There is an overwhelming sentiment among techies and entrepreneurs from the Silicon Valley who are eager to welcome Modi over the weekend.
Indian farmers practise an agro-silvo-pastoral system and that livestock is a crucial part of their economy. Taking away the meat would demonetise their assets. It would kill their income, says Sunita Narain.
'Indian creative and digital agencies seem to be completely missing the mark,' says advertising and media veteran Sandeep Goyal.
In India, he has already made investments in both his personal capacity and through DST Global, his venture firm.
Rental real estate aggregators can help you earn Rs 3,000-5,000 rent daily
Zuckerberg leads the pack with a net worth of $47.1 billion.
Start-ups are changing the way people take vacations.
With 1.35 billion users of its Internet social network, Facebook Inc would rank as the world's second-most populous nation if it were a country.
In India, many cities lack bicycle lanes and proper pavements. This, coupled with heavily congested roads, creates a danger to cyclists. Furthermore, the low costs of bicycles may make it more economical to buy than to rent.
The renovations at the old hotels will be complete in two and a half years and tariffs will range between Rs 2,500 and Rs 4,000
Not only will the move help keep out stray, disinterested walk-ins, but also help maintain our heritage better.
Industries with the highest number of top-rated companies at risk were hospitality/travel, media and entertainment, retail, financial services and consumer goods/manufacturing
'There is little point in getting adoption without profit sustainability or the converse.' 'This is the dilemma that many Indian innovators face,' says R Gopalakrishnan.
Yuri Milner is focussing on on consumer-driven Internet start-ups.
'What's the point in lamenting widespread toxic work culture, and the capitalist system that gives rise to it if there is no alternative?' 'Actually, there is,' says Ashish Sharma.
The European Commission said this month that EU member states should only ban "sharing economy" services as a last resort.
The CEO will hopefully not bother testing your skills but surely would want to know how fit you are for the organisation.
There's never a bad time to visit Japan.
US start-ups crash and burn frequently, so why the concern about start-up losses in India? The principal reason, says Kanika Datta, is that Indian start-ups clone ideas from the US. Flipkart, Ola, Oyo, Paytm are all variations of ideas developed in the US.
The Tata group-owned budget hotel chain is going back to drawing board to reboot the brand. Is it too late?
The Forbes 5th annual '30 Under 30' list features 600 women and men.
How much do you know Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, who has invested $ 100 million in a project to find extra-terrestrial life?
As with stocks, real estate and art, investing in start-ups has emerged as an asset class in itself.
The government's decision to stop surge pricing by app-based taxi companies Uber and Ola ignores the basic principles of economics to appease a vocal section of the vote bank.
'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.
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New York Stock Exchange President 38-year-old Tom Farley (ranked 7) and Twitter co-founder and CEO 37-year-old Jack Dorsey.
'For the last ten years they have approached me every single year.' 'There was a year when I was really looking forward to going.' 'I wanted to see how interesting it is to spend 60 days with random people.' 'But as time progressed the dirt kept becoming bigger and bigger and personalities kept becoming smaller and smaller.'
San Francisco, nobody calls it Frisco, has its own laid back pace and is absolutely inviting. Ansh M visited the city recently and hopes to return some day...
Come August and the world's finest athletes from 206 countries will be out to prove their best at the Olympics.
'Saying that Snapdeal is not doing well is beyond premature. Suggesting that someone has won or lost is myopic.'
As an entrepreneur, one has to evaluate and learn from each customer and continually improve.
India is witnessing its own tech tsunami, and is poised to become the second largest global startup hub by the end of the decade
The best part -- these trips don't require an airline ticket!
There's more to this country than just the Northern Lights.
The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta.
Meet Rahul Yadav -- the young, brash and confident CEO of the company.
More companies with unconventional business models to get into messy legal hassles in India.
The verdict could impact a range of life choices of Indians, including food habits and sexual orientation.
'My father knows that he was not good in Parinda. He himself told me that he messed it up because he was so successful at that time with Ram Lakhan and Tezaab. He was so iconic as Munna that he tried to recreate it all the time. It is not necessarily the best thing to do.' Harshvardhan Kapoor says why he's blessed to be an actor in today's days.
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