Digital Disruption In Construction Equipment Space

In today’s world when emerging technologies such as robots, 3D printing and drones are changing or disrupting every industry, the construction and mining equipment sector is yet to witness any large scale product or process disruption.

Kenya's Economy At Crossroads

There is a Kenyan proverb which says a man stung by a bee does not destroy all beehives.

Two Cheers To India's Better Scoring In Ease Of Doing Business

India’s advancement by 30 points to 100th in ease of doing business (EDB) rankings has been considered a good achievement by many.

Indian Industries Post A Mixed Picture In The First Half Of 2017-18

India’s gross domestic product has grown 6.3% in the second quarter of the current year, that is, 0.6 percentage points higher than that of the previous quarter.

Univercell Founder Director, D. Sathish Babu Games Up For A New Venture

Thirty years ago, when Sathish Babu started his corporate sales career as a trainee sales officer with Eureka Forbes, it was almost initiation by fire. Within a few weeks of on-the-job training, he was thrown into the deep end of the pool and given a dictum – sell or perish!

Spirituality Is The Essence Of Humanity

Spirituality is the science to discover the spiritual world, i.e., to discover the inner world for peace, happiness and prosperity.

Spirituality Fosters Humanity

Spirituality is derived from the word spiritual.

India Manufacturing Gains Amidst US-China Trade War

Due to the escalating trade war between the US and China, several American companies are planning to shift their supply chain from China to avoid any tariff backlash. India appears to be the potential benefactor in this case.

India's Second Mission To The Moon

Chandrayaan-2, India’s second Moon mission was launched on July 22. Chandrayaan-2 will be the first mission to land a rover near the lunar South Pole.

Can App-Based Business Ensure Decent Jobs?

There are two basic business models linked to app-based businesses.

Is Government Losing Transparency?

Journalists are not always a very disciplined lot. Keeping them at an arm’s length can be a good strategy for the government – and that can happen as a result of their own misbehaviour; but banning them from the source of information can have different implications.

No Two Joint Winners, But Only One Loser!

Though a section of the press declared that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Government of India (GOI) were joint winners of the much awaited ‘mother of all board meetings’ that was organised on November 19, the undisputed fact remains that the RBI emerged unscathed. It did not lose anything. GOI was the lone loser. The predicted events did not materialise.

Trade War: An Act Of Irrational Exuberance

Last September the Donald Trump government imposed import tariffs by a huge amount, $200 billion, mainly on Chinese goods to curb Chinese imports into the United States.

Impact Of Trade War On World Economy And India

For several years and for equally several reasons, there has been an increasing tension between the United States of America (USA) and China.

Growth In Steel Industry Augurs Well For Ancillaries

The Indian government has defined an ancillary industry as, “An unit, having capital investment not exceeding 1 crore, which produce parts, components, sub-assemblies and tooling for supply against known or anticipated demand of one or more large units manufacturing and assembling complete products and which is not a subsidiary to or controlled by any large unit in regard to the negotiation of contracts for supply of its goods to any large unit.

Higher Demand Steers Steel Sector's Revival

After almost a decade of indifferent growth, the recovery of the global economy and that of the steel industry in 2017 points to a positive outlook for India’s steel sector.

KYC Remediation- A Boon For BFSI

Globally, the Know your Customer (KYC) process is a way for banks, financial institutions, service provider companies (for e.g., telecom, power, gas, internet, DTH TV et al.), various government departments, educational institutions, and many others to verify the identity of their clients.

The IBC Can Transform The Indian Steel Sector

The Indian steel industry had suffered in the past from the structural ailment of fragmentation.

Disaster In Kerala: What Media Can Do

God could not save its own country...Humans, over the years, have destroyed its pristine nature despite all warnings - Madhav Gadgil et al.

A National Calamity: Options Before Government

The unprecedented floods in Kerala last month resulted in the death of 373. Around 1.2 million people from their homes and hearths were uprooted. They are now in relief camps.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee - The Socio-Economic Reformer

Former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away at the age of 93 on August 16, 2018, was the forerunner for several socio-economic reforms undertaken by his successors. He continued to liberalise the economy and presented a fresh image of India to the world.

Giving Tennis A Deserving Shot At Success In India

On one side of the court stands a man regarded by many as the greatest player ever to have graced the sport.

Postmodernism In Music

It becomes more and more difficult to specify exactly what is that ‘postmodernism’ is supposed to refer to as the term gets stretched in all directions across different debates, different disciplinary and discursive boundaries, as different factions seek to make it in their ownway, using it to designate a plethora of incommensurable objects, tendencies and emergencies.

Why Only Blood And Gore?

The coverage by the Indian news media is increasingly becoming morbid. Children beating up their parents and driving them out of the house; ruffians lynching people on mere grounds of suspicion; communal riots; murders and rapes; political hatred – these seem to be the staple food of the media today.

India Post Payments Bank

The Indian Postal Service (India Post) has a famed history of 150 years.

Tourism Turns A Big Contributor To GDP Growth

Travel and tourism sector is fast becoming an important contributor to economic growth. According to a recent report by World Economic Forum (WEF) travel and tourism industry accounts for 10% of global GDP and about 10% of jobs.

Tourism Promoted By North-Eastern States

The north-eastern Indian states cover a total area of around 2.62 lakh square kms.

Sikkim's Rich Organic Flora And Fauna

Sikkim was declared as the ‘first organic state in the country’ in 2016. The state was also awarded the ‘cleanest state in India’ by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) in September, 2016.

Temi Tea Tourism - Travels And Tales From South Sikkim

The sun rises with birds chirping and in the distance, one hears the pleasant hum of women talking as they walk through the narrow passages between the lush bushes of tea.

NIIT‘s Talent Pipeline Service creates trained manpower

The digital industry is expected to produce around 20 lakh jobs in India by 2020.