While the government's demonetisation move is aimed at curbing under-invoicing, the worry was that retailers would de-stock in the short term, impacting sales.
'You worry when serious people, with control of our and our children's future, begin to start obsessing over social media, seeing it as an easy, lazy, fun, low-cost substitute for boring, old-fashioned practices of politics, governance and serious, fact-based debate,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Tariff cap offers Ola relief in battle with Uber. Though it might hurt their earnings, Ola believes the Karnataka High Court's judgement levels the playing field with Uber.
Sreehari Nair lists some movies, documentaries, recorded-performance films, and literature and music suggestions that might help.
The Goqii fitness tracker is a wrist band that measures one's steps, calories burnt, distance travelled, and even tracks the sleeping patterns.
It turns out that there is serious money in funny business these days!
Shuma Raha finds out how writers are using social media to produce bestsellers.
'You are always busy' is no longer a compliment but feedback that needs to be acted upon.
Saksham Karwal shares the lessons he's learned along the way.
Websites that compare product prices and offer cashback can help you get attractive deals and discounts.
The overall winners will be announced on October 15 at an awards ceremony in the Natural History Museum's iconic Hintze Hall.
Malls, retail stores are being hit by online sales and are struggling this festive season.
'Where will the next 200 million users that will come online in India prefer to go? Will they buy a data pack, or will they use the free Internet?' 'What will happen when most of the Internet in India is inside a walled garden?'
We sorted through countless photographs taken around the world to come up with the top photos of 2019. Together these images tell the story of the year -- capturing moments of hope and heartbreak, triumph and tragedy.
A buoyant economic mood and tempting discounts, both online and offline, are fuelling a shopping frenzy this Diwali.
Not only is the number of native language users set to grow faster than English users over the next five years, these users are more likely to lead a more active digital life. Arundhuti Dasgupta & Urvi Malvania find out how brands are rethinking digital marketing plans to accommodate this.
It see modest improvements such as a fingerprint sensor.
Gone are the days of over-the-top Diwali parties, says Kishore Singh. This year round, the taxman is the invisible -- and unwanted -- guest at these once extravagant affairs.
Commercial flights may also help Boeing's bottom line on a rare, fixed-price, government-backed development program.
Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani has moved 2 ranks ahead this year on the most powerful list.
Start-up Belong.co uses an unconventional way of hiring that trusts more on data available on social media or tweets than the resume.
When 27-year-old Karthik Kamalakannan founded Skcript with his friend Swathi Kakarla in December 2013, little did he realise that it would become the Pied Piper of India one day.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
In order to counter the growing penetration of e-commerce portals, the ICT industry in Gujarat is also mulling initiation of its own portal for selling products.
Once a beggar, Renuka Aradhya's company has a turnover of Rs 30 crore and employs 150 people.
An expert reveals the secret.
In some ways, Elon Musk's vision is even bolder and more transformative than that of Steve Jobs, says B S Prakash.
Globally, the viability of on-demand businesses is being questioned
Key events that rocked India Inc in 2014 and one of them is Vishal Sikka taking over reins at Infosys.
Read about Rishi Kapoor's page-turning debut, SRK's super-charged turn in Raees, Sridevi as potential Dhoom vamp, Sanjay Dutt's contribution to Andaz Apna Apna and more in Sukanya Verma's super-film week.
What explains Vijay Shekhar Sharma's optimism when other players have started to tread cautiously is Paytm's huge customer base: It has 120 million users and counting, says Nivedita Mookerji.
The US is still a place for innovation and entrepreneurship, and it is good to see Indian Americans and immigrants contributing to this in a major way, says K V Seshasayee who visited the US after four years and found the gloom had dissipated.
Apple relies heavily on the sale of its flagship iPhones
An international television series is on the anvil says Anand Neelkantan as he shares the challenges of penning The Rise Of Sivagami.
'A CEO is successful if he is able to retain the confidence of his shareholders. And the shareholders of India Inc have backed their prime minister-CEO to the hilt,' says Sudhir Bisht.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
UrbanClap's business model is still a work in progress.
What we want from spectrum allocation is access to broadband networks at prices that will result in productivity gains.
Stay ahead of the game; learn the tricks from Ecom king Jack Ma.
Be extra careful while using credit cards because there is a risk of misuse
