The F&B (food and beverage) business of cinemas has been holding relatively steady even though movies haven’t been doing too well at the box office over the past few months, especially in the Hindi belt, theatre owners and experts said. However, experts said ancillary streams such as F&B can thrive only when new movies start…
Public sector banks (PSBs) are drawing up a plan to lay a threshold of ₹100 crore and above and set up specialized teams to recover bad loans, two persons aware of the matter said. The plan being pushed by the finance ministry also involves possibly writing down or liquidating cases where the default amount is…
Amul has been ranked first on India’s top food brand list, with brand value of $4.1 billion, followed by Delhi-NCR based Mother Dairy with $1.15 billion brand value. The report was published by Brand Finance, an UK-based independent brand valuation and strategy consultancy. Britannia was ranked third on India’s top food brand list, while Karnataka-based…
With his killing, a burgeoning business empire built on melody and commerce lay shattered. It was a brutal coda to Kumar’s life lived at full, often reckless, volume. Born in 1951 into a family that ran a fruit juice stall in Delhi’s Daryaganj, his entrepreneurial education started early. In the 1970s, when a relative’s records…
Coca-Cola, which is the world’s largest beverage company, its closest rival PepsiCo Inc., and Reliance Consumer Products, which revived the iconic Campa Cola two years ago as Campa, all have zero-sugar variants catering to India’s growing obsession with counting calories. With consumers lapping up these “healthier” fizzy drinks, beverage makers have been able to expand…
Bank holiday today: Banks throughout India will be closed today, June 28, 2025, as it is the fourth Saturday of the month. According to the Reserve Bank of India calendar (RBI), banks are closed on the second and fourth Saturdays and all Sundays each month. Usually, banks remain closed on weekends, except on the first,…
Issues related to raw material availability, global magnet supply, import duty structure and access to technology are key constraints that could delay any local manufacture of rare earth magnets in the short to medium term, said S.B. Mohanty, acting chairman and managing director of IREL Ltd, the state-owned rare earths company. On 4 April, China…
Bank holiday today: On Friday, June 27, 2025, banks will be closed in some states to mark Rath Yatra and Kang, according to the state-wise holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The banks in the rest of the country will remain open on Friday, June 27, 2025. Bank holiday on June 27:…
The matter concerns the amount of energy—or power—that a Wi-Fi device uses to transmit its signal over radio frequencies. Higher power means the signal is stronger, allowing it to travel farther, pass through walls and other obstacles more effectively, and maintain a stable connection over a wider area. Higher power is especially important for next-generation…
These milestones will be applicable for highway building and awarding agencies including the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), NHIDCL (National, Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd) and the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH’s) own road construction wing. They reflect specific timelines for taking various statutory clearances before awarding any highway project. Beyond…