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Ishita Ayan Dutt

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Bengal's tea industry seeks a new flavour
Rediff.com6 days ago

The alpona (artwork) on the steep, winding road leading to Makaibari bears testimony to...

'I Don't Know What I Am Going To Do'
Rediff.com25 Apr 2024

The political heat in West Bengal has been giving the rising mercury levels serious...

'ITC aspires to double its business in five years'
Rediff.com21 Apr 2024

'While every year presents new challenges, it also provides opportunities for better...

How Berger Paints plans to protect its market share
Rediff.com16 Apr 2024

'Which is growing fast and where we are very strongly positioned.'

Rasna looks at overseas franchise arrangements for manufacturing abroad
Rediff.com14 Mar 2024

Rasna, which became a household name in the 80s and 90s and is still ruling the pre-mix...

Will BJP benefit from Trinamool leader's arrest for Sandeshkhali?
Rediff.com14 Mar 2024

Whether the age-old cry of kendrer banchana will be able to drown out pangs of...

Visa applications to beat pre-Covid levels in 2024
Rediff.com21 Feb 2024

VFS Global expects visa applications from India to surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2024...

ITC would increasingly try to go outside India: Sanjiv Puri
Rediff.com20 Feb 2024

Sanjiv Puri, chairman and managing director of ITC, is looking to expand the...

'We expect the losses to be lower from UK'
Rediff.com10 Feb 2024

'The UK is more of a structural problem, and that's why we're doing the restructuring.'

Darjeeling tea hits 8-yr low in auctions
Rediff.com5 Jan 2024

Geopolitical headwinds leading to lower demand from export markets, coupled with lower...

In non-cigarettes push, how ITC built more than 25 FMCG mother brands
Rediff.com4 Jan 2024

A young couple sharing a laugh - in the living room over a Polish joke book, on the...

Will Tata Steel's global stride with new deal aid profitability?
Rediff.com21 Nov 2023

It was August 2007. Tata Steel was turning 100. Jamshedpur, its hometown, had an air of...

Crisis Brews In Darjeeling's Tea Gardens
Rediff.com23 Oct 2023

In the last three years, 20 gardens have changed hands, and 90 per cent of the buyers...

Strong domestic demand, raw material cost, pushing up steel prices
Rediff.com14 Oct 2023

Strong demand in the domestic market, coupled with an increase in raw material prices,...

Steel firms prep for festivals, see demand by auto, consumer goods sectors
Rediff.com23 Sep 2023

The festive season will mean business for the steel industry as it is the time when...

How Eveready plans to double revenue
Rediff.com11 Sep 2023

Eveready Industries India will launch a new category in Financial Year 2024-25 (FY25)...

Indian steel sector flags Chinese imports, wants 'trade distortions' fixed
Rediff.com29 Aug 2023

Worried by a spike in Chinese imports, the Indian Steel Association (ISA) plans to take...

Tata Steel to bid for iron ore mines ahead of expiry of leases in 2030
Rediff.com15 Aug 2023

Tata Steel has built an iron ore chest of nearly 600 million tonnes (mt) and will look...

'Pace of engagement with UK has picked up'
Rediff.com4 Aug 2023

'As Tata Steel we will obviously use group-level leverage to make progress where we...

'Steel prices have already bottomed out'
Rediff.com4 Aug 2023

'While lower steel prices may impact a part of the quarter, this will be offset by...