Gone are the days of over-the-top Diwali parties, says Kishore Singh. This year round, the taxman is the invisible -- and unwanted -- guest at these once extravagant affairs.
PepsiCo's India-born CEO Indra Nooyi has been ranked third most powerful businesswoman by Fortune, the only Indian-origin woman on the 2014 list topped by IBM Chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty and General Motors CEO Mary Barra.
'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
Nandan Nilekani and his wife Rohini are trying to improve education across India.
The ban on liquor advertising is an example of policy hypocrisy at play.
War on ebay explores Jack Ma's mercurial mind
At the height of its troubles and desperate to mop up cash to fly the next day, SpiceJet was offering ridiculously high deposit incentives to travel agents and online portals -- incentives it could ill afford.
Brazilian soccer legend Pele is doing 'fine' and will be discharged from a Sao Paulo hospital early on Thursday after he was admitted for stomach pains, one of his aides said.
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How bridge keeps corporate India sharp and quick-witted.
More and more companies are warming up to the idea of reverse mentoring.
Besides a great idea, it takes pluck, and some luck, to get going.
India's banks are propping up too many weak producers.
Vani Kola left behind a stellar career as an entrepreneur in the US.
It's not easy to ignore the newspaper ads with Diwali offers.
Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year.
India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.
'The obsession of the Pakistan army with India leads to several destabilising things. Support for the Taliban in Afghanistan. Support for groups like the Lashkar-e-Tayiba, that have attacked India. Every time you get an attack like that there is a possibility of a war. And then the build up of the their nuclear arsenals. Chances of a nuclear weapon landing in the hands of a terrorist group, or a nuclear war breaking out, are tiny. But they are higher here than anywhere else in the world.'
Choose a career that motivates you and one that you are good at, says Prof RSS Mani, education consultant and vice president-institutional development, ITM Group of Institutions.
