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Ritwik Mukherjee

The Centre’s efforts to strike a balance between compliance with the apex court’s order on AGR dues and protecting corporate interest made further headway on Tuesday, with bleeding telcos making another round of payment to the government.

Telcos pay Rs 8,000 crore more

Reports said Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) CEO and MD Ravinder Takkar again met telecom secretary Anshu Prakash.

04 Mar 2020 1:57 AM

Srei Equipment Finance Limited, an arm of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (Srei), on Tuesday teamed up with the state-run Uco Bank, to offer joint loans for purchase of construction and mining, farm and medical equipment under a co-lending arrangement.

Srei Equipment, Uco Bank to offer joint loans

Uco Bank's strong track record and wide reach, especially in eastern India, makes us confident about the success of this programme.

19 Feb 2020 6:59 AM

Indian Tea Association (ITA) chairman Vivek Goenka recently said the industry won't be able to survive at the current price levels as costs of production has increased whereas prices have remained stagnant over the past five years.

Tissue culture gives new hope to tea industry

Price realisation has remained stagnant for the last several years and the industry is also facing an oversupply situation.

10 Feb 2020 6:06 AM

The good news is that the US-Iran conflict is yet to affect payment and orders from Iran, which has recently emerged as the top export destination for Indian tea, unseating Russia.

Iran tensions keep tea exporters anxious

Iranian tea buyers are still placing orders and negotiating contracts for high-quality orthodox tea.

13 Jan 2020 2:34 AM

Interestingly, fashion is the first category that most people buy online with nearly 30 per cent of new shoppers likely to start with apparel and footwear. Fashion e-commerce today is already sizeable at 4-5 per cent of the total fashion market and is comparable to sales from department stores put together.

Small city women to lead online fashion shopping

Online fashion commerce market to grow four-fold to Rs 2 lakh crore by the year-end.

09 Jan 2020 1:05 AM

The company is working closely with Tea Research Association (TRA) and is awaiting its certification to launch this product commercially in India, targeting the tea sector, in particular. (Photo:Aratrika Bhattacharya)

Pesticides-free tea: TRA, Dubai firm in talks

Ecorich VFW actually does that, claimed Vinay Paranjpe, director, UMC.

18 Dec 2019 2:49 AM

It's now the turn of the cotton spinning industry to take a hit from the demand slowdown. Both revenues and operating profits of domestic spinners are likely to drop.

Reveneue de-growth for cotton spinners seen

Spinners expect that the overall FY20 performance will be weighed down by the tepid volumes and weak earnings seen so far.

18 Dec 2019 2:12 AM

Even as the European Union late last week decided to no longer permit sales of the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos after January 31, 2020, in India, the insecticide's residues in fruit and vegetables are still found to be above safety limits by the National Institute of Occupational Health.

Insecticide banned in West widely used here

Chlorpyrifos and chlorpyrifos-methyl have been identified as possible causes of neurological damage in children.

11 Dec 2019 1:39 AM

The prices of edible oils have started surging as the bio-fuel programmes in Malaysia and Indonesia have increased the consumption of palm oil in those countries, eventually leading to a spike in its price.

After onion, it’s turn of edible oil to give price shock

India, which is a big importer, will also be hit by the price rise.

09 Dec 2019 1:13 AM

Believe it or not, an average adult Indian eats more snacks than meals on a given day. (Photo: AP)

India is snacking nation, finds global survey

Hold your breath. The Mondelez study has many more interesting things to offer.

07 Dec 2019 1:53 AM

At least that’s what Skoda Auto India topbrass feels.

Skoda sees flat market ahead

Skoda Auto India’s own sales dropped from 17000 units in 2018 to 15,000 units in 2019.

05 Dec 2019 1:53 AM

The niche market having popular brands like Bira 91 and White Rhino will soon have competition from United Breweries in major beer consuming states.

United Breweries steps into craft beer market

Over the last five years, the number of microbreweries in India has jumped from 20 in 2013 to 120 now.

05 Dec 2019 1:33 AM

The phase-I is expected to be completed by March 2020. It will be followed by four more phases continuing year wise till March 2024. (Representational image/ Pixabay image)

Gandhi-giri comes full circle with bots and artificial intelligence

The books will be further used to reconstruct the social network of the Mahatma, including his influencers and people whom he inspired.

04 Dec 2019 2:30 AM

The company has facilities at Vadodara and Bengaluru.

India a R&D, sourcing hub for Xylem Inc

The company also sees India as a strategic market and has been investing in it for the last 5 years.

30 Nov 2019 1:58 AM

The soon-to-arrive 5G networks will only work as a shot in the arm for the market.

Netwood eyes a slice of OTT pie

Mind you that India’s homegrown Netwood is not only a talent aggregating and OTT platform, but it is a production house too.

30 Nov 2019 1:54 AM

This aspect is exploited and it promotes the generation of fake invoices to claim input tax credit.

Tax sleuths to go after GST dodgers

The basic framework of these cases have some common features, tax department officials said.

29 Nov 2019 2:43 AM

In 2017-18, UAE imported 21 per cent of India’s total cashew exports and became the largest importer of the nut.

Emirates offers Indian cashew delicacies to pax

Nearly 22 per cent of this revenue comes from cashew exports to the UAE, where Emirates is based.

27 Nov 2019 2:34 AM

Barriers for increased women’s workforce participation is found relatively more in semi-urban and rural areas.

Women’s employability sees uptick

But if that reflects or indicates closing the gender gap on a sustainable basis remains to be seen.

27 Nov 2019 2:29 AM

India fares well in attitude towards women leaders

Significantly, the 2019 index has been extended this year to also measure Brazil, China, India and Russia.

22 Nov 2019 2:11 AM

Jonty Rhodes to field for Boost, train young Indians

On the Boostcamp, Rhodes will be sharing his experience through training videos on ‘Fielding’, an integral feature of modern-day cricket.

21 Nov 2019 1:29 AM

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