India To Fast-Track Visas For Chinese Nationals

The new guidelines, effective from August 1, aim to expedite visa approvals for nationals from China and other countries sharing land borders with India. Kindly note the image has been posted only......

Seat Sharing Dilemma For Maharashtra Assembly Polls

In the coming assembly election, negotiations over seat-sharing will be as important as actual outreach to voters. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi inaugurates infrastructure projects worth......

Will Jammu And Kashmir See Assembly Elections In 2024?

Although the Supreme Court has mandated the Centre to conduct the polls by the end of September, a spate of terrorist attacks in J&K could cause delays. IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard......

India's First Dengue Vaccine Likely To Be Ready By 2026

Dengue has become a major public health concern in India with 289,235 cases reported last year. This year there were 19,447 cases of dengue which resulted in 19 deaths till April 2024. Kindly......

India Inc gives weakest performance on profit front in seven quarters

India Inc has reported a muted start to the financial year 2024-25, with a decline in net earnings and a modest single-digit uptick in revenues. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com An analysis of......

Changes to banking laws have a consumer tilt

Better protection for depositors and investors was one of the chief considerations in Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introducing, on Friday, the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, in......

New Tax Regime Could Pinch Small Savings

According to the latest RBI data, PPF receipts have already experienced a decline between April 2023 and February 2024.Other schemes like the Sukanya Samriddhi Account and National Savings......

Big Steel Boys Pushing Future Mobiility Pedal

From setting up cutting-edge facilities to cater to the domestic market and building capabilities of global standards, the action is building up. IMAGE: Workers assemble a car inside the Tata......

IPL Auction: Team purse may be raised to Rs 125 crore; 6 retentions likely

IMAGE: Punjab Kings co-owner Preity Zinta during the IPL 2024 players' auction. Photograph: BCCI There could be a consensus about increasing the team purse up to Rs 120 crore and allowing......

'Made in India' Apparel Off To Paris Olympics

If you see 'Made in India' apparel at any of the IOC's retail channels, it may have well come from Tiruppur, manufactured by a firm, which is owned by a mother-daughter duo, called Back Bay India.......

Mom, coach, strategist: Purnima Mahato prepares archers for Paris Olympics

'Medal layenge, medal layenge yeh baat tum dimaag se nikal do (a medal will never come if you chase after a medal, just focus on the processes)' Photographs: Purnima Mahato/Instagram......

Will BCCI's Jay Shah take over the reins at ICC?

IMAGE: Jay Shah has one year left as BCCI secretary before his cooling off period starts in 2025. Photograph: BCCI  All eyes will be on BCCI secretary Jay Shah during the four-day ICC Annual......