The Association for Democratic Reforms has stated in its report that 87 percent of the contributions or donations made to political parties in the past eight years were from business houses. The......
Its editor used a novel strategy to completely reinvent it, but what's ironic is that what began as a search for funds to expand may now result in a change in ownership. Two months ago, the editor......
The Hindu of Chennai, India, has probably set a world record in print journalism. Its editions of 10th, 11th and 12th November 2003 published a total of 163 letters to the editor! Included in that......
The Right to Information Act 2005 is hailed as a revolution in India's evolution as a democracy. It empowers the ordinary citizen who has hither-to been armed with only his vote, with the tools of......
Bombay Stock Exchange has restricted the price movement for 127 companies to a maximum of 2 per cent a day as part of its surveillance measures.Besides, National Stock Exchange has lowered the......
After a hiatus of nearly two decades, the government's CPSE privatisation programme started off with flying colours with Tata group buying the debt-laden national carrier Air India. Illustration:......
After a hiatus of nearly two decades, the government's programme to privatise state-owned firms restarted with the handing over of debt-laden national carrier Air India to the Tata Group.......
Over 54,000 public sector employees opted for voluntary retirement scheme in 2001-02, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.Of the 54,371 employees of 120 public sector companies wheo opted for VRS in......
'For our traditional membership base, it would be an access to disruptive ideas,' FICCI President Subhrakant Panda tells Asit Mishra/Business Standard. FICCI President Subhrakant Panda.......