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Q2 results preview: Lower input costs may aid pharma firms' margins

Analysts expect overall sales growth to be 10-11%

Equity savings schemes shine as investors seek out low-risk options

Equity savings schemes offer lower-risk hybrid options with tax advantages over most other mutual fund schemes with similar risk profiles

Street signs: Nifty's outlook overcast, MFs' electrifying gain on GE T&D

Shares of industry leader Asian Paints have dropped over 10 per cent this year, even as the benchmark National Stock Exchange Nifty 50 has risen 15 per cent

Hyundai Motor India's growth engine roars on SUVs, capacity expansion

The carmaker's short-term gains may stall in neutral over high valuations

Coming to your home: From cleaning to brewing, robots for all the chores

Mainstreaming of humanoid robots will impact societies and economies. Highly populous countries with young populations will have to rethink their policies for employment, labour

Small is not beautiful: India's bias against large factories is damaging

Recent work by economist Arvind Subramanian and others, recently summarised in this newspaper last week, shows the problem is even worse than the ASI data suggests

GenAI: Indian companies see productivity boost as key benefit of technology

As many as 56 per cent of them are establishing governance frameworks for the use of GenAI tools and apps

Water security: India must boost wastewater reuse to tackle insecurity

Given the climate risks, India needs to prepare to deal with them because water stress is only likely to worsen

How GenAI helps e-commerce firms handle high festive season demand

E-commerce companies lean on the technology to serve customers and sellers in festival season shopping rush

A revival in China? Recent govt stimulus fails to address deeper issues

The Chinese government has a philosophy of control which extends into macroeconomics

Ratan Tata: An environmentalist's homage to India's business icon

As we mourn the demise of Ratan Tata, let's also mourn the passing of the time when business leaders like him ruled our world, when values of frugality and simplicity in personal life were cherished

Travel tip: Use prepaid forex card when abroad, avoid currency fluctuations

Avoid dynamic currency conversion by paying in the local currency instead of Indian rupees

Facing pension delays? File a consumer complaint for quick resolution

National Commission observed the dispute was for pension benefit for which consideration in the form of contribution had been paid, so the complaint was maintainable

Statsguru: Formal manufacturing share falls, wage growth lags productivity

ASI and Annual Survey of Unincorporated Enterprises show that the combined share of manufacturing GVA in GDP stands at less than 10 per cent

Can Reliance Retail double its turnover in 3-4 yrs, as Isha Ambani claims?

One of the drivers that automatically fuels growth is that India remains one of the fastest growing retail markets and is poised to become the third-largest by 2030

PSU defaults, moral hazards: Can banks keep relying on govt ownership?

MTNL and RINL aren't good stories, particularly when both lenders and investors are getting their appetite for the infrastructure sector back

Caste discrimination has no place in a modern India: Books, films can help

Children and teenagers now have access to books that unpack how the caste system dehumanises people on the lower rungs of the hierarchy and how they reclaim their dignity

Tapping wastewater: Govt floats 50% reuse mandate for bulk users by 2031

50% reuse target for new bulk users and 25% for existing bulk users after FY31

Tata Sons prioritises funding new ventures over increasing dividend payouts

Tata Sons has however scaled-up dividend pay-out in the post pandemic period in line with a rise in its earnings

Rupee set to hold ground against greenback till Dec: Business Standard Poll

The Reserve Bank of India's timely intervention has ensured that the depreciation of the currency is gradual