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Amazon disputes data that Flipkart is ahead in festive sales

Amazon says its gross sales nearly doubled from last year's Great Indian Festival sale

2 min read19 Oct 2018
Opinion

The great Indian history wars

All sides are guilty of using history for partisan battles rather than for genuine understanding

4 min read16 Feb 2018
Politics

Dera chief Ram Rahim Singh’s case has embarrassed religious figures: Ramdev

A day after Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was jailed for 20 years for rape, yoga guru Ramdev said such cases are causing an embarrassment to religious figures

1 min read29 Aug 2017
Companies

Hero MotoCorp Q1 profit rises 3.5% on best ever quarterly sales

Hero MotoCorp sold 1.85 million two-wheelers during the June quarter as compared to 1.74 million units sold in the first quarter a year earlier

2 min read26 Jul 2017
Opinion

Of executive orders and hidden figures

One result of FDR's landmark orders was that during WWII, African-American women rose to prominence in the development of America's wartime science and technology

5 min read11 Jul 2017
Politics

India’s last-minute spending problem

An analysis of budget numbers from the last decade finds spending in March to be much higher than the average of the previous 11 months

1 min read8 Mar 2017
Industry

Lukewarm reception for Oscars 2017-nominated releases in India

Acclaimed American dramas Hidden Figures, Silence and Moonlight, all nominees for Oscars 2017, have netted less than Rs50 lakh each over the weekend

2 min read21 Feb 2017
Industry

‘Running Shaadi’, ‘The Ghazi Attack’ among slew of movies this week

Hollywood offerings include Martin Scorsese's historical drama 'Silence' and Barry Jenkins' 'Moonlight'

4 min read18 Feb 2017
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Film Review: Hidden Figures

Three women break the glass ceiling and colour barriers in '60s Nasa

2 min read16 Feb 2017
Companies

Flipkart outsells Amazon in December, January on bumper smartphone sales

The difference in gross sales of Flipkart and Amazon is way more when Myntra and Jabong numbers are included

3 min read17 Feb 2017
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The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared

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