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Common issues in risk practice

The combined impact of credit and market risk needs to be looked at, to provide for and protect capital.

Challenges of a depreciating rupee

ATM spews out double money!

Windfall from glitch

Art oasis in Mumbai

A feminist’s war with words

Metro goes retro!

Athens shows how you can modernise and still keep intact an ancient city’s heritage.

Andaman cellular jail declared heritage site

14 more services exempted from tax

S. Africa working on special packages to woo Indian tourists

5 directors quit MBA training school to float own institute

RBI advice to assessees

A yoghurt that changes your poop colour to detect illnesses

Oz tycoon announces going full steam ahead with Titanic II

Drinking too much tea can cause prostate cancer: Study

Loneliness can shorten your life: Study

Ancient Antarctica was much warmer, wetter 20 m years ago: NASA

Electric patch to help fight depression

Online shops, BBM, OVI may come under I-T scrutiny

Kitschy home decor

TV remote among most contaminated

Dirtiest items in hotel rooms

Unique moss garden in Rumtek, Sikkim

Adult male ants can detect, kill rivals soon after their birth

Now, genetically modified cows to produce healthier milk

Tax holidays, sops sought to boost heritage tourism

Domestic transfer pricing may jolt infra companies

Given their wide sweep, uncertainty looms over the extent and manner of application of domestic transfer pricing norms.

Gains and pains in the new reporting format

The CA institute’s clarification softens the impact of the revised reporting format in some instances and raises additional challenges elsewhere.

Rich pickings for the digital retailer

Full of untapped potential, the e-commerce sector is also getting crowded and competitive. How do e-tailers live up to the expectations of investors a

Boardroom culture matters

The right organisational culture begins in the boardroom, and promoters must take the lead in setting the right tone at the top.

Cyber attacks – is ignorance bliss?

Taxman guns for overseas assets

Budget 2012 not a box-office hit

Inventor of eco-friendly crematorium passes away

Scientists create bone from fat stem cells

Premium for ‘wasteland'

Land along Kolkata's Eastern Metropolitan Bypass is commanding a premium in a stagnant market.

Your dream plot now a click away

The potential for property portals is huge as only half of around 4,000 builders in the country are online now.

Tourism marketing: A new pitch from God’s Own Country

Kerala’s tourism revival package has new products and a unique positioning with an eye on the post-pandemic domestic traveller

‘Arbitrability’ in times of fast emerging techno-centric businesses in India

The Supreme Court has presented what is called a “four-fold” test to determine the question of arbitrability of the subject matter

India spotlights green shipping

Guidelines for incorporation of green initiatives across ports are in the works

Four biases to avoid in today’s market conditions

Being aware of your biases will help you become a better investor. Here’s how.

Index Outlook: How far can Sensex and Nifty 50 fall?

The sell-off intensifies in the indices outlook is bearish and any bounce from current levels will be short-lived

Bullion Cues: Is gold and silver losing sheen?

Further decline in futures likely

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up