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Opportunities And Challenges In The Aviation Sector

The Bharat Chamber of Commerce organised a national seminar and an exhibition on the ‘Indian Aviation Sector: Opportunities and Challenges’ at the Park Hotel, Kolkata. The prospects of private participation in maintenance, overhaul, and repair were discussed.

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2 mins  |
December 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS

India Needs To Learn A Lesson From Brexit

The verdict given by the people of the United Kingdom in 2016 in favour of quitting the European Union (EU) is popularly known as ‘Brexit’. People who voted for Brexit argued that it was because of the adoption of erratic neo-liberal policies that had led to livelihood crises.

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3 mins  |
December 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS

US-China Trade War Continues: Global Implications

The ongoing US-China trade war had its origin in 2012. It began then as a “cold war”, well before Donald Trump became the US President.

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3 mins  |
December 1-15, 2019
Lack Of Awareness - The Biggest Hurdle For Insurance In India
BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Lack Of Awareness - The Biggest Hurdle For Insurance In India

Insurances are partially similar to banks and capital markets as they serve the needs of business units and private households in financial intermediation.

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10+ mins  |
November 1-15, 2019
Win-Win Situation For China-Nepal
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Win-Win Situation For China-Nepal

The recent visit of Xi Jinping, the President of China, to Nepal can be a game-changer for the small Himalayan nation.

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3 mins  |
November 1-15, 2019
Reinventing Insurance Business Through Disruptive Technologies
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Reinventing Insurance Business Through Disruptive Technologies

Business models based on data and analytics have facilitated companies like Google, Uber, Airbnb, and Facebook to enter the S&P 500 index in less than 10 years compared to business houses like Microsoft and HP, which made it to the index in two and three decades, respectively.

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4 mins  |
November 1-15, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Plastic Production Costs Environment

The government has retracted its plan of imposing a blanket ban on single-use plastics.

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3 mins  |
November 1-15, 2019
New Age Customers And Their Needs
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New Age Customers And Their Needs

A strong growth has been witnessed in India’s non-life insurance segment over the last few years.

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3 mins  |
November 1-15, 2019
Health Of Life Insurance
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Health Of Life Insurance

The life insurance segment is still dominated by a public sector player when the government is promoting private and foreign investment in the Indian market.

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4 mins  |
November 1-15, 2019
Privatisation- A Step In The Right Direction?
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Privatisation- A Step In The Right Direction?

The Indian Railways on September 27 provisionally selected 50 key routes in order to collaborate with private operators to run modern passenger trains.

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3 mins  |
October 16-31, 2019
Taking Science To Millions
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Taking Science To Millions

A group of children with curious eyes stared as the impact of air pressure was demonstrated to them.

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3 mins  |
October 16-31, 2019
Can The Festival Of Lights Illuminate The Indian Economy
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Can The Festival Of Lights Illuminate The Indian Economy

Diwali, the festival of lights, follows the celebration of Dhanteras.

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2 mins  |
October 16-31, 2019
Banking On Festive Mood To Boost Consumer Spending
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Banking On Festive Mood To Boost Consumer Spending

India’s festival season is here.

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5 mins  |
October 16-31, 2019
Animals and their society
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Animals and their society

Are we the only ones who vote, drink, sleep around, eavesdrop on conversations?

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5 mins  |
October 16-31, 2019
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‘Land Of Festivals' Promoting Tourism

Abhishek Dwivedi, a 27-year-old, Jaipur-based management trainee has already registered to attend the grand Jaipur Literature Festival next year.

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6 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
Tourism Can Be India's Next Big GDP Earner
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Tourism Can Be India's Next Big GDP Earner

After the success of its tourism’s promotional slogan ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’, the Indian tourism ministry has come out with another catchphrase 'your search ends here'.

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6 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
We Aim To Reach Financial Self-Sufficiency In A Few Years
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We Aim To Reach Financial Self-Sufficiency In A Few Years

The Tourism Department of West Bengal has taken up the mega task of renovating many of its tourist accommodations and is also looking to implement new programmes. It has been trying to attract national and international tourists.

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5 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
Travel And Tourism Industry In India: Venturing Into The Reality
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Travel And Tourism Industry In India: Venturing Into The Reality

India offers a great tourism potential not only for the Indians but to the foreign travellers as well.

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3 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Reality-Check Of The Economy

The first few months of 2019 have seen the lowest new investment proposals in India in the last 14 years.

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3 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
Indian Railways Facilitating Tourism
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Indian Railways Facilitating Tourism

In India, railways and tourism are interconnected.

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3 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
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Gandhian Concept Of Human Equality: An Ideal Social Order To Resolve Conflicts

The Gandhian thought is based on the eternal truth.

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5 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Effects Of Increase In Gold Prices

In the latest Union Budget, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitaraman, proposed to increase the import duty on gold from 10% to 12.5%.

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2 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Diversification And Innovation In Indian Tourism

Indian tourism has a huge unrealised potential.

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9 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
BUSINESS ECONOMICS

Beyond Incredible India!

The ‘Incredible India’ campaign was launched in 2002 by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India to promote India as a global tourist destination. Sagnik Chowdhury, Regional Director (East), India Tourism, spoke to BE’s Aritra Mitra.

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6 mins  |
September 16-31, 2019
The Economy Can Be Back On High Growth Track In Three Months With Proper Administrative Measures
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The Economy Can Be Back On High Growth Track In Three Months With Proper Administrative Measures

The infrastructure sector in India is slowing down. BE’s Kishore Kumar Biswas and Tushar K. Mahanti spoke to Hemant Kanoria, Chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited, regarding the PPP model in infrastructure and the role of NBFCs.

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3 mins  |
September 1-15, 2019
FATF Places Pakistan In ‘Enhanced Blacklist'
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FATF Places Pakistan In ‘Enhanced Blacklist'

The Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed Pakistan in the ‘Enhanced Blacklist’ due to its failure to act on terror funding.

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1 min  |
September 1-15, 2019
Telecom Infra In India Not Ready For 5G
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Telecom Infra In India Not Ready For 5G

By July 2018, India had the world’s second largest internet user base with over 44.6 crore smart phones and 56 crore internet users.

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3 mins  |
September 1-15, 2019
Social Audit Of All Infrastructure Schemes Need To Be Made Mandatory
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Social Audit Of All Infrastructure Schemes Need To Be Made Mandatory

Infrastructure in a way is the essential “inners” of any development plan.

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2 mins  |
September 1-15, 2019
Power Infra Improving, But Debt Is A Problem
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Power Infra Improving, But Debt Is A Problem

Absence of electricity has been an inherent feature of rural India.

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4 mins  |
September 1-15, 2019
Nature Beat: Flora And Fauna
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Nature Beat: Flora And Fauna

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Member of Parliament (Lok Shabha).

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5 mins  |
September 1-15, 2019