Who is to take their place? Will a new generation of entrepreneurs start up with better business sense, or at least better luck? But the so-called unicorns are mostly copy-cat entrepreneurs whose cash flow is funded by overseas (including Chinese) money, notes T N Ninan.
MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party, led by its National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, on Thursday met President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded dissolution of Delhi Legislative assembly and fresh polls in the national capital.
China's slowing means commodity markets are no longer overheated.
Jaitley further said the country would eventually move to a two-tier GST, however, this depends on the revenue position of the government.
Indian Railways has plans to decongest network and become more self dependent.
Silver is emerging as a stronger bet for the long-term.
'Constitutional narratives are forged both inside and outside courtrooms,' says Rohit De.
Valuations are much higher than the consensus earnings expectations warrant and also much too high in historical terms, says Devangshu Datta.
Most analysts had predicted a decline in real estate fixed asset investment.
From NITI Aayog to industry leaders to the Reserve Bank of India, all are apprehensive that any major increase in MSP, following the 2018-19 Budget announcements, would push up prices, if not immediately, in the next six to eight months after the decision is taken.
It's time to step on the reforms accelerator.
In 2016, almost two-thirds of Indian imports that appear to be most at risk for some degree of potential revenues losses are imports from just one country, China, which was by far India's largest source of imports in that year
They help diversify portfolio and are less risky.
Rising skills gap, falling exports, low productivity, rising debt and low foreign investment is jeopardising the target set for the textile and apparels sector
'We have promised to ensure reduced tax rates.'
'The farm bills will not bring in corporate zamindari'
The surge in export, domestic demand and public spending in infrastructure projects might revive private investment during 2017-18.
Nikkei is one of the largest media houses in Japan.
The long-term sustainability of the ongoing market rally is difficult as earnings growth remains a challenge, says Herald Van Der Linde, head of equity strategy, Asia-Pacific, at HSBC.
Data on the real value of the currency against other currencies tells a different story.
Padmarajan's Thoovanathumbikal has become a part of Malayali mythology, just as its maker himself now possesses mythological status.
Beware of spot offers and discounts aimed to lure you into binge buying.
Nearly half of the 20 indexes polled globally are now expected to end the year lower than where they started
A reading below 50 means contraction in the sector.
The Brics line-up has yielded to a shaky China-India story, with new question marks over China even as India remains a "B+" performer, says T N Ninan.
Crypto-assets are essential to blockchain technology, which has the potential to be one of the next major growth drivers for the software ecosystem in India. A prohibition would nip this opportunity in the bud, say Vaibhav Parikh and Jaideep Reddy.
Sluggish rise in new business inflows and a cautious approach to costs reportedly led Indian manufacturers to shed jobs in September.
The rise in India Inc's market value was led by asset-light firms.
'It is because we treat them as our own people, and there is no difference between owners and workers here.'
Yes Bank and Ola launched a mobile ATM service where customers of any bank can withdraw up to Rs 2,000 per card from PoS terminals
'The current budgetary practice of shifting expenditures off-balance sheet in order to be seen to be meeting fiscal targets should be discontinued; additional fiscal stimulus would be imprudent; individual income tax rates should not be cut; GST rates should not be raised now,' advise Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cautioned against "commodifying" yoga, saying using it as some sort of business will do great damage to this world heritage.
'If the money we spend on importing pulses reach our farmers, there won't be any suicides'
If Chinese growth starts falling, sharply or otherwise, the risk on trade might reverse.
'The BJP certainly has an edge as the BJP has gone ahead of the Congress in pleasing the trading community.'
India could gain four times over by winding up dysfunctional subsidies.
'We are not saying we are going to face a drought... We are a doing and performing government. A contingency plan is being prepared,' Science Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan tells Rediff.com
If 'Raja' Amarinder Singh can address the issues of health and education, he is certain to coast to victory.
A tweet by the Press Information Bureau said the states which have imposed lockdown in all districts include Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland. The other states are: Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Ladakh, Tripura, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Haryana, Daman Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Karnataka and Assam.
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