WHO reports increase in cancer cases across South-East Asia, including India The WHO South-East Asia Region reported 2.4 million new cases of cancer in 2022, including 56,000 children, and 1.5 million…
Drought fears push volumes in guar futures The newly launched guar seed contract on the Multi Commodity Exchange is attracting huge volumes these days as the specter… August 11, 2009 22:54 IST
Weak monsoon may impact GDP growth, inflation: Crisil Weak monsoons have once again emerged as a macroeconomic risk from growth as well as inflation angle. Crisil?s analysis shows… August 11, 2009 22:53 IST
Paddy sowing continues to falter With monsoon showing no appreciable signs of improvement, paddy showing in the country continued to lag last year?s level. August 11, 2009 22:52 IST
10-yr paper at 7.10% India?s 10-year bonds fell, snapping a two-day gain, after the government failed to sell 120 billion rupees of debt at… August 11, 2009 22:51 IST
Tata Capital to raise $500 million PE fund, to focus on home loan business Tata Group?s financial services arm, Tata Capital Limited?s business has grown at 12% in initial four months of the current… August 11, 2009 22:50 IST
Net profit sans treasury gain of top 12 banks fall 25% in Q1 An analysis of the first quarter results of the Indian banking Sector by CARE Research revealed that though the net… August 11, 2009 22:48 IST
LIC not to sack non-performing agents for first three years Life insurance behemoth Life Insurance Corporation, now revamping its marketing strategies to regain its lost market share, has decided not… August 11, 2009 22:46 IST
ADB, partners address HIV risks in infrastructure projects New infrastructure projects have brought major economic benefits to Asia and the Pacific region, but they can also facilitate the… August 11, 2009 22:43 IST
Maran-Jairam meet today to talk textile sector bailout In a move which will provide relief to the textile industry, particularly in the southern states, which house a number… August 11, 2009 22:42 IST
UP sweetens sugar mills? sell-off terms to smoothen bidding In addition to earlier freebies like offering distillery licences to produce industrial alcohol and ethanol to bidders for the UP… August 11, 2009 22:40 IST
Swine flu claims 2 more in Pune, total 246 affected Swine flu claimed two more victims in Pune after the doctor who was battling for his life died on Monday… August 11, 2009 22:38 IST
H1N1 hits trade in Pune; sales dip 20% as malls, multiplexes shut Branded retail stores, hypermarkets, malls with multiplexes in Pune have started feeling the pinch with dented sales to the tune… August 11, 2009 22:34 IST
Small hydro projects, a safer bet The capital markets seem to have returned to a growth trajectory with the Sensex touching a high of 16,000. The… August 11, 2009 22:28 IST
J&K: a bridge too far? The Rs 6,800-crore project to build a railway line into the Kashmir valley that was inaugurated with much fanfare by… August 11, 2009 22:25 IST
Smart initiatives boost SEZ prospects The ghost of Nandigram has not been exorcised. The steps taken by the government in the aftermath of the Nandigram… August 11, 2009 22:24 IST
There goes India, softly, softly Culture is a difficult term to define. Etymologically, it is derived from the Latin cultura, which means to tend, cultivate… August 11, 2009 22:20 IST
The stick has got the carrot Last week, Hero Honda was announced as the title sponsor of the Hockey World Cup. This could be the beginning… August 11, 2009 22:17 IST
Column : Bad rains are not a rare event. So plan We think of erratic monsoons and droughts as terrible acts of god, events that don?t happen usually, as terrible rare… August 11, 2009 22:09 IST
