Ravi Shastri to Continue as Team India Director
It was on the cards and the script folded as expected. The BCCI working committee on Friday extended Ravi Shastri’s tenure as Team India director till the end of the 2015 ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Shastri was appointed as director for the ODI series in England last... read more »
Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap crash out of Asian Games
In what came as a shock for the Indian fans, star shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap fell by the wayside as the two lost their respective women’s and men’s singles matches to bow out of the 17th Asian Games on Friday. Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kashyap failed to pass the Asiad... read more »
Vedanta’s Anil Agarwal and his family to donate 75% of their wealth t...
Anil Agarwal, the billionaire controller of Vedanta Resources Plc, announced late on Thursday that he and his family had agreed to give 75 percent of their wealth to charity. Agarwal, a one-time scrap metal dealer, made the announcement at an event in London to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of... read more »
Emami biotech acquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi
Emami biotech on 25 September 2014 acquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi. Emami biotech is the edible oil and bio-diesel arm of the Emami Group of Companies. The deal is estimated to be worth around 20 crore rupees. This is Emami’s second acquisition in three months and with this deal Emami makes... read more »
Uttar Pradesh by-poll results: Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath brand of politics rejected
Results of the by-polls in Uttar Pradesh reaffirm the faith in secular India. The BJP can mourn their losses, but for most of us Indians, it is a time to celebrate our country’s liberal... read more »
Narendra Modi’s magic has paled in the first 100 days: TMC
Trinamool Congress on Tuesday claimed that ‘Modi magic’ has gone pale in the 100 days of BJP-led NDA being in power at the Centre and asserted that people have reposed their... read more »
Interest rates to soften by year end: bank of baroda
Public sector lender Bank of Baroda is not looking to cut deposit rates anytime soon. After India’s largest public sector lender State Bank of India cut deposit rates on Tuesday,... read more »
Oil cos hold 35 paisa cut in diesel, 55 p hike in petrol
Diesel prices, for the first time in over 5 years, should have been cut by 35 paisa on falling global rates but oil companies have decided to hold on to the rates pending a government... read more »
RBI cautions banks against jan dhan accounts replication
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Monday cautioned banks against duplication of bank accounts in their quest to achieve high targets under the newly launched pradhan mantri jan dhan yojana. “When... read more »
