Compared to a 64 per cent penetration in Brazil (130 million users total) and 53 per cent in China (total 733 million users), India has barely 28 per cent penetration. Of the digital reach, almost 80 per cent are from affluent segments in urban areas. How can this change?
Alnoor Peermohamed & Raghu Krishnan find out why the new CEO is said to be the perfect man for turning around Flipkart's fortunes.
Car makers are cautiously optimistic, even as two-wheeler firms are clearly upbeat.
The macroeconomic environment has changed dramatically for the better.
I-T dept has asked for Rs 5,357 crore ($865 million) alleging the company had suppressed its revenue for FY09 to evade taxes
UrbanClap's business model is still a work in progress.
Despite lay-offs and the threat of automation, the industry will continue to be an important driver of growth in employment and GDP, says Ashok Soota.
Uber started its business three years ago in India and is now operating in over 20 cities with thousands of cab drivers.
Ajit Issac started as a management trainee at Godrej.
"Protectionism is not new. The attention that is given is because there is a political and emotional element to it." TCS COO N G Subramaniam on why his company is optimistic despite global headwinds.
Flipkart's current valuation is an estimated $12 billion.
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
Tax demands and regulatory hassles, coupled with low internet density and sundry other problems, would have kept Mr Ma awfully busy - and small.
RailYatri offers a host of travel-related services to a 4.5 million user base. Shine Jacob finds out what's next for the app.
The Powerwall 'will be great for India where there is a scarcity of electricity. The sun is there pretty much all day and there is no real good way to store its energy,' Tesla CIO Jay Vijayan tells Ritu Jha/Rediff.com.
'We have to accept that the infection is now in the community and we can't isolate everyone who gets it.' 'Instead, what we need to do is to find out those who are most at risk of death, isolate them and save them from the rest.'
Though e-commerce opens a new world for the handicraft industry, empowering craftspersons still remains a real challenge.
Warrior, 54, had joined Cisco in 2008.
Amazon has built the largest store in India with 22 million products.
E-commerce buyouts: Mahindra, Godrej to leverage on physical stores.
In 2013, the fall in international gold prices was 28 per cent.
Indian IT giants are outstanding companies with great management teams, but they have been held hostage by their past success.
Declining crude price translates into lower under-recoveries for OMCs
The car we're driving today is the most affordable Toyota in India, the Etios Liva and we tell you if you should consider it if you're in the market looking for a hatchback or look at the other obvious options.
According to a 2013 CLSA report , online retail in India was worth $3.1 billion, or about 10% of the country's organised retail market
RCom had net debt of about Rs 40,222.6 crore at the end of June 30.
The largest e-commerce entity of China is setting up its first India office -- an indication that it intends to capture a pie of the growing e-commerce market here. Raghavendra Kamath & Alnoor Peermohamed report.
'To bring about a paradigm shift in farmers's income, we need to change our approach to agriculture, and transit from the narrow prism of cultivation to a full-fledged enterprise, by building all associated supply chain linkages.' 'This alone will make the farmer an entrepreneur in his own right.'
Elliott Capital's letter to Cognizant, detailing how the latter can reinvent itself, has many lessons for its India-listed peers like TCS and Infosys, says Akash Prakash.
National carrier Air India became part of the 27-member global airlines grouping Star Alliance, as budget airline AirAsia India launched operations and Tata-SIA joint venture carrier Vistara received the flying permit and announced its intentions to start operations from January 9.
Piramals are the largest investors in the Indian real estate sector after HDFC, with investments worth $3 billion already.
What work in Jaipur's favour are lower costs, a good talent pool, better quality of life, and proximity to the Delhi National Capital Region
'Demonetisation is just a trigger; the Indian print industry had this coming for years.'
As we ring in the New Year we must recognise that 2015 promises to be a very exciting time for India.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
Not many people know that today's BPM industry gives specialists great career options.
An interview with Sridhar Ramaswamy,Senior vice-president, ads and commerce, Google.
'The biggest struggles are in the human mind.'
Ramping up globally, the Indian restaurant search service is going as local as possible in its markets to improve its brand's stickiness.
This start-up connects diners with regional cuisines that restaurants do not serve.
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