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Is the RBI signalling ‘iceberg’ right ahead?

Given the headwinds ahead, getting on to lifeboats appears a more sensible option.

Tata Chemicals stock up 10 per cent on the back of FY22 results and demand visibility

Demand-supply mismatch in soda ash and pricing power aid revenue and profit growth

Twitter board’s U-turn and the unbalanced scorecard

Twitter board’s abject surrender to Elon Musk’s takeover offer reveals how ensuring shareholders’ short-term interest has overruled long-term responsi

Picture perfect Q4 for ICICI Bank; looks to recreate its legacy

NIM, Capital adequacy and return ratios at a multi-quarter high

ACC Q1 results: Cost pressures bog down profitability, but demand outlook sanguine

ACC trades cheaper than peers, but how raw material costs shape up remains to be seen

HDFC Bank: Key takeaways for investors from Q4 results

At 39 per cent weightage to total loans in Q4, the share of retail loans is are a near 10-year low

Interest rate hikes may impact FY23 earnings of India Inc

Interest coverage ratio of 52% of Nifty 500 companies has reduced since 2018, despite lower rates

Elon Musk’s bid for Twitter likely to face resistance

Elon Musk’s 2018 ‘take private’ saga for Tesla, implies Twitter is undervalued now

Infosys: Results weak, but outlook remains strong

The company’s performance was largely within the management’s guided range

Will Akasa Air’s contra bet on Boeing 737 Max instead of Airbus pay off?

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s Akasa airline has gone against the tide, placing its bets on Boeing aircrafts; it now needs to carve out a niche for itself

Breastfeeding, a responsibility, not choice

Rate of initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth has declined in 5 years

Blockchain: Piloting the future of aviation

Enables effective solutions that positively impact industry players and end consumers

Q1 FY23: OMCs bleed due to marketing losses

Prices of motor fuels were kept at levels equivalent to $75-80 per barrel of crude

Bharti Airtel Q1: Inline results and stable operating metrics

Results reflect consistent progress made in recent quarters

IRB beats estimates in Q1FY23, but the stock is expensive

The company is trading at a one year forward P/E of 26.6 times against its historical average (5 year average) of 11.8 times

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