Curtains over slums, speed-breakers removed... Ahmedabad spruces up for Xi

Despite the administration’s best efforts, the maladies of small towns can’t be wished away overnight, not even for the president of China. At many places on Xi's route slums have been......

49 dead in Northeast deluge so far, Assam worst hit

With five more people losing their lives in the deluge in Assam, the toll due to monsoon misery in the state reached 44, while several places in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh, including state......

Encephalitis kills 61 children in Bihar

More than 270 children suspected of encephalitis have been admitted for treatment. M I Khan reports. Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne disease, has killed 61 children, mostly Mahadalits, while more......

Deadly encephalitis strikes again in Bihar

Suspected encephalitis has killed 26 children in Bihar's Gaya district in the last three weeks, but the state government is yet to identify the fatal disease. The children succumbed to the disease......

DDT abolished: Nearly 60% high dividend yielding shares end in the red

The Street was hoping that investors will lap up shares of high-dividend companies on optimism that their payouts will increase further, thanks to the 20 per cent tax saving. However, the trade......

Budget: Concessional rate dumped, foreign dividends now under tax ambit

Concessional rate of tax on dividends received by Indian companies from foreign subsidiaries will be done away with from April 1, a change that may hamper global expansion of Indian companies and......

Change in tax structure prompted India Inc to favour buybacks again in FY21

In 2020-21, Indian firms offered to buy back shares worth Rs 39,295 crore, or 97% more than Rs 19,972 cr proposed in the previous financial year. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Share......

Managing Internet tech change wisely

Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The media, the world over, is flooded with stories about how Internet companies are......