Why Hindalco is a long-term buy
Why Hindalco is a long-term buy
A diversified presence across geographies and the Centre’s push for infrastructure spending augur well for the ...
LiveRepublic Day celebrations Live: India's cultural diversity and military might on display
- Four explosions rock Assam
- Big Story: What is the actual fiscal deficit?
- Continuous reform of educational system needed: President Kovind
- TVS Motor unveils electric scooter IQUBE
- Kia unveils strategy to drive growth in EV and mobility services; to invest $25 billion by 2025
- Index outlook: Budget to impact Sensex, Nifty
Axis ESG Equity Fund NFO: Nascent category, high risk
Axis ESG Equity Fund NFO: Nascent category, high risk
The fund will suit investors who have an investment horizon of at least 5 years
Opinion
Bureaucracy shouldn’t snuff out dissent
It is worrisome that officers do not air their views even during internal meetings. Yet, dissent shouldn’t ...
India, through its khana
Notes on how IRCTC was made to eat humble pie, sorry appam
Lessons from the Emergency
What this government can learn from Indira Gandhi’s bloopers
Economic slowdown: What should the Budget address?
The possibility of a lower-than-expected revenue growth will constrain fiscal stimulus measures. In this ...
Demystifying the Union Budget
If you were to take a dispassionate view of the Centre’s finances and compare this with a household’s, how ...
A Budget for markets
While equity markets are on a sound footing, commodity exchanges can do with some help
Rapid industrialisation is the key to beating the slowdown
India has the resources to increase its production capacity. But it is people’s purchasing power that needs ...
Why ‘weirdos’ and ‘misfits’ are in demand in 2020
Are they, really? You bet. In workplaces?Not just any workplace, but arguably one of the world’s most powerful ...
Making ‘Make in India’ work
To get investments to come in, we need to understand why investments go out
economy
Direct tax mop-up to fall this year for the first time in ...
Corporate and income tax collection for the current year is likely to fall for the first time in at least two ...
CEO Reading List: January 25, 2020
CEO Reading List: January 25, 2020
Worried you’re missing out on important developments ahead of the Budget week? Catch up through this curated ...
Growth slowdown in India is temporary, says IMF chief
Growth slowdown in India is temporary, says IMF chief
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Friday said growth slowdown in India appears to be temporary and that she ...
India needs to clock 9% growth over 5 years to achieve a ...
India needs to clock 9% growth over 5 years to achieve a ...
India cannot achieve its aspirational goal of becoming a $5-trillion economy by 2024-25 unless it sustains a ...
agri-business
National weather forecast and temperatures: Saturday, January 25
Between India and Pakistan, let's give the seeds a chance
Coonoor tea prices touch 1-year low
Delayed summer shower forecast worries cardamom growers
Long-term policy backing needed for bioethanol: Brazilian sugar baron
Indo-UK collaboration in agri sector to expand
money-and-banking
ICICI Bank net rises over two-fold to Rs 4,146 cr in Q3
Private sector lender ICICI Bank’s net profit more than doubled in the third quarter of the fiscal led by ...
DCB Bank Q3 net profit up 13%
DCB Bank Q3 net profit up 13%
DCB Bank registered a 12.8 per cent increase in its net profit during the third quarter of 2019-20 at ₹97 ...
Muthoot Capital Services Q3 net down 23%
Muthoot Capital Services Q3 net down 23%
Muthoot Capital Services on Saturday reported a decline of 22.77 per cent in standalone net profit at ₹18.95 ...
Structural reforms, fiscal measures may have to continue to ...
Structural reforms, fiscal measures may have to continue to ...
States can enhance capital expenditure, says RBI Governor
Credit cards and personal loans trebles in five years
Credit cards and personal loans trebles in five years
Unsecured loans continue to grow by 20-25% even as lending to corporates remains muted
Indian Bank net up 62%, biz tops ₹4.5 trillion
Indian Bank net up 62%, biz tops ₹4.5 trillion
Public sector lender Indian Bank has reported a 62 per cent rise in net profit to ₹247 crore for the quarter ...
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Editor's pick
India, Brazil ink 15 pacts to broadbase ties further
Modi, Bolsanaro hold wide ranging talks on trade, defence, strategic partnership
CEO Reading List: January 25, 2020
Worried you’re missing out on important developments ahead of the Budget week? Catch up through this curated list of BL’s top stories on the economy ...
Gap between education and skillset affecting employability: Bibek Debroy
There continues to be a mismatch between education and skillsets that the market needs, which affects employability.According to Bibek Debroy, ...
Independent Directors have to safeguard interest of all stakeholders: Grundfos MD Ranganath
Institute of Directors - Tamil Nadu organises the first edition of Directors’ Conclave
Investor’s Reading List: January 25, 2020
Prepping for the big Budget week ahead? Catch up on key market stories you may have missed with this curated list of BL’s top stories on this subject.
