A group of investors of Japanese mobile giant SoftBank has sought probe and possible sacking of its India-born COO Nikesh Arora over potential conflicts of interest tied to his role as an adviser to a private equity firm.
'India will soon have the world's largest and youngest population -- just imagine what tomorrow's citizens of India will be able to accomplish, given the right education, training, and opportunity.'
'They don't always agree with our governments, their teachers or their parents, but it is the conviction of their ideas, and their determination to share them with the world that, I believe, is one of the greatest sources of hope for our planet.' 'The colonisation of space, understanding the very building blocks of matter and the universe, utilising our understanding of the human genome to conquer disease -- these are the tasks waiting for a fellowship of minds to realise new triumphs in our collective destiny.'
It is urgent that we break the silence around the 'M' word, one ward and gram panchayat at a time, so that women and girls -- irrespective of their financial capacity -- can demand the information and materials they need, says Archana Patkar.
Flipkart's value has eroded by a third from a peak of $15.2 billion to as low as $9 billion following several investor markdowns
The US government should not only look at salary, but also focus on skills while making immigration reforms
Alnoor Peermohamed & Raghu Krishnan find out why the new CEO is said to be the perfect man for turning around Flipkart's fortunes.
The city has the highest vehicle density in the country
Modi said that the JD-S was going to finish a "poor, distant third".
Whether they live away from their families or with them, all CEOs struggle with work-life balance, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Expert staff in the line of fire in the tech sector. Analysts attribute these job losses to a slowdown in growth, automation of lower-end work.
When 27-year-old Karthik Kamalakannan founded Skcript with his friend Swathi Kakarla in December 2013, little did he realise that it would become the Pied Piper of India one day.
Arora's appointment brings no real transfer of power, says Una Galani.
The past few years have seen the first cycle of mergers and acquisitions, exits, and track-records being created.
'Big countries do not agree on every set of issues.' 'Look, one of the differences in the relationship is that when we do not agree, we are sitting down and talking to each other.'
Vinod Kumar, Tata Communication CEO has amazing business strategies to enhance topline.
The social media giant's CEO announced that it will change how it shares data with third-party apps.
Large manufacturers are investing in small companies to get a peek into their R&D. Alnoor Peermohamed and Anita Babu report.
Its aim is to make computer programming accessible for everyone.
Salman Khan of Khan Academy explains how he is pioneering the cause of free online education.
The chip maker is putting money in his low-cost Braille printer project.
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'A foot-in-mouth disorder seems to grip the government, and is growing chronic by the day,' says Sunil Sethi.
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Condusive climate across states is crucial for manufacturing growth.
Ved Prakash who has been working in the field of recyclable raw materials for 29 years aims to 'create value' every day.
The Supreme Court and its committees, the two states and the central government must become objective and take the present and not just the past in mind.
'If jobs do not happen, the demographic dividend we have will become a demographic disaster.'
Amid headwinds across global markets, US issues fresh restrictions on H-1B visas. Ayan Pramanik & Raghu Krishnan list out the many ways in which this impacts the Indian IT industry.
Asking employees whether they would prefer to work under a man or woman amounts to asking them to discriminate, positively or negatively, on the basis of gender.
Retail giants are looking at Indian start-ups in the big data and analytics space
It's official! Bangalore is now Bengaluru, Mangalore is Mangaluru and Mysore is Mysuru from Saturday as Karnataka turned 68.
'I have been managing people since I was very young. I really enjoy it.' 'For me, age is only a proxy for experience.'
Radio taxi service provider Meru Cabs is planning to put in place the next level of driver verification, one liked to biometric identification tool Aadhaar.
After selling out to Google, the 27-year-old has now turned into an angel investor.
Under Neemuchwala's digital-first vision, Wipro has accelerated investments in automation, analytics, cloud and cognitive technologies over the past three years, says Ayan Pramanik.
The catchwords today are digital, analytics, robotics.
Both Obama and Modi have taken bold steps towards laying the groundwork to give a big push to Indo-US trade, and now it's time to execute, says Bikash Mohapatra.
'For some South Asians, it may be tempting to think "I'm not Muslim, this doesn't really affect me".' 'But please know, it affects all of us,' says Arun Venugopal, a reporter at WNYC in New York.
Flipkart's current valuation is an estimated $12 billion.
Silicon Valley-based billionaire and prominent venture capitalist Vinod Khosla on Friday condemned government's decision to ban internet-based taxi aggregator Uber following the alleged rape incident in Delhi recently.
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