Limited choices in strategic partners in defence

The defence ministry has lost sight of what it intended to achieve -- which was to nurture private defence firms that would compete on equal terms with the 9 defence PSUs and the 41 Ordnance......

BOOM! BOOM! Army gets big boost

'After decades, there is movement on multiple fronts in artillery development. Now let us see how quickly we can get these guns into service.'Ajai Shukla reports. IMAGE: The K9 VAJRA-T, a tracked......

PHOTOS: Raging inferno envelops bio-diesel unit at Vizag

A major fire that broke out at a bio-diesel manufacturing unit in Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone on Tuesday evening is still raging even as hectic efforts are on to control it, officials said......

Ban only errant mining firms in Bellary: Centre

The Centre is likely to plead before the Supreme Court that there should not be a blanket ban on iron ore mining in Bellary in Karnataka and that only the violating companies should be dealt with,......

Centre's divestment plan: A stress test for zombie steel plants

With the government looking to divest loss-making steel assets, significant interest from secondary players is most likely this time apart from the anticipated list of large integrated primary......

'Economy is already in recession'

'When you have both cancer and fever, you cannot have just paracetamol. You have to give paracetamol for the fever and chemotherapy for cancer.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi,......

Mid-, small-cap stocks on a roll but experts see bubble ahead

Market rally, especially in mid-caps, has also been driven by a pick-up in the monsoon and the government’s resolve to get the GST Bill cleared in the recent session of Parliament Buoyed by......

Sensex tanks 284 points to end at 1-week low; global markets drag

  Benchmark indices ended nearly 1% lower, amid weak global cues, with FMCG major ITC leading the decline on worries that post the proposed amendments to the GST Bill would result in higher......