Why is Ess Dee more expensive than most blue chips?

Let’s start with the valuation of this company first and then look at its growth prospects - the reverse of what we normally do. How does a Rs200 crore company with a net profit of Rs12 crore have a market cap of Rs1400 crore? That’s Ess Dee Aluminium, managed by the spunky entrepreneur Sudip Dutta. It makes aluminium foil-based packaging...

What’s common between turmeric, tuna, soybean and Mozart? They all boost your brain power, says Tanushee kar

Alzheimer’s disease, the neuro-degenerative disorder characterised by
dementia, hits most people between the ages of 60-80. The lowest incidence of the disease in the world is among residents of rural India: 4.4 times lower than that of Americans. Why is this so? The secret to this...

A simple kit for childbirth, given directly to pregnant mothers, reduces rural maternal and child mortality, finds Dr Nita Mukherjee

The year was 1980. Indian national data published that year revealed malnutrition as an important cause of avoidable blindness in children, especially due to Vitamin A deficiency.Dr Gopa Kothari, an MD in paediatrics and community health, was then a...