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Knitting together a strong future – K M Subramaniam, President, Tiruppur Exporters Association

Tiruppur is rebounding from recent setbacks. February 2024 saw...

R&D – Focussing on tier-2 and 3 cities is necessary…

Rajesh Subramaniam(RS) founded embedUR in 2004 and the company...

TN GIM 2024 – Investments worth Rs 664,180 crore with job opportunities to more than 26 lakh

The Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet 2024 came to...

Triumph, turmoil and the tumultuous tumble

As of November 2023, WeWork had 4400 employees, which...

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Vibrant Gujarat Summit- Investments worth Rs 26.33 lakh crore

The tenth edition of the three-day Vibrant Gujarat Summit...

TN GIM 2024 – Investments worth Rs 664,180 crore with job opportunities to more than 26 lakh

The Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet 2024 came to...

Biologics-based drugs at the fore – Supriya Kashikar, CEO, GeNext Genomics Pvt Ltd.

The biotech industry is witnessing unprecedented demand on many...

At COP28, climate fizzles out…

Over a two-week period, Dubai, the conference venue, witnessed...

👑 Can the elephant emulate the dragon?

The pandemic, various security concerns and the general mood...

Banking

FTX bites the dust, but it isn’t curtains yet for crypto

The cryptocurrency did not fail the business but lack of regulation and transparency of investor’s money did. The latest to fall in the crypto world...

Will banks become obsolete?

Fintechs have made deep inroads into banking and financial services. There is a feeling that over the next few decades it would make traditional...

PSUs – Stem the rot before mergers

Another clutch of 197 banks, known as Regional Rural Banks, promoted jointly by the Central government, the state governments and the lead banks in...

Do Banks Count their Numbers?

KYC is a mandatory database required while opening a bank account. PAN and Aadhaar are the two most important elements. However, banks have been...

PAT FOR REPAT

R S Isabella is Managing Director of Repco Bank and Repco Micro Finance Ltd and a Director in Repco Home Finance Ltd. This socially...

Can a SVB type bank failure happen in India?

After the 2008 global financial crisis, bank failures have become common. Since then, central banks have swung into action to strengthen the regulatory mechanism...

Thirty more cities seek to become SMART

The banking sector has a crucial role to play in implementing the ambitious plan for developing smart cities. Providing adequate financial support for private investment...

Lighting a lamp

Since nationalisation, banks were directed to function not merely as deposit collectors and lenders, but much more. This add-on was required to change the...

Triveni Sangam: lipstick on a pig?

Want to rescue a sick bank? Well, merge it with a healthy one. There is a convincing case for the merger of Indian banks...

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Imperative need to ramp up R&D

After finding a global voice and position, the youngest nation in the world has shifted its focus, rightly towards research and innovation. The interim...

Interim Budget 2024-25: Identifying thrust areas for Viksit Bharat

Even with the elections just around the corner, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman curtailed doling out special schemes but definitely set a road map to...

Skills will define the future – V P Joy, Senior Executive Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited

With two-thirds of our population below the age of 35 and with India’s emergence as a digital technology powerhouse, our potential to be the...

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TN GIM 2024 – Investments worth Rs 664,180 crore with job opportunities to more than 26 lakh

The Tamil Nadu Global Investors Meet 2024 came to a close with MoUs worth Rs 664,180 crore signed, promising job opportunities...

Skills will define the future – V P Joy, Senior Executive Vice President, Reliance Industries Limited

With two-thirds of our population below the age of 35 and with India’s emergence as a digital technology powerhouse, our potential...

India should manufacture at world scale… – Dr K N Satyanarayana, Director, IIT Tirupati

Dr K N Satyanarayana (KNS), the Director of IIT Tirupati, is an alumnus of IIT Madras, where he completed his civil...

Byju’s – It all came tumbling down!

In the annals of India’s startup ecosystem, Byju’s once shone like a beacon of success. Back in June 2021, the company...

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Tesla, it is now real: it drives on its own!

My son Bala who, after pursuing higher studies and...

BJP consolidates

Despite winning the largest numbers in the 2019 state...

Rishi Sunak, a front-runner for PM’s post in Britain

So, after a tumultuous battle for few months Boris...

Remembering N Mahalingam (NM)…

The birth centenary of N Mahalingam (NM), founder of...

Rishi Sunak, a front-runner for PM’s post in Britain

So, after a tumultuous battle for few months Boris Johnson has resigned as the Prime Minister of Britain. In less than two decades he...