DCB Bank Q3 net profit up 13%
DCB Bank registered a 12.8 per cent increase in its net profit during the third quarter of 2019-20 at ₹97 crore as compared to ₹86 crore in the ...
Siemens to acquire C&S Electric for ₹2,100 cr
Deal will bolster German MNC’s position in power tech segment
Missing spark: Corporate funding for battery storage,smart grid, energy efficiency companies down in 2019
At $2.3 billion, global VC funding that flowed into battery storage, smart grid and energy efficiency companies in 2019 was down 18% compared with ...
Ease of doing business: New web-based form soon for incorporation of companies
SPICe Plus will offer multiple service registration through one integrated form
India needs to clock 9% growth over 5 years to achieve a $5 trillion economy: C Rangarajan
India cannot achieve its aspirational goal of becoming a $5-trillion economy by 2024-25 unless it sustains a growth rate of about 9 per cent per ...
Multimedia
C Rangarajan presenting the keynote address at the BusinessLine Countdown to Budget 2020
Budget 2020: How can the government spur demand?
Photos of the day, January 24, 2020
Republic Day parade rehearsal
Budget 2020: Issues the Government must address
Budget 2020: How will the markets react?
Photos of the day: January 23, 2020
Photos of the day: January 22, 2020
Video | Kia Carnival review
Photos of the day: January 21, 2020
companies
TVS Motor unveils electric scooter IQUBE
IQUBE Electric scooter is priced at ₹1,15,000
Independent Directors have to safeguard interest of all ...
Independent Directors have to safeguard interest of all ...
Institute of Directors - Tamil Nadu organises the first edition of Directors’ Conclave
We will beat Hindustan Unilever’s turnover next fiscal: Baba ...
We will beat Hindustan Unilever’s turnover next fiscal: Baba ...
Patanjali Ayurved will go for Ruchi Soya’s share sale in two years, says Ramdev
Maruti Suzuki launches sports variant of Ciaz sedan
Maruti Suzuki launches sports variant of Ciaz sedan
Carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Saturday launched Ciaz S, the sports variant of its premium mid-sized sedan ...
SOTC Travel expects to grow by 15% in 2020
SOTC Travel expects to grow by 15% in 2020
Leading tourism company SOTC Travel expects its business to grow by 15 per cent in 2020 after witnessing a ...
UltraTech doubles Q3 profit on lower costs
UltraTech doubles Q3 profit on lower costs
Net zooms to ₹712 cr even as revenue dips, as cost of production declines 4%
info-tech
Flipkart may take over Walmart’s cash and carry business in ...
It is likely to reverse acquire in Walmart’s B2B cash and carry stores
Google partners with gaming firm Activision Blizzard
Google partners with gaming firm Activision Blizzard
YouTube will be Activision Blizzard’s exclusive streaming partner worldwide except China
Telecom sector faces existential challenge; seeks immediate ...
Telecom sector faces existential challenge; seeks immediate ...
Telecom sector has rarely been mentioned in any of the past Budgets but it is one sector that now needs urgent ...
Vine 2.0 ‘Byte’ officially launched on Android and iOS
Vine 2.0 ‘Byte’ officially launched on Android and iOS
Byte lets users shoot and upload short 6 second videos.
NITK’s 24-hour hackathon startson January 25
NITK’s 24-hour hackathon startson January 25
Our Bureau National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) at Surathkal in Mangaluru taluk will conduct ...
German firm Steag opens technology centre in Kochi
German firm Steag opens technology centre in Kochi
Higher education in India is moving to a more practical application of knowledge, enabling the country to make ...
portfolio
Big Story: What is the actual fiscal deficit?
In the Budget this year, besides the fisc ratio, pay attention to the critical factors that help understate the ...
Q3 Comment | Why Bank of Baroda Q3 performance suggests more ...
Q3 Comment | Why Bank of Baroda Q3 performance suggests more ...
Sharp rise in slippages, steep divergence and weak core performance are a cause for worry
Q3 results of life insurers: Continued focus on growth ...
Q3 results of life insurers: Continued focus on growth ...
It was business as usual for life insurance companies in the latest December quarter.Continued focus on growing ...
Index outlook: Budget to impact Sensex, Nifty
Index outlook: Budget to impact Sensex, Nifty
Amid selling pressure at higher levels, the benchmark indices trimmed losses last week
Why Hindalco is a long-term buy
Why Hindalco is a long-term buy
A diversified presence across geographies and the Centre’s push for infrastructure spending augur well for the ...
Axis ESG Equity Fund NFO: Nascent category, high risk
Axis ESG Equity Fund NFO: Nascent category, high risk
The fund will suit investors who have an investment horizon of at least 5 years
blink
Sixth anniversary special edition
Celebrate BLink’s sixth birthday with this special anniversary issue; exclusive short stories and poems by ...
To everything, there is a season
To everything, there is a season
A time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up– Ecclesiastes, Ch 3, verse ...
Classical conditioning
Classical conditioning
With the shrill callof mom’sHawkins Classicfive litre pressure cooker,the aroma of muttoncooked in a coarse ...
