Putting Best Foot Forward

This primarily was the consequence of the persistence and perseverance of Dr J Rafiq Ahmed, Chairman, Phoenix Kothari Footwear Private Ltd., an associate company...

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Ushering In Climate Competitiveness

The anticipated Super El Niño conditions, which are expected...

NO STRESS

So far, IOB has not seen any particular product...

Building India’s AI-Native Credit Infrastructure

Aadhaar and UPI have digitised Indian banking, but AI-driven...

Newer Avenues

LMW, which is one among the top three in...

Putting Best Foot Forward

This primarily was the consequence of the persistence and...

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Venezuela episode to have negligible impact on India

On 3 January, the US launched military operation in...

Trump levies 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran

"Effective immediately, any country doing business with the Islamic...

Diversify into Africa, Mauritius minister tells Indian exporters

He was speaking at the second edition of Chennai...

Trump pulls US out of International Solar Alliance

Significantly enough, the list includes International Solar Alliance (ISA),...

Trump nod for bill to penalise countries buying Russian Oil

This bill will allow President Trump to punish those...

Latest Stories

IE Economy

Ushering In Climate Competitiveness

The anticipated Super El Niño conditions, which are expected...

NO STRESS

So far, IOB has not seen any particular product...

Building India’s AI-Native Credit Infrastructure

Aadhaar and UPI have digitised Indian banking, but AI-driven...

Newer Avenues

LMW, which is one among the top three in...

Putting Best Foot Forward

This primarily was the consequence of the persistence and...

Stay in touch:

Newsletter

Global

Venezuela episode to have negligible impact on India

On 3 January, the US launched military operation in...

Trump levies 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran

"Effective immediately, any country doing business with the Islamic...

Diversify into Africa, Mauritius minister tells Indian exporters

He was speaking at the second edition of Chennai...

Trump pulls US out of International Solar Alliance

Significantly enough, the list includes International Solar Alliance (ISA),...

Trump nod for bill to penalise countries buying Russian Oil

This bill will allow President Trump to punish those...

Banking

RBI seeks views on steps to secure digital payments

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said, "fraudsters are deploying various tactics, such as bogus call centres, deepfake-driven impersonation scams and mule account networks"....

How ‘secure’ are the secured loans?

While the big defaulters are the major causes of banks’ sickness, recoveries in small suits could be slowly denting their profitability as it is...

Mini T. M.  is new ED of Indian Bank

She began her banking career as a Probationary Officer in 1994 with Federal Bank and subsequently moved to Vijaya Bank as Financial Analyst in...

RBI slashes repo rate to push growth

The committee, comprising Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Saugata Bhattacharya, Prof. Ram Singh, Dr. Poonam Gupta, and Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, voted in favour of the rate...

Will ‘bad banks’ create good banks?

The bad bank is a differentiated bank, dealing only with NPAs. No, it’s not a bank that is evil. India’s bad loan problem has become...

IOB reports record net profit in Q1

IOB delivered its best-ever quarterly net profit, sustained strong growth in the retail and agriculture segments, significantly improved asset quality, and maintained a robust...

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points

The decision was made during the first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the financial year 2025-26, held from April 7-9.  In a parallel move...

IOB cuts MCLR by 10 basis points

The decision follows a recent review by the bank’s Asset Liability Management Committee (ALCO), which convened on July 14, said a statement. The revised MCLR...

Canara Bank Q2 net up 18.93%

Canara Bank, a state-owned PSU bank, reported a net profit of Rs 4774 crore for the quarter ended September 2025, showing an 18.93 per cent...

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Harnessing A Second Wind

At a time when renewable energy was still finding its place in the national energy mix, Tamil Nadu stood out. During the 1990s, the...

The Second Act…

In Tamil Nadu, power hungry industries needed electricity at a cheaper cost. “Captive consumption, wheeling and banking arrangements gave companies a way to generate...

Catching The Next Wind

How did India reach a record of 6.05 GW of wind energy installations in FY2025-26? Until 2017, all investment in the wind sector has always...

Education

Univ. of Western Australia Chennai campus to open in September

The University is investing Rs 560 crore for both the Chennai and Mumbai campuses, the Chennai campus will be located in...

IIT Madras launches Aeronautics and Space Technology Course

The programme is open to anyone who has passed Class 12 or equivalent, including diploma holders, with no cap on enrolment...

Coromandel to set up Centre at IIT-M Research Park

The partnership will enable Coromandel to leverage the research, innovation and technology infrastructure of the IIT Madras ecosystem in India and...

Tamil Nadu – The Education Powerhouse of India

IN THE 2025 NIRF rankings, Tamil Nadu has emerged as India’s undisputed leader across categories, reaf­firming its status as the country’s...

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Activity Galore

Godrej Properties bought 47 acres off OMR for a...

Managing Power

With mercury rising, Tamil Nadu’s power demand is hitting...

Losing Sleep

 The other one lies in tackling the impact from...

Continuing Momentum

Regimes may come and go. But Tamil Nadu has...

Poised For Realignment?

The west Asia crisis has affected LPG supplies in...

Continuing Momentum

Regimes may come and go. But Tamil Nadu has always seen policy continuity on the industrial front. The nascent TVK government has set the...