India to receive its first shipment of crude from US on Monday

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the US in June, refiners Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum placed orders for over 4 million barrels of oil from the US. Read more »

Nearly six-fold jump in electrification pace needed to meet Saubhagya targets

The government will have to electrify about 2.7 mn households every month to cover more than 40 mn households in the next 15 months, as per the target. Read more »

Exercise for better self-control

Self-control is one of those concepts that we all recognise and applaud but do not necessarily practice Read more »

Overuse of antibiotics in animals to worsen India’s AMR problem: Study

​India is expected to see an 82% increase in consumption of antibiotics in “food animals” from 2,633 tons of antibiotics in 2013, showed a new... Read more »

13 firms bid to ferry cargo out of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

This initiative is to choose a logistics company that will be solely responsible to ferrying cargo across all five routes that lead from Nhava Sheva. Read more »

View: Lakshmi means finance, not Finance Minister

Lakshmi is the embodiment of wealth, but she is not the one who manages the wealth. She is Finance, not Finance Minister. Read more »

A.M. Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Transatlantic Reinsurance Company and Alleghany Corporation

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aa-” of Transatlantic Reinsurance Company and its subsidiaries (collectively... Read more »

Titan’s jewellery division takes Rs 250-300 crore hit due to GST

During the quarter, its jewellery division was also impacted from the applicability of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to the jewellery business. Read more »

Coal India mulls entering minerals mining

CIL is planning to get into mining of bauxite, nickel and iron ore. However, the proposal is at a very early stage, an official said on the condition of anonymity. Read more »

Des Traynor of Intercom: Churn and Retention are the New Conversion and Should be Treated as Such

Brent Leary sits down with Des Traynor of Intercom to discuss the two most important conversion metrics, churn and user retention. Read more »