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Who's an oligarch? Rich Russians fret over US sanctions label

Russia's billionaire class is in the throes of a kind of helpless anxiety

Anshu Prakash: Turfed into battlefield of rules and egos

A 1986-batch IAS officer, he has been appointed as the chief secretary in the Delhi government

Tata Steel Kalinganagar plant on stream by Sept '14

The project, the first integrated steel plant of Tata Steel outside Jamshedpur in its over century-old history, is being set up in two modules of 3 mn tonne each

Newsmaker: Meet B N Sharma, and know why companies must fear this man

His appointment is interesting because, till now, Sharma has hardly played a role in the evolution of India's most significant tax reform

Blackstone gets bids from top global investors for Pune IT park

The investment firm had bought it from IDFC Alternatives in 2014

PE-backed Shriram Properties to acquire stressed residential projects

The company expects the value of such properties would be around 50 per cent of Shriram's portfolios in the next three-five years

Graphic: Key deals last week

There were 13 deals worth $295.00 million and 3 private equity exits worth $66.7 million in the last seven days ended November 29, 2017

There's now a vessel that produces zero pollution

The Hydrogen passenger shuttle was recently certified to operate as a seagoing vessel by Lloyd's Register

Automakers pave a road to safety

As the government pushes for safety features in cars, Maruti, Hyundai and Toyota turn their attention to passengers

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Isro banks on private players as it plans series of satellite launches

The Indian agency is looking to rope in private participation to overcome barriers in the way of becoming a global player in the space arena

Saudi prince who wooed West finds few friends in tough times

The son of King Salman, Prince Mohammed is trying to modernise the Saudi economy in part by weaning the country off its decades-long dependency on oil revenue

How Tom Szaky makes money off your cigarette butt and flip-flops

Now he's seeking millions to help fund a bigger mission: making trash the star of a circular economy, where re-use is the norm

Discovery Jeet: How channel plans to make a splash in Hindi entertainment

Jeet will bring it head-on with the big established giants - Star, Sony, Zee and Colors.

Newsmaker: Rajinikanth holds political script close to his chest

The Tamil superstar knows he is a highly monetisable commodity on the movie circuit - but also knows that what sells as fantasy might have no real value in real life

Meet India's Dalveer Bhandari, the justice who has been re-elected to ICJ

He is so unassuming that it is reported that he has not removed the name plate in his ancestral home in Jodhpur that reads, 'Judge, Supreme Court'

Black Friday is eating itself (even in Britain)

The biggest challenge for retailers is to make sure their websites don't break

Mid-market remains under-served by mainstream PE: Siddharth Parekh

LPs looking for fund managers with differential skill-sets

Tiger Global eyes second major exit in India

Tiger Global now plans to sell 10-12 per cent of its 12-15 per cent stake in Ola for $400-500 million to SoftBank

KKR looks to buy another NBFC to bolster lending business

KKR has a sector-agnostic NBFC, and a realty-focused NBFC with GIC