President's R-Day speech

Reminding the nation to fulfill Mahatma Gandhi's pledge of "wiping every tear in every eye", President Pratibha Patil on Friday regretted that the benefits of a surging economy have not percolated......

Dilip Shanghvi bets big on other businesses

Before the deal with Suzlon, Shanghvi made only a couple of small investments in his personal capacity. Dilip Shantilal Shanghvi, 59, has a problem that many would die for - dealing with......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Pranab Mukherjee's Budget Speech

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Budget for 2009-10 on July 6. Following is the BudgetSpeechof Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Budget for......

2 Indians amid WEF's 2005 Tech Pioneers

Two Indian-American founded companies figure the World Economic Forum's list of 29 companies selected as 2005 Technology Pioneers declared on Monday.S V Sreenivasan-led Molecular Imprints Inc and......