Drones are being sold by e-retailers like Flipkart and Snapdeal for less than Rs 40,000 apiece.
1mg has made buying medicines easy and it aims to do more in online health care.
Brushing aside opposition, the government on Tuesday moved to amend the anti-smoking law and proposed radical changes, including ban on sale of loose cigarettes and raising the minimum age of a person buying tobacco products to 21 years from existing 18.
'If anyone is able to understand the importance of Modi's endeavours to revive the economy -- even against opposition from sections of his own saffron brotherhood -- it is the former prime minister,' says Amulya Ganguli.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
Issuance of new bank licences proves that the apex bank wants the financial sector to flourish.
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Bakshi rejects McDonald's proposal to buy his stake in JV for Rs 48-50 crore
When it came to dealing with the media and academia, it has been a roller coaster ride for the National Democratic Alliance, observes Nitin Sethi.
'All governments try owning the message, but the Modi-Shah BJP has developed it into a fine art.'
'What lies at the core of Abe's stance is Japan's crisis management ability amid the increasingly tense North Korean situation,' says Rajaram Panda.
Gujarat has topped with a score of 71.14% on ease of doing business list.
Opposition members trooped into the Well, resorting to high-decibel sloganeering.
Global investor and author Jim Rogers, who recently sold his India investments, talks about his disappointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic reforms, why he is betting big on the US dollar and the Chinese Renminbi and what will bring him back to India some day.
Private sector firms need to be re-engaged for better infra planning.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
'Today, environment has become an issue of political debate. It has become a media issue. I think that is a good development.'
For the past few years the top brass at Pearson did pretty well to grapple with the threat of digital disruption.
Domestic airports across the country are bursting at the seams. And new ones are stuck.
Consultants are working with various teams on manufacturing, R&D, etc, to assess per-month productivity of each department.
On the pitches of ramshackle football academies across West Africa, teenage boys chase one another in pursuit of the ball, the chance to impress, and the prospect of a lucrative contract with one of Europe's top teams.
It is regrettable that the IB has tried to devalue the expertise available both within the concerned ministry and in the scientific community by its allegations. Governments and NGOs in many western nations have not been accused of being 'anti-national' when they put their foot down on questionable practices by cash rich agri-business companies, says Rashme Sehgal.
'I am not optimistic about the global economy for the next couple of years.'
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
What Shekhar Gupta would have really liked to know from Pranabda: Why did Sonia prefer Dr Singh to him as PM? Why did he deny finance first, why did he accept it 5 years later, and why did he make such a mess of it? How did he force Sonia to nominate him for President and not Hamid Ansari? And how does he justify that most toxic legacy -- the Vodafone tax amendment?
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DGCA sources pegged SpiceJet's total dues at Rs 1,600 crore (Rs 16 billion), which the airline owes lessors, vendors, income-tax department and airport operators.
'Demonetisation, is in principal, a mistake, because it involves a theft -- a taking of private property by the State.' 'It is one of those bad Indian ideas that has been tried twice in the past, with two failures for the record books.' 'This cloud over the economy will probably remain as long as Modi is in power.'
'Decisions on nuclear power have so far been taken by a small select group, primarily interested in profiteering from their actions, stating 'secrecy' as necessary from the national security point.' 'This argument is false, because we are dealing with the 'civilian' nuclear power sector, which is open even to the IAEA,' says Dr A Gopalakrishnan, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
'This country has become cynical, the country has lost hope. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is getting back hope in this country.' 'We are deconstructing the past which had corruption, inefficiency, policy paralysis, a tottering economy where investors had lost confidence, and people had become cynical. We are changing that, we are bringing confidence back to the people of India.'
'He proved that a small nation could do what even bigger nations could not think of and that was his greatest gift to the next generation.'
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Power firms can pass on burden to consumers, stocks rise up to 2%
Most adult Indians should have access to bank deposits, credit and remittance facilities as well as insurance and mutual fund products in the next decade, and technology will play a big role in this transformation, says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
'You want a steady, confident, self-assured and highly skilful hand at the till. 'It is a pity that the BJP has decided to deprive itself of such a hand at this politically sensitive time.' 'It is like sacking your surgeon in the middle of your brain surgery,' says S Muralidharan.
The central government has drafted a law to restrict wombs for hire, and there is much to be said on all sides.
A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory.
Air toxics emissions are high from older vehicles.
After the recent attack on debit cards exposed the gaps in their security systems, banks are getting serious about data privacy.
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