India has an unprecedented opportunity to develop solar industry because like China, it offers scale which is critical to reducing costs and to stimulate innovation, says Shyam Saran.
'There exists a 'brotherhood' of sorts for a very long time and corrupt dealers and corrupt OMC officials are in it together,' Ashwani Attrish, founder, Empowering Petroleum Dealers Foundation, tells Sudhir Bisht, a veteran of the petroleum industry.
'Almost 75 per cent of our total sales come from the top 50 cities in India.'
Companies use journalists as conduits.
The introduction of the two new products is an indication of the importance of India as a market.
The BSE Midcap index has declined 5.7% thus far in May 2018. In comparison, the S&P BSE Small-cap index has lost 5.6%
Rajesh Bhayani examines what SEBI's approval of diamond futures trading means for the diamond market players.
The Delhi girl will represent India at the Miss World contest
I still believe that it is a good thing that think tanks are mushrooming in Delhi. They provide a platform for discussion, even if they shed more heat than light. With Parliament almost incapable of serious debate, informed discussion and civilised discourse, where does this nation get its intellectual churn, asks Mohan Guruswamy.
'India is so poor that political parties will not be able to wipe out poverty from our country in another 100 years. I am of the opinion that development can come only through corporates.' 'Tomorrow, if Tata or Birla or Reliance takes up another 500 panchayats, it will boost the Indian economy also.' Sabu M Jacob, managing director of the Kitex group whose NGO Twenty20 has just won a panchayat election in Kerala, speaks to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com
One of the urgent tasks ahead for the new government should be to improve public trust in the executive.
So keen is Moscow that India buy its helicopter -- Kamov-226T -- that President Vladimir Putin personally took up the issue with PM Narendra Modi during their summit meeting last year
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
The Taiwanese maker is adopting a model of setting up smartphone assembly lines in multiple cities across India.
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing eCommerce markets in Asia/Pacific along with China.
Shashwat Goenka of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka group plans a high-decibel campaign around its young apparel brand 2Bme.
It has made everything public in the name of 10 lakh comments it got on draft net neutrality proposals.
Last year, the software giant launched a cloud adoption programme for SMBs.
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
'I feel more like a chess player, thinking for long hours how to make the next move," Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan tells Surajeet Das Gupta.
Mayank Ashar, managing director and chief executive officer, Cair India, says the reform momentum should continue and the industry should do its part too.
Rediff.com does a quick checklist on what the two manifestos have to say on hot-button issues of the day.
About 1,556 shares have advanced, 1,211 shares declined, and 182 shares are unchanged.
Its 'failure not just affects the military's effectiveness but could also be politically vulnerable for the BJP,' observes Ajai Shukla.
The broader markets, however, outperformed the benchmark indices -- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended up 0.6%-1%.
In conversation with Anil S Nair, CEO & Managing Partner at L&K Saatchi & Saatchi India.
Hudhud leaves a trail of destruction in Visakhapatnam, home to a major naval base.
'If you look at voice and data realisations in India, they are the lowest in the world.'
Post Brexit, Irish universities are seeing a surge in applications says Barry O'Driscoll, senior spokesperson for Education in Ireland.
Despite all the controversies, the IPL's brand value hasn't diminished. Instead, says Harish Kotian/Rediff.com, the IPL made the BCCI richer by over Rs 3 billion!
Even a 6 percent vote-share would make AAP an important player on the national scene. The key lies in strategically concentrating AAP's vote, especially in the cities, so that it can break Narendra Modi's momentum, besides defeating an already weak Congress, says Praful Bidwai.
Many chief executives said they were talking to people at the top level in their organisations to find how their companies can help the flood victims.
Largest deal in thermal power space; Lanco to use proceeds to lower debt.
Bandhan Bank is the first bank to be launched in eastern India post Independence.
Three IPO documents were recorded after the new govt took charge - Adlabs, Lavasa Corp and Monte Carlo Fashions.
RCom is expected to have a 50% stake, Aircel 40% and MTS 10%
The lowest bid earlier had come for Madhya Pradesh at Rs 5.05/unit.
Anant Gupta, HCL Technologies' chief has an amazing success formula to get things done.
Delivery of a great operational machine must not get affected to settle political scores, says Air Marshal Anil Chopra (retd).
The Sensex ended 290 points higher at 29,095 mark and the Nifty gained 94 points to close at 8,806 levels.
