45-year-old Arunram realized this while planning a long weekend with his family recently. He needed a star hotel close to the heritage site and near the highway as he wanted to drive from Chennai. While researching, his first stop was Agoda, an international online travel booking portal. Unhappy with the choices the site returned, he…
For millions of Indians in small towns, e-commerce transactions are completed only once the product arrives at their doorstep as they typically choose cash on delivery (COD). For IPO-bound online marketplace Meesho, which has a strong presence in small towns, this is a clear red flag. More than 76% of the 1.59 billion orders the…
Weak demand from large infrastructure projects coupled with an oversupply of steel domestically has pushed prices to their lowest level so far this fiscal. Prices of benchmark hot rolled coil steel have fallen to ₹48,275 per tonne—the lowest since February this year. Hot rolled coils are large steel sheets rolled into wide coils, used mainly…
The upcoming network aims not just to link major metros but to weave together the country’s industrial corridors, logistics hubs, and ports into a single, high-speed transport grid—the largest outside China. By 2030, India could see over 20,000 km of expressways forming a modern “Golden Quadrilateral of Expressways,” along with East–West and North–South corridors, setting…
Bank holiday on Bhai Dooj 2025: Banks across several parts of the country will be closed on certain days of the upcoming week as Chhath Puja festivities roll in. Are banks closed for Bhai Dooj 2025? According to the state-wise holiday calendar of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), banks in several cities will remain…
Actors Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and director Karan Johar have approached various high courts in recent months over the unauthorised use and commercial exploitation of their image and personality rights online (everything from their names and catchphrases to their images and even signature traits), including through AI-generated…
The government wants all location-based services, navigation devices, and mobile applications in the country to use NavIC, a satellite navigation system developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), to reduce India’s dependence on foreign systems such as GPS, the officials added. The move is in line with the government’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ (self-reliant India) initiative,…
But the studio head knew better; only days earlier, the streaming service, known for deals with top Bollywood studios, had inked a multi-film partnership with a film production house, allowing it to screen all of the latter’s upcoming titles as part of their post-theatrical release. Industry experts pegged the deal size at close to ₹500…
India’s largest e-bus tender under PM E-Drive scheme deferred again amid lack of state infrastructure, high bidding cost ₹312 crore to be deposited to participate in the tender for all five cities was too high. Additionally, some of the tender conditions were too stringent.”/> Source…
While the uptick is largely driven by working capital financing, some capex-linked lending and project financing deals are also resurfacing in sectors such as infrastructure, renewables, and manufacturing, senior bankers said. At India’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank, which had earlier slowed its wholesale book as competitive loan pricing muted loan spreads, the tone…