Amazon's pantry division across 29 cities in India helps sellers sell FMCG products on its platform.
Note ban: In Assam's tea gardens cash is perennially in demand
Rediff.com29 Dec 2016In the fifth of a six-part series on the impact of demonetisation, Avishek Rakshit senses a storm brewing over the 850-odd tea gardens in the north eastern state, which have a weekly and fortnightly payment cycle.
When did printing of Rs 2,000 notes actually begin?
Rediff.com12 Dec 2016In the first of a four-part series, Business Standard takes a look at how a mint in Salboni, West Bengal, is working overtime to print currency notes.
When did the printing of Rs 2,000 notes actually begin?
Rediff.com11 Dec 2016In the first of a four-part series, Business Standard takes a look at how a mint in Salboni, West Bengal, is working overtime to print currency notes.
In major R&D push, Mercedes plans to step on the gas
Rediff.com18 Nov 2016The luxury car maker plans to recruit 1,000 people next year; in five years, research staff had jumped from 700 to 3,500.
GST targets smokers, tobacco in highest tax slab
Rediff.com4 Nov 2016Tobacco will be subjected to the highest tax slab of 28 per cent and an additional cess. The current rates of taxation on cigarettes and chewing tobacco are about 64 per cent and 81 per cent, respectively.
Wipro Kolkata campus plan hits Bengal land policy roadblock
Rediff.com6 Jul 2016The second campus would have the potential to create around 18,000 jobs
Achhe din? Wipro moves SEZ proposal in Bengal
Rediff.com17 Jun 2016While it has in-principle approval from the SEZ authorities, the state government nod is awaited.
Railways on fast track to increase train speed: Prabhu
Rediff.com10 Jun 2016The railways is collaborating with various companies from Germany, South Korea, Japan and China to work out the fine prints.