Cotton set for a good harvest
Cotton set for a good harvest
India is expected to produce at least 10-15 per cent more output than last year
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Will volatility in crude oil continue?
Will volatility in crude oil continue?
Without supply shocks, it could stay between $60 and $70 a barrel in the coming year
‘E-slips boost warehouse receipt financing’
‘E-slips boost warehouse receipt financing’
It helps farmers sell stocks at a price they feel right; banks save on time, manpower cost
Gold continues to trade sideways
Gold continues to trade sideways
The yellow metal has a crucial resistance at ₹40,000
Hallmarking: Gold standard in jewellery
Hallmarking: Gold standard in jewellery
With its four components, the BIS mark certifies the purity of gold in ornaments
Gold price looks shaky after late sell-off
Gold price looks shaky after late sell-off
The yellow metal could weaken over the short term as price breaches a key support
Chinese slowdown will soften base metal demand: Sandeep Daga
Chinese slowdown will soften base metal demand: Sandeep Daga
Sandeep Daga, Director at Regsus Consulting, feels the prices will fall further
MCX-Zinc faces a key resistance
MCX-Zinc faces a key resistance
The support band between ₹181 and ₹182.65 seems to have arrested the decline of the October futures contract of Zinc. The metal in fact has gained 2.5 ...
Gold tests a crucial support
Gold tests a crucial support
The December expiry contract registered an eight-month low last week
Sony’s WF-1000XM3: Fine, intelligent wireless listening
The true wireless earbuds sibling to the world’s favourite headphones are finally in India and they compete ...
Jumbo milestones
The wingspan of the 747 is longer than that of the Wright brothers’ first flight from near Kitty Hawk near ...
Domestic aviation comes together during Covid
Airlines ferried essential materials needed in India and abroad and also helped stranded people fly back home
Boeing 747 agoing! As farewells go, this is a Jumbo-sized one
Signing off the skies: The Boeing 747 is flying into memory as airlines opt for smaller aircraft that are more ...
How is income from MF segregated portfolio taxed?
The period of holding of the segregated units will be from the day the original units in the main portfolio ...
Banks may have to increase provisions on security receipts held against NPAs sold to ARCs
Data from FY20 annual reports suggest that many banks carry provisions at about 20 to 30 per cent of the book ...
Aditya Birla Sun Life Floating Rate Fund: The comfort of stable returns
The fund has outperformed the category over one-, three- and five-year time-frames
UTI Dividend Yield Fund: A cushion for volatile times
The fund’s returns have been on par with, or better than, its benchmark over 1, 3 & 5 years
‘If you are not dead, come immediately’
A student pays tribute to theatre legend Ebrahim Alkazi, who died in New Delhi on Tuesday
Funny side up
As a stubborn virus sucks laughter out of our lives, BLink's special issue pens an ode to humour. Catch the ...
No funny bone, I’m vegetarian
Humour is not everyone’s cup of tea or slice of cake — a failed comic writer sums up
Quiz on science fiction
On August 1, 1965, Frank Herbert’s epic Dune was published for the first time. In 2003, it was named the ...
The show must go on — even if virtually!
If there was one industry that was written off when the Covid-19 crisis began, it was the events industry.
With ‘STAR’ value, brands can become billionaires, too
Ask any marketer for her list of challenges today, and one point inevitably comes up — how do I drive growth ...
Banking on cricket
Every cricket lover knows NatWest, thanks to the keenly followed One Day International series. In a move that ...
A sonic shift during the pandemic
Work from home, workout from home and study from home are fuelling a boom in audio products
Publishing in the time of a pandemic
Covid-19 has hit book publishing in unimaginable ways, forcing publishers, writers and readers to alter their ...
Caught between the virus and the deep sea
Covid-19 has dealt a cruel blow to over two lakh seafarers and their families, by disrupting shipping ...
One step forward, two steps back
The Centre’s moves to step up loan delivery to MSMEs and relax repayment terms may not be enough. Reverse ...
Paralysis in Maharashtra
Pune district has over 1.3 lakh registered MSMEs and 650-700 large-scale units. Together, they employ 17 lakh ...