Like everything else, the structure of banks may change, and banks may depend more on digital technologies and artificial intelligence for dealing with both their customers and employees.
Crude oil prices have more than doubled, pushing up India's import bill and raising fears of a higher current account and fiscal deficit. This will impact corporate earnings.
Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports.
It is apparent that an easing of tensions at the border and a disengagement of troops is on the cards, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
For those who are sceptical about using debit or credit cards, even when faced with cash crunch, Adhil Shetty, CEO of BankBazaar.com, lists out a few safe cashless options that can be exercised through mobile phones.
Given that there are hundreds of players in the shadow banking space, it's hard to make a credible estimate of potential NPAs. That creates more scope for panic, says Devangshu Datta.
There are conflicting signs on India's investment cycle.
Stock to watch: Shipping Corporation and Great Eastern Shipping
TCS is hiring from over a hundred engineering campuses, MBA graduates from top B-schools in the US
India has asked the US to treat the issue of visa for IT professionals as a trade-related one rather than an immigration issue.
Once tipped to emerge as the biggest exporter, the pharmaceutical industry is yet to acquire the scale of those in software services, says Krishna Kant.
It will escalate costs, mandate regulator to check malpractices, set standards.
The acquisition has opened a market to 245,000 healthcare providers, 350 payers (insurance firms) and 180 million lives.
It is advisable to stick to mid-caps with sustainable financial metrics rather than those offering the promise of faster growth.
'IndiGo 2018 is a harsh, ultra-lean, mean, zero asset, fighting machine with aspirations of taking on the global long-haul low-cost market.'
Swiss brokerage UBS joins European banking peer HSBC in shutting down its offshore derivative business
Despite having started at least a decade later than Jet Airways, IndiGo accounts for the lion's share in the domestic market
The Board of Control for Cricket in India's approach of win at all costs without looking at the bigger picture by refusing to play a Day-Night Test match against Australia is extremely disappointing, feels former captain Ian Chappell.
Suresh Prabhu, the new railway minister, described his charge as being 'the engine of growth'.
Old-timers say Jet boss Naresh Goyal, although still razor sharp, doesn't have the same energy he once did and this reflects in his 'baby'.
Say heavy penalties for medical errors might raise health care costs and make practitioners too cautious, says Sushmi Dey
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Banking as we know it will stand on its head in the next 10 years.
Ajit Balakrishnan offers a New Year resolution for our policy-makers.
To curb mis-selling of policies and rationalise commissions, radical changes have been proposed to help investors.
The US government should not only look at salary, but also focus on skills while making immigration reforms
The govt has a lot more to do then just open bank accounts for the poor in the Jan Dhan scheme.
The authoritative Congressional Research Service, which provides data and analysis to the US Congress, finds that India no longer features in the world's three biggest arms importers.
'At Snapdeal, our aim is to become the best-in-class technology company.'
India's human development indicators show that deprivation extends well beyond the 22 per cent of population who live below the official poverty line.
'Let me talk about young Indian startups with their hearts in the right place and how they are proving that innovations that represent 'affordable excellence' -- breaking the myth that 'affordability' and 'excellence' cannot go together -- is indeed possible!' says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, in this fascinating feature.
The report is based on data collated from 5 large angel groups.
Amid the crisis has risen an outpouring of empathy from ordinary people across India led by the civil society, who have stepped up to help migrant labourers, domestic helps, construction workers, and small scale workers who were left jobless because of the nationwide lockdown.
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India's export-oriented information technology outsourcing industry is perhaps more optimistic today about growth prospects than it was in the past five years.
Cash flow-based analysis should throw up businesses better able to survive the transient effects of a working capital crunch, says Devangshu Datta.
The new Honda Amaze breaks free from its Brio moorings, and is designed to wow, says Rajesh Karkera.
'You should raise your voice even at the cost of being called a deshdrohi. 'This country is built because of the raising of voices of the people and no one can silence such voices,' says Kannan Gopinathan who resigned from the IAS to protest against revocation of Article 370 in Kashmir.
The move to ban Rs 500 and 1000 notes may not curb the root cause of black money.
This is the car major's second coming in India.
'From India to Indiana, there has always been a sense of hope, optimism, and goodness.'
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The year 2014 was one of the most challenging years for India. For two consecutive years our GDP growth was sub 5 per cent. Employment generation had declined, the revenue buoyancy was low and the country had become investment starved.
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