Ah, we all know what 70 mm means. But Seventymm? Well, the phrase, or word if you please, is a trademark of Mumbai-based Seventymm Services Private Limited. About that later. The phrase ‘70 mm’ makes one pretty nostalgic. In my student days I recall not missing a single ‘70 mm’ film whenever one debuted in […]

Last Friday (Sep 28) the Alipore civil court lifted the injunction on Metro Cash-n-Carry, the German retail giant, for resuming construction at the site on EM Bypass near Mukundapur. The trouble started when Metro waded into 45-year old land-ownership litigation over the land it had leased. The court stayed further construction even as the site […]

The government has loosened the foreign exchange purse string further. Resident Indians can now spend/invest up to $200,000 a year abroad. This includes buying stocks on foreign bourses and also real estate properties. This action is a clear indication that the government wants to curb the rise of rupee against dollar. This means that a […]

Who would have known who Joginder Sharma is unless he bowled the last over in T-20 world cup that fetched the title to India? Now there is one more reason to know who he is. Haryana, his native state, has decided to award him a whopping Rs.21 lakhs for just bowling the last over. Suddenly […]