India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
Ideas don't have border controls and visas.
With Katrina Kaif as brand ambassador, will Lenskart be able to steer customers away from local opticians and keep them loyal?
The Mars mission is overwhelmingly irrelevant to space science and won't advance the frontiers of knowledge. It will divert attention from the real technological challenges facing the Indian space programme, and will further distort our science and technology priorities, says Praful Bidwai.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
Give more than 100 per cent to your job, advises author Bikram Dasgupta.
Are you an innocent smartphone user in a perilous online world, asks Geetanjali Krishna.
On April 2, World Autism Day, Ajit Narayanan explains how Avaz has transformed the lives of many autistic children across the world.
I was given two mandates -- to work on individual productivity and to drive automation, says N R Narayana Murthy's son.
The pandemic is set to become even more challenging, with migrant workers returning home, relaxations in lockdown rules, and the approaching monsoon. However, states are looking at community participation to ramp up testing and home treatment of patients
'If we play our cards right, we may even benefit from the competition between the US and China as seen from increased investment from each of these countries into India.' 'The size of our market gives us an important lever of power which we shall have to play adroitly and intelligently,' points out Ambassador Gautam Bambawale -- who served as India's envoy to China -- in the Professor V M Dandekar Memorial Lecture 2019, delivered on March 8, 2019 in Pune.
'Four years into his tenure and Modi still has no idea what is wrong with the agriculture sector!'
There are already some signs of stress in this market.
'What we are going to see is a large number of white collar jobs getting lost.' 'Job loss can drive people to depression, drugs, alcoholism and even suicide as there is no one to turn to when they are down.' 'There is no in-between now -- things go from a luxurious lifestyle to no lifestyle.'
Much of the tardy reaction to competition is the result of LIC's legacy.
'One thing is sure: After this Budget, no Ambani-Adani tag will be attached to the government.'
'Instead of doing reforms and restructuring, the present government is busy with the perception that everything is fine and the economy is hunky-dory.' 'Such hollow perceptions are very dangerous for the Indian economy in the long run.' 'The real risk to India is the lack of decent employment opportunities for youth in general and educated youth in particular.'
Tata Sons, holding company for the Tata group, is working on building a centralised rural business platform that could be leveraged for the entire group's benefit, instead of each company looking at it separately.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley leaves for Tokyo on Sunday evening for a security dialogue with Japan, a visit that acquires huge significance after North Korea's hydrogen bomb test on Sunday morning.
Trump said he may call a national emergency to build a border wall which, he argues, is essential to stop the illegal immigrants from entering the United States.
'As a society, we are very intolerant to failures which is contrary to entrepreneurship because all entrepreneurs will not succeed.'
No country has achieved a faster, deeper modern transformation than China, says former ambassador Kishan S Rana.
India's nuclear establishment is continuing its march of folly at the expense of safety in the false belief that atomic power is the energy of the future. It's not. Nuclear power is in relentless global decline, says Praful Bidwai.
It is important for India to develop multiple launch sites and become capable of undertaking more launches in a year's time, says Ajey Lele.
'The youth associated with this movement were extremely talented.' 'But I personally believe violence cannot change anything in the world.'
As the new ecommerce paradigm works its way through multiple sectors of the economy it is likely to encounter legal challenges, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
'With the top court's judgment declaring the Right to Privacy a Fundamental Right, the powers under the provision need to be looked afresh.' 'To utilise such sweeping powers in the right manner will also be a challenge.'
'What adult citizens do in the privacy of their home, what they eat or drink or watch, is not the government's concern.'
Another point of contention is the invoice issued by the e-companies.
'Our real future is the boy in the slum and the girl in the village.' 'We need to find the voices that can empower them to lead a better life,' TED Talks' Chris Anderson tells Niraj Bhatt.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
Import curbs on Chinese panels and modules may help, but low demand and capacity remain problem areas, says Shreya Jai.
Viswanathan Anand says one factor that has contributed immensely to this has been his habit of 'forgetting' achievements.
Rajan also said it's a problem of collective action and not a problem of industrial nations or emerging markets
Many see Nirma's Lafarge deal as some kind of second coming for the Patels.
'We had a great product for the global market and we could sell it globally resulting in this amazing growth.' 'When customers come online and buy a product, they don't look at whether it is created in India or somewhere else.'
The new device, building by a team of Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, will keep the heart in good condition for about eight hours.
On February 11, 2009, Subhiksha announced that it was closing down all its 1,600 outlets till May 2009.
It's time we remembered the fundamental: water cycle and life cycle are one.
The one common theme across companies that have rewarded shareholders is consumption.
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