The problem of crimes stemming from hungerDogs foiled a burglary at a maker of Goa’s chouriço sausages, leading to the thieves' capture. Christopher J Garcia’s 'Food & Crime' traces...
11 Aug, 2024, 02.14 PM IST
Will you get refund of flat booking amount after cancelling it? Check your state's RERA Act which will decide the extent of recoveryFlat booking refund: There are some states like Maharashtra, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh etc who specify up to how much amount of the booking amo...
03 May, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
Friday the 13th: What it means and Why is it deemed unlucky?Friday and the number 13 have traditionally been seen as bad combinations. But why, how frequently, and what is the history behind Friday t...
13 Jan, 2023, 09.49 PM IST
Tax collection: Old view to newThis journey of history is reflected in mythology as polytheism moving towards monotheism. In politics, it is from many tax-collectors to o...
18 Sep, 2020, 11.35 PM IST
One bad law goes, but women remain second-class citizensAs Justice Chandrachud elaborates in his judgment, this has been a ubiquitous attitude towards adultery throughout history.
30 Sep, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
Reading Taleb: Skin in the Game more about sharing disincentives than incentivesTaleb takes the idea of "skin in the game" much further and shows how lack of a skin in the game lies at the bottom of most of the ills of ...
09 Mar, 2018, 09.12 AM IST
Seven firms in race for Air India sale advisorThe govt has 'in-principle' decided to disinvest the AI group as a whole or its constituents fully or part thereof through the strategic sa...
26 Oct, 2017, 06.49 PM IST
JM Financial to advise government on HPCL stake sale to ONGCWith ONGC and HPCL under the administrative control of the oil ministry, the latter has appointed 'Protocol Valuers Ltd' for suggesting val...
03 Sep, 2017, 12.10 PM IST
All the sines of a new father of trianglesAncient Indian and Chinese mathematicians who also independently arrived at the same conclusions make up the other points of this triangula...
26 Aug, 2017, 10.53 AM IST
Law firms seeing big business growing in small towns, citiesA growing number of mid- and small-size corporate law firms are venturing into small cities and industrial towns, often following their cli...
05 Dec, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
Hammurabi & Solomon first law firm to start operation in PatnaDelhi-headquartered Hammurabi & Solomon is first corporate law firm to open its office in Patna after becoming first law firm to have prese...
28 Aug, 2015, 07.28 PM IST
Are large compensation payouts for medical negligence good?A Supreme Court judgement awarding record compensation payout for medical negligence in Kolkata has caused a rift in the medical fraternity.
01 Sep, 2014, 03.41 PM IST
Spending in the name of welfare: A look at many forms of freebie and subsidy politicsNarendra Modi announces 50 lakh affordable houses if voted back to power. A look at the many forms of freebie and subsidy politics.
09 Dec, 2012, 11.47 AM IST
Cyrus Mistry carves his territory in Tata Empire, completes smooth inductionMistry has been doing exactly that, with his agenda including meetings with key ministers and top officials of states in which the Tatas do...
27 Mar, 2012, 07.16 AM IST
The sound of one cheek slappingTwo versions of dealing with wrongdoing are mentioned in the Bible. The Old Testament, for example, explicitly endorses the ancient Babylon...
27 Mar, 2009, 02.43 AM IST
- ICICI Bank, HDFC await clarity on FDI formula
ICICI Bank and HDFC, are hoping that the government will clarify on Monday whether they will be reckoned as Indian entities for FDI purpose.
16 Feb, 2009, 03.42 AM IST
- Cartelisation highway leads to Delhi
Small infrastructure players take govt to court over new bidding norms.
11 Mar, 2008, 12.38 AM IST