This Asian city is now the world’s most populousJakarta is now the world's largest city with over 41 million people. New United Nations data places it at the top. Dhaka is second, and Tok...
03 Dec, 2025, 05.17 PM IST
India to become Marriott’s 3rd-largest market in 2–3 years, Says Rajeev MenonMarriott International is set to become India's third-largest market within 2-3 years, expanding its footprint significantly. Domestic trav...
24 Nov, 2025, 03.53 PM IST
India's biggest ever census to test digital systemsAs India gears up for its landmark 2027 population census, the nation is set to embrace digital innovation like never before. This will be ...
07 Nov, 2025, 10.02 AM IST
While all eyes are on Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai, US-based Indian says this city is 'quietly rising'. Netizens can't agree moreA tweet highlighted Coimbatore's economic growth. It sparked a national conversation about India's shifting urban landscape. Coimbatore is ...
01 Aug, 2025, 02.09 PM IST
Premium products are fast flying off the shelves despite slowdownPremium product demand in urban and rural regions defies economic slowdown, with items like daily groceries, smartphones, and beer leading ...
31 Oct, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
RBI revises OTS guidelines, brings UCBs under ambitThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has implemented new regulations governing one-time settlements (OTS), simplifying instructions across all r...
08 Jun, 2023, 07.50 PM IST
For 21st century democratic cities: Debates over plans for Delhi should be part of a larger discussion on reimagining urbanismWith the debates currently raging about the city’s Central Vista Project (CVP) and the newly unveiled Draft Master Plan 2041, therefore, it...
21 Jun, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
View: How India can fix the problem of inequality of opportunityEconomic opportunities are a very important factor that drives people to migrate, despite higher inequality in urban areas. Given that urba...
11 Mar, 2021, 11.57 PM IST
Poor migrants move to other rural areas, relatively well-off to urban, finds studyA study found that 78% of all individuals from rural Bihar went to an urban destination. However, those belonging to the top of the social ...
02 Jan, 2020, 09.53 PM IST
View: Forward caste quota is an act of appeasement, desperation and failureThe proposal is a political ploy, to regain the upper caste support the BJP lost, following the amendment to the SC and ST (Prevention of A...
07 Jan, 2019, 07.31 PM IST
View: India cannot become a modern economic powerhouse without shedding casteAfter India obtained Independence, anti-caste movements have withered. Social mobilisation against caste has given way to caste solidarity ...
10 Jan, 2018, 08.42 AM IST
Government needs proactive approach to boost pharma sector: IndustryThe Indian pharmaceutical industry, with current market size of USD 27.57 billion is expected to reach USD 55 billion by 2020 growing at a ...
29 Nov, 2017, 08.00 PM IST
Social mores limit women's job choices: StudyMisplaced societal moralities and a dominant patriarchal influence continue to force women to make stereotypical choices on their education...
18 Feb, 2016, 11.13 AM IST
Poke Me: AAPturning PoliticsThe Delhi verdict today has changed the way India will conduct its politics tomorrow.
12 Feb, 2015, 09.39 PM IST
National Food Security Bill and risks of exclusionIn our view, the National Food Security Bill, instead of solving the problem of exclusion and inclusion error, has given ways to augment su...
23 Apr, 2012, 11.21 AM IST
- Inorganic growth part of our strategy: Rajeev Chopra MD, Philips India
Dutch electronic products major, Philips Electronics, expects contribution of emerging economies to its global revenues to increase to 40% ...
29 Dec, 2010, 04.42 AM IST
- Mobility has an aspirational swing in India
At the early stage of my working career I used to work with a foreign bank that had a very pronounced recruitment hierarchy. Fresh MBAs wer...
23 Jan, 2007, 03.24 AM IST