The lesson of the quilt
The lesson of the quilt
In the 1920s, the Shillong-Sohra road was merely a dirt track used by horse carts and people travelling on ...
Old haunts
Old haunts
“Ma told me I was not to go there,” my best friend said, pointing out to a house in the distance, as we sat on ...
The last muse
The last muse
On the second floor of the famed Gothal Bagore museum on the fringes of Jaisalmer hangs a portrait of a woman ...
Videos from BusinessLine on Campus
Can India become a $5-trillion economy by 2025?
In this video, Radhika Merwin, Associate Editor with BL, explains why this may be a distant dream
What is RCEP and why did India stay out of it?
The agreement is important to India because of the sheer size of the proposed bloc
CAT exam: Admission criteria in IIMs
T.I.M.E. Centre Director Arvind Mantry explains the entire process in this video
CAT and the importance of mock examinations
Taking mock examinations every day is not ideal, says T.I.M.E. Centre Director Arvind Mantry
CAT in three weeks, what should be the focus
Do not panic, practice is the answer to everything, says T.I.M.E. Centre Director Arvind Mantry
Stark contrast between semis and finals, say Boardroom ...
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Slideshow
Photos of the day, January 24, 2020
Republic Day parade rehearsal
Photos of the day: January 23, 2020
Photos of the day: January 22, 2020
Photos of the day: January 21, 2020
JP Nadda becomes BJP president
Photos of the Day: January 20, 2020
Glimpses of the Mumbai Marathon 2020
Photos of the day: January 18, 2020
Photos of the Day: January 17, 2020
Video
Budget 2020: Issues the Government must address
Budget 2020: How can the government spur demand?
C Rangarajan presenting the keynote address at the BusinessLine Countdown to Budget 2020
Budget 2020: How will the markets react?
Video | Kia Carnival review
CAA: An interview with BJP leader Swapan Dasgupta
Equity mutual funds for moderate risk appetite
India's equity market in 2019
Sanjay Kirolskar on designing in India
Ministers brief the press on the Cabinet decisions
Podcast
Podcast (English) | All you need to know about zero MDR issue
Podcast (English) | All you need to know about zero MDR issue
How does the zero MDR issue concern you? Listen and learn
Resources
December 13, 2019
Revenue Presentation
December 13, 2019
Major interventions to boost the economy
October 29, 2019
Port warning and weather report: October 29, 2019
Project with a difference
To empower rural women and provide them employment, a new group enterprise model has taken shape in Bilaspur, ...
Art on a drawstring
Village women in Punjab are being nudged to revive the dying craft of weaving the ‘azarband’
Volvo ditches diesel for its smallest SUV, but plumps up value
The XC40 T4 R Design gets more equipment, and a new petrol powertrain, in addition to a better safety kit
Tata Motors gears up to take on new challenges in car design
Pratap Bose, V-P, Global Design, Tata Motors, says it is important to think constantly ahead
Big Story: What is the actual fiscal deficit?
In the Budget this year, besides the fisc ratio, pay attention to the critical factors that help understate ...
Q3 Comment | Why Bank of Baroda Q3 performance suggests more pain ahead
Sharp rise in slippages, steep divergence and weak core performance are a cause for worry
Q3 results of life insurers: Continued focus on growth drivers
It was business as usual for life insurance companies in the latest December quarter.Continued focus on ...
Index outlook: Budget to impact Sensex, Nifty
Amid selling pressure at higher levels, the benchmark indices trimmed losses last week
Sixth anniversary special edition
Celebrate BLink’s sixth birthday with this special anniversary issue; exclusive short stories and poems by ...
To everything, there is a season
A time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up– Ecclesiastes, Ch 3, verse ...
Classical conditioning
With the shrill callof mom’sHawkins Classicfive litre pressure cooker,the aroma of muttoncooked in a coarse ...
The lesson of the quilt
In the 1920s, the Shillong-Sohra road was merely a dirt track used by horse carts and people travelling on ...
Takeaways for marketers from CES 2020
The big P-word — privacy — and other dominating consumer themes from the global stage of innovation
New Year’s Blues
Celebrating the many shades of blue, which is the colour of 2020
When storytelling trumps statistics
Four Seasons’s Envoy programme gives a new spin to the concept by choosing content over followers
Year in Review: Winning ways of brands in 2019
Which advertising campaigns stood out and why
The trauma of internet shutdown
Shutdowns in India in 2019 are estimated to have led to a loss of over $1.3 billion. Forum Gandhi reports on ...
Agri business and tourism bear the brunt
Small traders of farm produce took a big hit with disruption in online bill processing
Trends up to January 8, 2020
Type of shutdownOf the 381 internet shutdowns recorded between January 2012 and January 4, 2020, 236 were ...
Come and see the students on the streets
The protests over CAA-NRC-NPR have acted as a trigger, uniting youth across religious beliefs and communities ...