Stay Connected. Stay Informed.
Debris is scattered around the Pfizer facility on July 19, 2023, in Rocky Mount, N.C., after damage from severe weather. | Photo Credit: AP The fallout from a Pfizer factory being damaged by a tornado could put even more pressure on already-strained drug supplies at U.S. hospitals, experts say. Wednesday’s tornado touched down near Rocky…
The domestic prices of rice are on an increasing trend. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Centre banned the export of non-basmati white rice on Thursday. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade under the Union Commerce Ministry announced in a notification that the ban would come into effect immediately and exemptions would be given only…
Read More “Centre bans export of non-basmati white rice to check price rise” »
ICRA has revised upward the growth outlook for the current financial year for the retail loans of Non-Bank Financial Companies (NBFC-Retail) and Housing Finance Companies (HFC-Retail), which account for the bulk of the overall sector. The NBFC-Retail asset under management (AUM), estimated at around ₹14 lakh crore as of March 2023, is expected to grow…
Read More “ICRA revises growth outlook for NBFCs; expects another strong performance in FY24” »
Representational image only. | Photo Credit: Twitter/@ascionline Crowdsourcing platforms will have to disclose fees charged by them while seeking donations for charitable causes henceforth, advertising industry’s self regulatory body Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) said on July 20. In the guidelines for advertisements for charitable causes, the ASCI has also made it clear that…
Read More “ASCI’s new charity norms ask crowdsourcing platforms to disclose fees” »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and USA President Joe Biden during the meeting with top CEOs at White House, in Washington, Friday, June 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI India is indeed likely to be a rising “great power” and its economy will have the size similar to that of the U.S. by 2050, according to…
Venu Srinivasan, Chairman, TVS Motor Company. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Auto components manufacturer Sundaram Clayton Ltd. (SCL) has been renamed TVS Holdings Ltd. (TVSH) This follows the amalgamation of TVS Holdings Pvt. Ltd. with SCL effective June 16. An application for the change of name was filed by SCL with the Registrar of Companies,…
The story so far: As prices of tomatoes hover between ₹100 and ₹200 in various parts of the country, the Reserve Bank of India’s latest monthly bulletin has highlighted that the volatility of tomato prices has historically contributed to overall inflation levels in the country. How is tomato produced in India? Tomato production in the…
Read More “Explained | Why has tomato become so expensive?” »
“Only 2% of our customers source home loans through the bank, while 5% do it from other institutions. This itself is a huge opportunity,” says Sashidhar Jagdishan. The merger of Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd. (HDFC) with HDFC Bank Ltd. could not have been better timed and was an opportunity the bank truly believed in,…
Read More “Merger couldn’t have been better timed: HDFC Bank CEO” »
The first C-295 transport aircraft manufactured by Airbus for the Indian Air Force at Seville, Spain is scheduled to be delivered in September. | Photo Credit: Dinakar Peri In about 45 days from now, in September, the Indian Air Force (IAF) will receive the first C-295 transport aircraft and ahead of it, six pilots have…
Read More “Airbus C-295 aircraft manufacturing ecosystem taking shape in India” »
Small States must prioritise raising their own revenue to reduce their dependency on the Union government The fiscal situation of India’s States has garnered significant attention in recent times. Despite ample data on State finances, most of the analysis is centred around larger States. There needs to be more discussion on the fiscal position of…
Read More “Data | The risk of small States’ heavy reliance on the Union government” »