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Fit for leadership

After dishing out two bestsellers, A Dare to Lead and CEO: Chess Master or Gardener, Anil Khandelwal has written The Gym of Leadership: Insights to Help You Build Your Leaclership Muscles. It differs from other run-of-the-mill titles on this subject because of its unique perspective and premises.

Hypersonic advantage

India has joined an exclusive club

Cinema's capital story

A new story is unfolding on Indian cinema screens.

Where China's reform story began

Shenzhen stands as a template for spectacular economicsuccess, but now, deep anxiety looms over the impending Trump presidency

Trump picks Sean Duffy as transportation secretary

President-elect Donald Trump said he will nominate former Congressman Sean Duffy (pictured) as the head of his Department of Transportation.

US seeks action against Google, proposes force-sale of Chrome

Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet's Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the world's biggest tech companies.

Why oil companies are Walking baclcfrom green energy

Investors are rewarding oil giants that did not embrace wind and solar

Ukraine fires US-made missiles into Russia

This comes a day after Biden's go-ahead; Putin approves updated nuclear doctrine, lowering threshold for strike

Boeing to cut over 2,500 jobs in US

Boeing will lay off more than 2,500 workers in the US states of Washington, Oregon, South Carolina, and Missouri, according to federally required filings and a union official, as part of the debt-heavy US planemaker's plan to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10 per cent of its global workforce.

HK jails 45 activists in landmark security case

Democracy leaders sentenced to up to 10 years in prison

Maharashtra farmers seek better pricing for produce

Their challenges may swing sentiments but do not guarantee electoral success

Govt: No basis for claims of large-scale PDS leak

The government on Tuesday said that the assumption of large-scale leakage in the public distribution system (PDS), amounting to almost 28 per cent according to a recent report, lacks a sound base and is riddled with inconsistencies.

Maha, J ,khand results to set tone for Parliament's winter session

Polling for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly and remaining 38 of 81 seats of the Jharkhand Assembly will take place on wednesday.

TOP, precious metals accounted for l/3rd of Oct inflation: CEA

The recent spike in Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation is heavily influenced by a select few commodities, Chief Economic (CEA) Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran (pictured) said on Tuesday. Nageswaran said that removing tomato, onion, potato (TOP), gold and silver from the calculation reveals a headline CPI rate of just 4.2 per cent in October.

A lot of 'ills' have crept into the system: Panda on product mis-selling

A day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged mis-selling of products, especially insurance, the chief of insurance regulator Irdai, Debasish Panda (pictured), on Tuesday cautioned lenders against the 'ills' that have crept into the bank-led insurance distribution and said that there was a need to restore customer confidence in the system.

Attrition in th banks improving, but long way to go: Swaminathan

Attrition rate in private banks has improved over last financial year, but there is a long way to go in retaining talent, RBI's Deputy Governor Swaminathan J said in Mumbai.

'Lending rate cut still some time away'

SBI MD says banks would look for monetary policy stance ancl policy rate action to decide actions

PLI subsidy payouts remain in slow lane

The pace of subsidy payout to eligible companies under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme continues to remain in the slow lane even as the governments flagship scheme to boost manufacturing entered its fourth year in the financial year 2024-2025 (FY25).

India falls short of meeting 2023 G20 average goal

India achieved 72 per cent of the commitments outlined at the New Delhi Summit, falling short of the G20 average of 85 per cent, according to the University of Toronto's G20 Research Group.

Russian President Putin may visit India next year

Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured) may visit India next year as part of a laid-down structure between the two countries for reciprocal annual visits by their leaders, sources said on Tuesday.

Govt should boost soil nutrients to maintain yields, say scientists

India will have to supplement crucial nutrients in its soils through large dosages of organic manure if it wants to maintain the average crop yields, as being a tropical country its percentage of organic carbon in soil is less than one, according to scientists gathered at the Global Soil Conference here on Tuesday to address challenges related to soil health.

FTA negotiations with UK to resume next year

India and the United Kingdom (UK) will relaunch in the new year talks for a free trade agreement (FTA), following months of pause due to general elections in both countries, according to a statement from the UK government.

Middle income, affordable housing book is growing fast

Delhi-based Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI), a non-banking financial institution, is aiming to diversify and plans to keep 25 per cent of its portfolio for construction and affordable housing segment, said ANOOP BALI, managing director (MD) & chief financial officer (CFO) of TFCI in an interview with Harsh Kumar.

PMAY-G survey to use 'face recognition' tools to identify new beneficiaries

A fresh survey to identify a minimum of eight million new beneficiaries of the flagship rural housing scheme, in addition to the 12 million already identified, will use the latest face-recognition tools to minimise gaps, a senior official said on Tuesday.

India fastest-growing emerging mkts: Airbnb

India is one of the fastest-growing emerging markets for Airbnb, a top company executive said on Tuesday.

Smartphone PLI rings in record electronics exports

Electronics exports reached the highest-ever mark of $19.1 billion within a seven-month period of any financial year, at the end of October 2024. This is a 24 per cent growth over the $15.4 billion export figure for the sector during the same period in the last financial year, according to the latest government data.

Birla Opus adds fresh coat to raise capacity

Commences operations of 4th plant; becomes second-largest decorative paints player

Karnataka rolls out GCC framework, skilling initiatives

Three dedicated global innovation districts to be set up

Subsidy for cargo e-3Ws restored, but halved to ₹25K

The central government has decided to restore the subsidy for cargo electric three-wheelers (e-3Ws) for the remaining part of financial year 2025, but with a reduced rate.

Tafe, AGCO claim HC relief in brand dispute

Chennai-based Tractors and Farm Equipment (Tafe) and AGCO said on Tuesday that a Madras High Court had favored them in their dispute about the Massey Ferguson tractor brand, citing an order to maintain \"status quo\".