Protests Hit Retail Ahead of Durga Puja

West Bengal is home to 43,000 Durga Pujas, and the business around it is a major economic driver. IMAGE: People perform a street play during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee......

Hooch Tragedy, BSP Leader Killing: Stalin On Shaky Ground

Wednesday's Vikravandi by-election has become a referendum on the Stalin government, notes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin meets a victim hospitalised at the......

SC expands Patanjali misleading ads hearing to include FMCG companies

Expanding the scope of its hearing in the Patanjali Ayurved case, the Supreme Court on Tuesday took a stern view of misleading advertisements by Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) firms and asked......

Why I Support Narayana Murthy

If 4,000 workers could work round the clock for the construction of the new Parliament building, then there is no reason why all infrastructure projects too cannot follow that model, asserts Dr......

FMCG distributors flag deep discounts by qcom cos to govt

Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) distributors’ association has written to the finance ministry, highlighting concern over fund utilisation and fund accumulation by quick commerce companies......

'Urban demand is under stress, would need an upward spiral'

'Spending by the middle class is limited with a focus on savings. However, there is buoyancy at the top-end.' Photograph: Kind courtesy ITC/Instagram Subdued urban demand has been weighing on the......

Corporate earnings fall in Q2, a first in two yrs

Net sales growth weakest in a year, too; BFSI sector emerges an outlier Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com India Inc continued to grapple with muted revenue growth in the September 2024......

FPI flows stumble on trail, edge closer to precipice

After a brutal selloff since October, foreign portfolio investor (FPI) flows for the year-to-date (YTD) in 2024 have turned negative. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com In early September, YTD......

When It Was Bradman Versus India

History has not seen a cricketing rivalry as fierce as this this century, every ball bowled every run taken, coming with no quarter given. Ahead of India's five Test tour of Australia, beginning in......

Can Rutu Produce Dhoni Magic This IPL?

IMAGE: A new chapter begins for the Chennai Super Kings as Ruturaj Gaikwad takes over from the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Photograph: CSK/X   One can always expect the unexpected from......