Year ender 2018

Corporate legal cases kept Delhi HC busy in 2018

In the year gone by, the pharma sector also witnessed an ugly legal fight between the former promoters of healthcare major Ranbaxy -- Malvinder and Shivinder Singh -- and Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo.

Jan 01, 2019, 13:51 PM IST

Social media poised for more scrutiny, greater checks in 2019

They have been accused of being a carrier of hate messages and fake news that incited mob violence.

Dec 31, 2018, 18:01 PM IST

Farm woes to take centrestage as poll battle looms

During the year, the Centre did take several measures to address the farmers' issues.

Dec 31, 2018, 17:59 PM IST

Surging passenger numbers, policy promises dot turbulent skies in 2018

In the new year, the government would focus on making flying "as good as possible", according to Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu.

Dec 31, 2018, 17:58 PM IST

Fund raising via NCD surges 3-fold to Rs 29,300-cr in 2018

NCDs are loan-linked bonds that cannot be converted into stocks and usually offer higher interest rates than convertible.

Dec 31, 2018, 17:57 PM IST

EPFO may give subscribers option to increase stock investments in new year

Earlier this year, CBT, had suggested exploring possibility of giving such options.

Dec 31, 2018, 15:01 PM IST

Insurance industry goes on tech drive to expand coverage

Irdai proposed to encourage companies to develop new technologies, asked insurers to make their products more attractive and customer friendly.

Dec 31, 2018, 11:53 AM IST

Yearender 2018: Major International Political Developments

Here are some of the top events from around the world that created a buzz in the year 2018.

Dec 29, 2018, 16:07 PM IST

Tale of Two Skippers: King Kohli soars, Captain Smith plummets

Kohli let words like 'law of averages' and 'bad patch' remain confined to grammar books as he went on stacking up astounding numbers across formats with monotonic regularity.

Dec 29, 2018, 14:32 PM IST

Looking back: Business news maker in 2018

Here's a recap of what happened in the business world in 2018.

Dec 28, 2018, 13:50 PM IST

Top Biz bosses' exits in 2018

The Indian and international biz corridor saw several top level exits this year.

Dec 27, 2018, 17:16 PM IST

2018, a year of 'many firsts' for Indian Railways

The railways, in another first, is set to come up with an elliptical 40-km track between Jaipur and Phulera at an investment of around Rs 4 billion to conduct trials of its semi-high speed and high speed trains.

Dec 27, 2018, 14:37 PM IST

Future bright for Indian cricket as 2018 marks a year of dominance

The bowling department has gone from strength to strength, registering rare success in the away cricketing series against South Africa and England.

Dec 25, 2018, 21:34 PM IST

Sporting Calendar 2018: Key achievements in International Cricket

Australia lifted the ICC Women's World T20 trophy for the fourth time in six editions of the tournament having emerged victorious against England in the final. 

Dec 25, 2018, 21:20 PM IST

Flashback 2018: 5 infamous controversies that rocked cricket

There were several controversies which hogged the limelight ranging from Virat Kohli's 'leave India' controversy to the suspensions handed out to cricketers Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft after indulging in ball-tampering. 

Dec 25, 2018, 19:56 PM IST

On road to clean energy, auto sector eyes election year boost to sales

Despite facing slowdown in sales, specially of passenger vehicles, in the second half of the ongoing fiscal, automakers did not take their eyes off the BS-VI deadline.

Dec 24, 2018, 18:22 PM IST

'Hot money' evaporates from Indian capital markets in 2018, outflow nears Rs 1 lakh cr

Before 2018, FPIs were net buyers of Indian equities for six consecutive years.

Dec 24, 2018, 16:40 PM IST

India Inc garners Rs 6 lakh-cr from equity, debt markets in 2018; Kitty down 30%

Experts, however, are hopeful the fund-raising will gather steam in second half of 2019 with a pick-up in the overall investment climate.

Dec 24, 2018, 16:38 PM IST

2018, when India Inc poster boys turn rogue

Diamantaire uncle-nephew duo Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi emerged as kingpins in the Rs 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank fraud.

Dec 24, 2018, 15:46 PM IST