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Geopolitical assertions about the power of the renewables to usher in greater co operation among countries are being falsified by recent developments. If anything, renewables have been pivotal in sparking what many refer to as the US China trade war

The fact that Pay Commission recommendations, when implemented by the government, result in higher demand for goods and services has been known for a long time. It would also impact inflation, at least partially, because some goods and services would

Economic growth originates from two main sources. The first lies in getting more people to work and putting in more capital while the second is associated with enabling our workers to produce more efficiently, which means increased productivity. Sinc

1) The Founders Vaibhav Jain, Vice President, Product and Operations, is an IIT Dhanbad alumnus and worked with Teramatrix as a professional responsible for IoT platform sales and product management. Anoop Poonia, an IIFT Delhi graduate and Hero Grou

Inthree, StoreKing, eHaat and RubanBridge. They are not household names like Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal or ShopClues, say. But these are e commerce companies nonetheless, which are trying to build significant businesses by tapping rural demand in Ind

An Ashok Leyland Dost truck, loaded with refrigerators, washing machines and mobile phones, is briefly stopped by a procession of cows crossing a narrow lane to Mamandur village, 47 kilometres (km) from Vellore town. This sleepy hamlet farms mostly g

If Priyank Sukhija, the promoter of First Fiddle Restaurants, was not a restaurateur, he would probably be working with Google Maps or Apple Maps. He knows prime properties on India's high streets and in malls like the back of his hand. When everybod

Nagpur based Zim Laboratories is a non descript drug company with turnover in excess of Rs 250 crore. In the past two decades, Zim has been silently working on developing innovative and differentiated pharmaceutical products or specialty generic comp

Facebook, reportedly, has no plan to incorporate the provisions of the European Union law, called General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in all geographies. It will just take measures on similar lines. India will have to formulate its own data pr

In February last year, Mondelez India, the maker of Cadbury, reported its worst performance in almost a decade. Revenues dipped from Rs6,562.7 crore in 2015 to Rs5,411.4 crore in 2016, while profits fell over 60 per cent. Though the November 2016 dem

Capitalism 101 stipulates that prices for products/services are set by market mechanisms. Buyers try to get the lowest prices possible and sellers try to get the highest. Depending on supply and demand, they eventually negotiate a deal. Not so with h

Avik Saha, Co convenor of Jai Kisan Andolan campaign, has had a new routine from April 3. Every day, he collects and shares the real prices farmers fetch in mandis (agricultural markets) for a crop he monitors about 20 crops on the social media.

The new iPad (6th gen) with the 9.7 inch display has something for everyone whether you are a gamer, student, artist or a video buff. Like the previous generation 9.7 inch iPads, the new iPad is excellent for content consumption, but what sets it a

Huawei's P series phones have been redefining the smartphone camera. The P9, launched two years ago, was co engineered with Leica the German camera manufacturer and had a dual lens set up that captured sharp images, including ones with bokeh effe

The task of simplifying the return filing mechanism under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime is proving to be onerous for the government. It has been a cause for concern right from the start. The industry resisted the initial system of filing th

Artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting life and work, prompting governments and policymakers to take note of its potential and formulate ways to harness its power for greater common good. Last August, the Centre set up a task force to explore

Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu talks to Anilesh S. Mahajan about the strategy to make exports a big part of the plan to make India a $5 trillion economy and how India is resetting trade ties with China and other big powers. Edited ex

The domestic commercial vehicle (CV) industry, a barometer of the economy, had a whirlwind start to 2017/18. In the last months of the previous year, it was gearing up for transition to the stricter BS IV emission norms, and was at loggerheads with t

By 2022, personal devices, and not friends or family, will know more about an individual's emotional state just by analysing the tone of voice, according to research firm Gartner. So when you are in low spirits, you can expect your smart speaker to p

The Slayer of Evil Tyeb Mehtas 'Durga Mahishasura Mardini' is that rare work a painting by the master that has never been seen before. Gaurav Bhatia, Managing Director of Sotheby's India, noticed it in the home of his father's friend in Kolkata and

In 2016, India overtook China to become the largest two wheeler market in the world. This was the first time India was leading in a particular segment in the automobile industry, globally. In FY 2018, India achieved another milestone by becoming the

If you are working eight hours a day, five days a week (assuming you take a complete break during weekends, which is quite unlikely), you end up sitting at your office desk 2,100 hours a year. And during those hours, how you sit will most certainly i

While unveiling the Tata Nano at the 2008 Auto Expo, Ratan Tata, the then chairman of the Tata Group, spoke about how the sight of a family of four on a scooter the father driving it with a young kid standing in the front, behind the handlebars and

Our thoughts are not going to be your own if you dare to don AlterEgo, MIT Media Lab's new wearable. The white gadget hooks around your ear and extends to just under your lips, looking like something one might see on a patient in a hospital bed. Alte

Over the last decade, the Indian automobile industry witnessed robust growth, made a mark globally and is finally doing justice to its latent potential. A mix of prudent regulatory framework that laid the foundation of India as a global hub for small

The Indian car market is significantly different from those in other large countries. We are growing at 8 10 per cent annually while other markets, including China, have plateaued. With car penetration of 24 per thousand compared to 500 per thousand

As the Indian economy grew over the past two decades, the automotive sector has grown from a small, protected industry to be a growth driver for the country. While it is still overshadowed by the Chinese automotive industry in scale, India has made i