RBI to usher in universal banking before 5 years
The Reserve Bank of India is planning to usher in universal banking in the country ahead of the stipulated time-frame of five years. This marks a major shift in the central bank's policy.

FI panel ropes in Swiss headhunters, McKinsey to scour for L&T chief
Egon Zehnder International, a Swiss-based executive search firm, has been roped in to scout for the successor to SD Kulkarni, the present managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Larsen & Toubro who steps down on April 27.

New Delhi likely to rejoin International Jute body
India may rejoin the Dhaka-based International Jute Organisation, the United Nations body which it quit last year following a tiff with consuming nations over elections to the top post.

CORPORATE
REC signs MoU for better electrification programmes
Industrial water shortage threat looms large

ECONOMY
Tech upgradation scheme for textile to be operational from April 1
Is this the time to invest in shares?

EXPRESSIONS
When regulators see red
...Sees Bengali channel launch in two months

MARKETS
New crop pulls down pepper
Gujarat govt seeks cut in Narmada Cement stake selloff

LEISURE
K7 Computing offers free public domain to deal with `Melissa'
COMEX copper slips on lack of trading interest