The Ranbaxy sale marks the end of a phase for Indian pharma, with the need to evolve the next.
The politics of Deve Gowda and that of the bureaucrats who badmouthed and helped kill a remarkable public-private initiative like the Bangalore Agenda Task Force have been the city's nemesis.
The farm loan waiver announced in the Union Budget is like a key crossroads from which major roads go out in different directions, each signifying opposite journeys and consequences. It is the biggest event of its kind, the fiscal payout of Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) being virtually three times larger than the Rs 20,800 crore (Rs 208 billion) recapitalisation process that set Indian public sector banking on its feet.
Now the cell phone has ended boredom and solitude. You are never alone, never at a loss for not knowing what to do, so long as you have your cell phone next to you
By 2026, India will add 220 million to its urban population. That is, about 30 Bangalores!
To differentiate itself from Wal-Mart, Tesco, through its Fresh & Easy chain, has gone in for convenient neighbourhood stores which stock fresh foods, which is not a thrust area for Wal-Mart. But cost is one area where the two cannot avoid clashing, and this is where Tesco Hindustan Service Centre steps in.
India is facing a massive urban crisis, whose solution is nowhere in sight.
Welcome to post-modern India which is set to meet a sudden death from imbibing too much of auto fumes while stranded in a traffic jam
You can find half a dozen cities which have huge numbers and a municipal corporation to boot which messes things up on a grand scale. But this is the only one in India which has the true urban spirit that has left behind the laidback imprecision of dehat and gives you professional value for money with a phlegmatic nonchalance that none else can.
Pai, a highflier in the software giant (he is still just under 50), has a zen for cities. As human resources head of Infosys he is constantly scouting around in India for newer destinations where the company can set up shop to beat rising costs. And he is all the time benchmarking these against the worlds great cities to develop an agenda for change and betterment.
Grover Vineyards plans to sparkle, literally and otherwise. In three years, come the festive season of 2010, it will launch its sparkling wine. Plus, it has taken a series of steps which will enable it to retain its presence at the quality end of the booming Indian wine market. This market is set to drastically change with the sharp cut in import duty on foreign wines and the launch of wines by brewers and distillers like UB, Seagram and Diageo.
The new economic dawn that is being sought to be initiated in the state may have received a severe jolt from two ongoing developments
While the offering in the UK is similar to that in the US, English language tuition to Koreans is being seen as testing waters that also lap the shores of China and Japan.
By all accounts, straight forward, publicly provided healthcare is working well in Tamil Nadu which is emerging as the next big human development success after Kerala.
An interview with Bhaskar Bhat, managing director of Titan Industries.
SBI clearly needs to use information technology extensively to overcome the management challenge created by its size
Shining Emotional Surplus' founder and strategist on how he created a system which keeps the client satisfied both in the short run and the long run.
ABB's Uppal symbolises the rise of Indian manufacturing, management, IT and also authentic Indianness. That's saying a lot.
For the first time in its history, the department of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has conducted a cleanliness audit for the Indian Railways.
For the first time in its history, the department of the comptroller and auditor general (CAG) has conducted a cleanliness audit for the Indian Railways.
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