Unlock 4: Religious, sports events allowed from Sep 21

The Union home ministry on Saturday issued the Unlock 4 guidelines under which metro trains will be allowed to resume services from September 7 in a graded manner, while political, social and......

FULL TEXT: President's address to nation on I Day eve

President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of India's 75th Independence Day. Here's the text of what he said with a word cloud: IMAGE: President of India Ram Nath Kovind addressing......

Why West Bengal's coronavirus mortality rate is high

Social stigma and low testing are the key reasons for the high mortality rate among COVID-19 patients in West Bengal, where the disease, like elsewhere in the country, is still an urban phenomenon,......

BJP releases Gujarat manifesto on the eve of voting

A day before the first phase of polling in Gujarat, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday released its election manifesto with a slew of promises for various sections of society, which......

Dabur acquires US-based Namaste Group for $100 mn

FMCG major Dabur India said it has acquired US-based personal care firm Namaste Laboratories LLC and its three subsidiary companies for USD 100 million (about Rs 451 crore)."This acquisition is in......

Many challenges for HUL's new boss

Sanjiv Mehta has cut himself an unusual career for a chartered accountant. Rather than move up the echelons of finance management, he was part of crisis management at his first employer, and then......

'Digital payments have become a fashion statement'

N Sundaresha Subramanian digs deeper into what Catalyst, an Indo-US project, brings to the payments ecosystem. IMAGE: The fast changes in technology are making payments a confusing sector for......

Use pre-paid cards to pay octroi: Maran

Application of telematics in the form of pre-paid cards can help reduce the serpentine queues to pay octroi and toll tax, said Dayanidhi Maran, Minister for Communication and Information......