Putting Best Foot Forward

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

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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...

Neighbour’s Envy,Once Again?

Focus on retail distribution Rebuilding retail distribution is central to...

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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

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...

Neighbour’s Envy,Once Again?

Focus on retail distribution Rebuilding retail distribution is central to...

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

An expected pause, amid green shoots

The MPC took note of successful completion of trade deals and said it augurs well for the economic outlook. Merchandise exports will get a boost...

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged, flags upside risks to inflation

The MPC also decided to continue with the neutral stance, while retaining the flexibility to respond judiciously to incoming information. Consequently, the standing deposit facility...

Canara Bank to extend Rs 20,000 crore under credit scheme

“We have already identified accounts where our exposure is Rs 90,000 crore and we will be extending about Rs 18,000-20,000 crore,” he said in...

Kotak Mahindra Bank MD Ashok Vaswani to quit

Ashok Vaswani has cited personal reasons, the bank said in a regulatory filing. The board has respected his decision and has initiated the process for...

IDFC First Bank assures it remains well capitalised, amid fraud incident

IDFC  First Bank has appointed KPMG to initiate an independent forensic audit into the incident and suspended those involved. In an analysts call on Monday,...

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...

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...

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...

Kerala floods threaten to drown banking

Nature’s fury has destroyed Kerala’s wealth substantially, both financially and physically. Assets, more particularly private assets, built over the years have been wiped out....

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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...