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The number of companies that have been referred to the National Company Law Tribunal for resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has crossed 400. A great many of these are small and medium companies that are most likely to go into l

Before starting to write this review, I was compelled to check the section in which this book was placed at airport bookshops. Geoffrey West's Scale a tome that attempts to tease out the universal laws of growth, innovation and sustainability in or

On 17 November, a 27 member team from London based ArcelorMittal drove into Essar Steel's 10 million tonne (MT) steel manufacturing complex at Hazira in Gujarat. The team, led by Aditya Mittal, 41, son of steel baron Lakshmi Mittal and CFO of the wor

1) Founders Asokan Sattanathan, who had worked as the supply chain head for companies such as Bharti Airtel and Eicher Motors, learnt the nuances and pain points of the business in his 34 year long career. He joined hands with Rajaraman Sundaresan an

In the three years since April 2014, French hotel chain AccorHotels has more than doubled its India portfolio from 25 to 54 hotels, added new brands to its global portfolio and acquired companies in hospitality and technology sectors. On his recen

"What Indian brands are using Quora?", "Which foreign brand seems to be Indian?", "TIL (today I learnt) Lakme is an Indian brand of cosmetics which is named after French form of Lakshmi" threads such as these appear on discussion platforms Reddit a

When 53 year old Natarajan Chandrasekaran took charge as Tata Sons chairman in February this year, he perhaps knew the job wasn't a bed of roses. He also most likely knew that one of the big thorns was Tata Motors, a once dominant player struggling

Despite warnings from central banks and prominent investors from across the world, Bitcoin, which has a market capitalisation of over $300 billion (the total value of the 16.6 million Bitcoins in circulation) is breaking new price barriers on a daily

In June 3 this year, the Indian Solar Manufacturers Association (ISMA) appealed to the Directorate of Anti Dumping and Allied Duties (DGAD), Ministry of Commerce, to impose anti dumping duty on solar cells and modules from three countries: China, Mal

The government has set in motion the process to build an institutional framework for dealing with bankruptcy of banks and insurance companies, akin to the newly operational bankruptcy code for the corporate sector. The Financial Resolution Deposit In

Think of a situation where a bank's know your customer (KYC) check on a corporate customer fails to show up a suspicious transaction done by the company with another bank. What if banks could share and also monetise corporate KYCs, including investig

A car is not only an asset, rather investing in a car is profitable in several ways. But cars are expensive as well and owning this dream machine calls for a big investment. However, you can still turn your dream of owning a car into reality with the

Three Decades of Style In the early days of fashion when designers were dismissed as darzis, Tina Tahiliani Parikh's Ensemble was the only store that showcased the best of Indian designers. The year was 1987 when Ensemble launched its flagship store

What will you prefer if you have to choose between a medical doctor and a robot with artificial intelligence (AI) to examine, diagnose and prescribe medicines and treatment? Will you allow the robot to carry out surgery on you? It is no longer stuff

Terabytes of data have been published on serious health consequences from overuse of gadgets. Long term exposure to smartphones may lead to mild depression, memory loss or cancer. Gazing at a PC monitor for long causes dry eyes, headache or blurred v

The India pharmaceutical industry is incredible in more ways than one. On the one hand, it takes pride in the fact that India is home to the largest number of drug making facilities outside the US that are approved by the US Food and Drug Administrat

There's even an app for that. Or rather, several. In our headless chicken routines, most of us don't stop to take a breath, let alone stop to notice what's going right in our lives. Of late, the sheer value of looking back at each day, if only just f

The way India's largest drug maker Sun Pharmaceutical rose and fell in the US, a country that accounts for 44 per cent of the $1.1 trillion global drug market, is an indication of the challenges that the Indian pharmaceutical industry is facing in th

For a long time, humans believed they were the only species blessed with self awareness. Chimpanzees and orangutans soon planted a seed of self doubt. But now, seeing as we are developing robots in our own image, machines are already beginning to hav

Private, for profit, high quality healthcare has been permeating Tier II and Tier III towns in the last decade or so, just as it did in the metros in the decade before that. The advent of corporate hospital chains across cities really began with Apol

In this era of Instagram, there's a photo opportunity at every turn. Our smartphones are full of stories in the form of photos and videos that we merrily curate to cherish from time to time. But our smartphones can seldom keep pace with our enthu

The pharmaceutical industry in India is in serious need of a strategy rethink. Constant policy interventions for over a year and the growing uncertainties around those have sorely hit the sector, so much so that the key players are determined to get

On January 29, 2016, the Narendra Modi government decided to withdraw the customs duty exemption on import of 73 bulk drugs. It was a tough call as import of these low cost key active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), or raw materials almost entir

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP is set to rule Gujarat, for a record sixth term, with the party maintaining a strong lead against Rahul Gandhi's Congress. The majority mark in the 182 seat Gujarat assembly is 92, and current trends show the BJP