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.
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.
The party's research department team, which Rajya Sabha member M V Rajeev Gowda heads, has sifted through the suggestions received in the last five months, and the manifesto is slated to be released later this month, reports Archis Mohan.
Now, the NDAA needs to be passed by the Senate before it can be sent to the White House for the US President Donald Trump to sign into law.
Six of these aircraft are currently on lease to Etihad Airways, set to start returning to Jetair's fleet in June
Modi placed a $12.6 billion bet in this year's budget on road building
These projects will be undertaken by BMC, Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation.
SpiceJet is the first Indian low fare airline to establish such an arrangement with a foreign airline.
China's Navy wants to join hands with India to maintain security of the Indian Ocean
The destinations have a lot to offer in terms of adventure, culture and entertainment.
India's current limit of $25 billion for ownership of government bonds by FIIs is fully utilised, leading to calls for increasing it
Meet the inspiring youth-led YP Foundation.
Andhra Pradesh now comes third in ease of doing business.
The revision will do little to help the Congress party-led ruling alliance, which faces an uphill battle in elections due by May amid allegations of economic mismanagement, corruption scams and high inflation.
The Pune-based research institute will design and develop car batteries and offer the technology for mass production.
The 45-year-old former human rights lawyer also becomes the first Muslim Mayor of London.
The Fortune's 40 under 40 list for this year was topped by Adam Neuman, Co-founder and CEO, WeWork.
We have brought about a slew of reforms that would help improve governance and also facilitate industrial growth, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje tells Sahil Makkar.
Sahara told the top court this week it was considering other proposals to raise funds, including selling a luxury development outside Pune.
Any attempt to defang Islamic State must first cut off its main sources of funding, especially its revenue from oil sales, extortion and crime, ransom payments, and support from foreign donors. This will also be need to be backed up by efficient forces on the ground.
Marriott-Starwood, Carlson Rezidor and others are winning the tug-of-war for customers with local hotel chains as they add new properties at a breakneck speed.
The lawmakers seem as uninterested as those who use the railways.
The impact of the ban will not be limited to sales.
Here are some of the most stunning moments of the week that was.
'The UPA was the gang that couldn't shoot straight. The NDA is the gang that can't stop shooting. They (the Modi government) are shooting at anybody, everybody, all directions, shooting themselves in the foot.'
Tata Cha cafes hope to create a feel of a roadside tea cart, casual college canteens, old Irani cafs and even the chai joints encountered on journeys through the Indian countryside.
ADB pegs India's GDP growth at 7.8 per cent in FY 2015-16
More people will be literate, on the Internet, linked to the national identification scheme and likely to receive electricity, especially from alternative-energy sources.
Siddharth Chauhan, winner of the Satyajit Ray Award
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Modi government has taken some interesting policy decisions in the 100 days since the time he met President Pranab Mukherjee to present his claim as Prime Minister of the world's largest democracy, says Tanmaya Nanda.
The Boeing website lists the price of a Boeing 737-800 aircraft at $90.5 million.
The first set of routes that it will launch internationally will be the routes that can be flown by its existing aircraft, the A320s, which will be routes within three, three-and-a-half hours of India
Indira Kannan picks Made in Bangladesh, Greed, Moothon.
The 2.3 million strong People's Liberation Army, the world's largest, adopts a more aggressive posture with massive structural revamp.
Toyota, M&M and Honda are making tough adjustments to their growth plans as uncertainty over diesel vehicles and fuel emission norms rises
Prime Minster Narendra Modi's op-ed in the German daily Frankfurter Allgemeines talks about development, New Age India and his 'Make in India' campaign. Here's the complete text of the column.
There is anti-incumbency in urban areas. Rural Punjab, the Akali base, will hold the key.
The Finance Ministry has sought comments from stakeholders.
The unfolding scenario has thrown up doubts in the minds of people whether the government will be able to complete its tenure.
Will Citibank gain from India's position among emerging markets?
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