One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
Kamra was banned by India's largest airline for six months on Tuesday for allegedly harassing Goswami on the Mumbai-Lucknow flight. SpiceJet, GoAir and Air India also imposed a similar ban on Kamra without specifying any period.
Challenges notwithstanding, there are handful of players who continue to stand tall and scale-up their business. Many of these are taking inspiration from hyper-local grocery and food-delivery business to go full stack, says Sangeeta Tanwar.
Has Steve Jobs' handpicked successor inherited the magic touch or is Apple's winning streak coming to an end?
Consumer durables and electronics companies are putting the final touches to their festive period plans.
Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up.
NPCI has launched several consumer friendly systems including one that allows users to transfer money to people over mobile phones across India.
In another round of economic booster, Sitharaman announced steps to help homebuyers and push exports.
Costlier oil due to rising conflict in Iraq threatens to hurt the India economy that is already battling price rise and slowing growth.
Alnoor Peermohamed reports on Apple's two-faced strategy to grow its base in India without compromising on premiumness.
Most companies often subsidise the sale and the delivery, making losses on their books.
Television channels were ready to plumb below rock bottom in their frenzied prospecting for TRP gold, says Shuma Raha.
The ministry of railways is set to invite bids for content on demand and rail radio services, to be provided for travellers in April, says Shine Jacob.Shine Jacob in New Delhi
Oppo's FDI application approved for single-brand retail trading
There is a significant amount of dispersion in the growth rates across different industries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's desire to showcase India as a destination for manufacturing is well understood.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and the finance minister were in the commercial capital to participate in a road show organised jointly by the Gujarat government and Confederation of Indian Industry for the Vibrant Gujarat summit, slated for January next year.
Tamal Bandyopadhyay details HDFC Bank's digital journey.
FMCG import bill is bloated, Modi must do something to bring it down.
Ma and the other co-founders had finalised the name "Alibaba" after much research on its acceptability.
'If the almost literally heart-stopping Suez block has any positive outcome, it is to be hoped that it will accelerate the setting up of a fab (perhaps Taiwanese) in India,' asserts Rajeev Srinivasan.
This Budget will be a litmus test of the government's resolve to ensure Make in India strategy works
The opposition parties vehemently criticised the new 'one nation, one tax' system having four different rates instead of a single rate adopted in some countries including the UK and Singapore.
Gifts for loved ones, spending on yourself on impulse buying on EMIs and credit cards can leave your financial health completely stressed by the end of the year, says Harshala Chandorkar, Senior Vice President -- Consumer Relations, CIBIL
The concept of gold as an asset capable of getting anytime money is evaporating.
Deep down, Katragadda is still that boy who makes as well as sells soap
Critics argue that much more could have been done and that the government was slow to react to many events.
The problem, say experts, is not so much the use of plastic as the lack of effort to recycle and reuse it.
20 years ago this week, India and Australia played one of the greatest Test matches in cricket history. Sreehari Nair relives the sound and the fury of that unforgettable game at the Eden Gardens.
Paytm is just embarking on building a TaoBao like entity in India, it may want to address a challenge that the latter faced a few years after its launch.
India Inc is shying away from investing in digital technologies.
'In the final analysis, all Budgets everywhere are like the schemes hatched by A A Milne's lovable Winnie-the-Pooh.' 'They may be well-intended, but often go awry.' 'Although Pooh and his friends agree that he 'has very little brain', he is occasionally acknowledged to have a clever idea, usually driven by common sense.' 'This Budget at a first glance does not appear to belong to that latter category,' says economist Shreekant Sambrani.
The government is doing things in agriculture that count for little, says Shreekant Sambrani.
The Forbes 5th annual '30 Under 30' list features 600 women and men.
From farmers to cement, steel, logistics, transportation and automobiles, the back-end is struggling to get going due to the liquidity crisis.
It see modest improvements such as a fingerprint sensor.
'The people of India have not only challenged the ruling dispensation with the constitution, they have also opened the eyes of the leadership that sits in the Opposition.'
From gourmet music festivals to musical comedies, 2015 promises gigs that are unique and have a soul.
Jury finds that Samsung had infringed two Apple patents
'We are against Alibaba investing in Paytm.' 'We are against the concessions given to Paytm.' 'In fact, we want Paytm to close down because of its alliance with Alibaba.'
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