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Govt should ensure affordable housing in smart cities: Report

The success of the project will depend on better planning and provision of basic requirements in these cities, the report by Dun & Bradstreet said

Woman power can script India story

Study says an additional 68 million women could potentially enter the labour force over coming decade which if channelled properly could help India build competitive advantage

Pilatus Aircraft completes delivery of 75 trainers

The company is now poised to receive another IAF order worth Rs 1,550 crore

Rising food prices to hit rural India in 2016

Back-to-back droughts hitting food production; rural inflation higher than in cities, and gap growing

PSU Banks likely to gain the most due to power reforms

In the near-term, the reforms will impact power financiers such as PFC and REC negatively, believe analysts

Implementation is key for financial restructuring of power discoms

Power producers like NTPC, JSW Energy, Adani Power and Tata Power can benefit from improved demand and cash-flows

Timely tariff revision, lower AT&C losses behind UDAY's success

Ambit Research says if states sign this scheme, sharing SEB losses would make them much more accountable

Blow for Tata Motors' defence ambitions

Future infantry combat vehicle contest: Defence ministry rules JLR income not a component of firm's financial strength

Bankruptcy proposals must address existing shortages: experts

Final law won't be effective till already-overworked adjudicating authorities are provided with additional resources, say experts

Mining at Niyamgiri remains a pipedream

Odisha plans to win over the local tribes that had in 2013 rejected the proposal to mine bauxite in their hills, which they say are the abode of their deity, Niyam Raja

Civil servants rush to regulatory bodies as post-retirement jobs dry

When U K Sinha was appointed Sebi chairman in 2011, only six others were interviewed, now the race is between more than 50 people

What is causing distress among erstwhile dominant castes?

New Mining Act: well intentioned, but loopholes exist

The Act slips on certain key provisions that could foster the very practices it was designed to do away with

Leather industry: Lower global demand, strong rupee take the shine off job growth

The industry looks to the government for sops as exports become uncompetitive

Weak exports and swelling inventory hamper job creation in textile sector

A reduction in demand and lower return on capital employed make expansion unviable for textile firms

A project that brought hope and despair to Ratnagiri

Dabhol-nama: Five things that made the plant unique

It helped government policy evolve over time

Seeking revival, Dabhol embraces a brand new plan

According to the new plan, Dabhol's assets will be demerged into the power plant and the LNG terminal

Why dominant castes want Other Backward Classes status

Ground surveys have found Marathas, Jats and Patels, for instance, are in economic conditions quite similar to that of peer communities with the advantage of quotas

Africa can be answer to India's energy woes: KPMG-CII Study

Besides infrastructure development and mineral resources, Africa holds immense potential as a credible nuclear energy supplier as well, the study says