As fliers find themselves spoilt for choice, airlines are looking at ways in which to position themselves distinctively.
While some companies used that to become world leaders, others squandered it by over-borrowing.
The ministries and departments, where bureaucrats are parked after being moved out of key positions, reflect the priorities of the government.
'If push comes to shove, Pakistan does have the capability to make it difficult for the US and NATO forces to make even a withdrawal of troops out of Afghanistan in orderly fashion,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Rupee depreciation pushes apparel exporters' margins by 5-7%.
It might be difficult to repeat the SKS success with VAYA Finserv, say analysts
The government's final rules for reallocation of cancelled mines through an e-auction process give the existing owners an advantage over new bidders.
Radio taxi service provider Meru Cabs is planning to put in place the next level of driver verification, one liked to biometric identification tool Aadhaar.
'30 to 40% of the industry needs to be reskilled as existing jobs will go to automation.' 'Reskilling is required as some existing jobs will not be required in the future.'
Nitin Gadkari's move to get Raj Thackeray's support in the Lok Sabha elections has boomeranged. Uddhav Thackeray is angry and Gadkari and Raj Thackeray risk losing credibility. The move may help the Congress-NCP alliance, feels Neeta Kolhatkar.
While the BJP is in a comfortable position to choose between the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party, both have its share of drawbacks. Prasanna D Zore/Rediff. com reports
A Supreme Court advocate and an Indian Institute of Technology Delhi alumnus, Somnath Bharti is convinced that he is today in a position to transform the judicial system of the country. Somesh Jha reports
'Unsurprisingly, the joint statement issued after Modi's visit contains a paragraph on terrorism.' 'It is on the usual lines that India would have with, say, Croatia.' 'The surprising part is that it shies away from getting into specifics,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'For a party with a fuzzy ideology, one that lives only for power, having a leadership that thought vaguely about returning to power in the distant future was a distinct handicap,' points out Mihir S Sharma.
China is expected to unveil its investments in India during President Xi Jinping's visit to New Delhi, scheduled for the third week of this month.
Lakhs of students appear for it every year. How are you preparing for it?
The fresh iPhones, unveiled on Wednesday, incorporate a version of the Force Touch technology already in some Apple laptop touchpads and its watches.
With time the start-up action plan will need to be tweaked and will need to move in the direction of removing both hurdles and privileges.
'The UPA was never soft on Pakistan, terrorists and even China, but Sonia Gandhi's Congress rightly earned a "soft" image on issues of hard national interest, leaving the field open for Modi to take it and wrap it around with his implicit Hindutva,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Mallikarjun Kharge showed that when the hour was on hand, he was the man, says Mohan Guruswamy
A number of countries allow you to become citizens by investing in government-approved projects or real estate or by buying bonds.
A loyalty programme, same-day delivery and repeatability are driving EkStop's business but scaling up and addressing competition are vital.
A summary of the results of the major European football league matches on the weekend.
It took the Aditya Birla group four years to make up its mind on entering the the burgeoning e-commerce market in the country.
The first six months of the financial year (Siemens follows an Oct-Sept calender) has not been encouraging.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Clashes between Real Madrid and Barcelona are rarely short on drama and Saturday's La Liga 'Clasico' may have more than its usual share with Luis Suarez poised to return from a biting ban and Barca teammate Lionel Messi on the brink of equalling the top-flight scoring record.
The most preferred CoCo bonds are those through which banks raise their additional Tier-I capital.
At a time when capital allocations to real estate are growing globally, investors are expecting transparency standards in real estate to be at par with other asset classes, says Anuj Puri.
Nitin Gokhale reports on how quick decisions saved a repeat of a Mumbai-like carnage at the key Punjab air force base.
'Prices are rock, bottom, developers are ready to negotiate and banks are keen to lend.'
'My simple instruction to every IBM salesperson is, "When you go to the customer, use less of this (he points to his mouth) and more of this (ear)".' 'Talk less, listen more",' Karan Bajwa tells Raghu Krishnan.
Why did Modi bypass the Cabinet before he committed India to the Rafale deal?
While the benefits offered by the new-generation products are alluring, choose a plan that offers features you may actually need in the future
A new logo can harm image than doing good, say experts.
The India government needs to work on policies that can enhance global trade.
The sector requires proper implementation of policies, coupled with reasonable taxes and improved basic infrastructure.
The shift was sudden, quite unlike Shukla's departure from North Block, which had been anticipated for some months even before Singh''s first Budget.
Abhishek Singhania left a career at PwC to work in a food security project as a research fellow.
Today Aashirvaad, ITC says, has 75 per cent of the market.
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