Small ones, Big crisis: The vanishing entry car…

Small cars are increasingly slipping out of reach for the average Indian household. R C Bhargava, Chairman of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, and a...

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KICL unveils slew of agro products

In a move aimed at bolstering agricultural productivity and...

Eastman Auto joins hands with Vande Bharat E-Vehicles

Eastman Auto & Power Ltd. (EAPL), a key player...

World Bank reopens Global Business Centre in Chennai

The World Bank Group (WBG), on Tuesday, formally reopened...

Rural TN sees shift to non-farm jobs: study

Rural Tamil Nadu is witnessing a significant transformation in...

Future Generali narrows loss

Future Generali India Life Insurance (FGILI) is closing in...

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India must play active role on world stage: Tirumurti

He began by outlining how the international order built...

Turbocharging GCCs

GCCs are not a new phenomenon for India or...

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...

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World Bank reopens Global Business Centre in Chennai

The World Bank Group (WBG), on Tuesday, formally reopened its modernised Global Business Centre in Chennai. The ceremony was led by Wencai Zhang, Managing Director...

Resilient show by IOB

Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) reported a strong financial performance for the March 2025 quarter, posting a record net profit of Rs 1,051 crore, a...

Sense and Sustainability… Pragya Panda, Financial Consultant

In the ever-evolving landscape of the banking sector, 2024 promises to be a revolutionary one. The sector faces ongoing challenges in managing asset quality,...

Unifi Mutual launches hybrid fund

The scheme is ideally suitable for investors looking for low volatile, inflation-beating returns over an investment horizon of two years or more. The new fund...

Canara Bank to raise ₹9,500 cr in FY26

The board of directors gave its nod for the capital raising programme at a meeting held on Thursday. The capital will be raised through debt instruments,...

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...

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...

Mergers: Do we need bigger banks?

Government of India is considering the merger least four public sector banks: Bank of Baroda, IDBI Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and Central Bank...

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...

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Investing in villages, the Venu Srinivasan way

HOW TO REHABILITATE the village ecosystem? Once Venu Srinivasan found an answer to this, he went on a mission mode. It is now three...

Brand CSK does a star act in small towns

THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE (IPL) is in its 18th year. The longevity speaks for its popularity. Ever since the advent of IPL, the sporting...

Trust drives TSM…

ESTABLISHED WAY BACK in 1935, TSM is a testimony to the entrepreneurial spirit of the business world in Tamil Nadu. Significantly enough, it also...

Education

When Left takes the Right

IT’S UNTHINKABLE. T h e Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Gov­ernment in Kerala has left the past behind. And, it has cho­sen to...

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...

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Playing a rescue act

This one has almost gone into oblivion. But a...

Giving up a passion

Courage, thy name is N Srinivasan. A fighter to...

Going national

This group almost ran the risk of collapse when...

Where institutions survive …

Chennai is a fascinating city. Comeback stories of remarkable...

Samsung facing taxing moments

PROBLEMS NEVER COME singly, it is often said. This...

Where institutions survive …

Chennai is a fascinating city. Comeback stories of remarkable kinds are countless in this capital city of Tamil Nadu. In a way, these speak...