Good intentions and elaborate roadmaps apart, there is an urgent need for the Tamil Nadu chief minister to come up with branded schemes like MGR's meal scheme, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE:......
IMAGE: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj hands over some memorabilia of the 1971 liberation war to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to be displayed in museums.Photograph: ANI......
Our biggest strengths are our reach in rural areas, our workforce and our efforts towards financial inclusion, says Chandra Shekhar Ghosh. Bandhan Financial Services, which was given a banking......
Excess earnings of unlisted companies over and above their interest costs are at a record level. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The interest-coverage ratio of 2.94 is the highest going......
Farm loans at four per cent, enhancement of credit target for the sector by Rs 1 lakh crore, and a reminder to banks to focus on small and marginal agri-borrowers were some of the sops Finance......
The Indian equity markets will soon account for over a fifth of a key emerging market (EM) benchmark tracked by funds with assets exceeding $500 billion. Photograph: Thomas White/Reuters This......
Bandhan Financial Services, the first microfinance institution in the country to win a bank licence, is also one of the youngest entities to be allowed to enter the banking space. The Reserve Bank......
Rakhi Sawant has men pouring in from all over India, wanting to marry her live on television, in her upcoming show, Rakhi Ka Swayamvara. And Rakhi has quite a varied choice -- from a policeman in......