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Jindal Stainless On Growth Mode

Jindal Stainless is one of the largest stainless steel conglo-merates in India with around 60% industry share and ranks amongst the top 10 stainless steel manufacturer capacities of 1.6 MTPA with an annual turnover of $ 3.1 billion.

Piracy In Indian Film Industry

The Indian film industry is one of the largest film industries in the world. Around 1000 films are produced each year in India. It earns around $2 billion from legitimate sources such as screening at theatres, home videos and television rights.

Aadhaar - A Digital 'Habitation And A Name' For Every Indian

The 12 digit unique identification number Aadhaar has finally been ruled as constitutionally valid by the Supreme Court.

Handicrafts Of India

The handicraft sector is an important segment of the Indian economy and generates sizeable employment as well.

Market For Handicrafts

Aritra Mitra, Aniket Panja and Rohit Prasad

GST Impeding The Handicrafts Sector

Readers familiar with Bengali literature are likely to be acquainted with Manik Bandyopadhyay’s famous short story Shilpi (artist).

Handicraft Industry As One Of The Major Sources Of Foreign Currency Earnings For India

The Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) is responsible for promotion of Indian handicrafts. O. P. Prahladka, Chairman, EPCH spoke to BE’s Ellora De regarding export related issues.

Player, Playboy And Now Prime Minister

The media has always enjoyed describing the conquests of Imran Khan as a playboy, along with his victories in the cricket field.

Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Andul Performed Extracorporeal Radiotherapy Case

Doctors at Narayana Super-speciality Hospital (NSH), Howrah performed the first Extracorporeal Radiotherapy (ECRT) case in Eastern India on July 19, 2018.

A Confluence Of Ideas

The 11th edition of the World Confluence of Humanity Power and Spirituality was concluded on December 21 and 22, 2018, at The Westin Hotel Kolkata, India. This spiritual gathering was jointly organised by Srei Foundation and Kanoria Foundation and the theme for this year was ‘Spirituality and Humanity’. Many religious leaders representing Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Sikhism were present at the confluence including representatives of the Ramakrishna Mission, Ahisma Vishwa Bharati, Divine Shakti Foundation, All India Imam Organisation, Paramarth Niketan Ashram, and Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre, Ladakh. The ‘World Confluence of Humanity, Power & Spirituality’ aptly christened ‘Enlightenment, a Journey Within Through Service’ is aimed towards motivating people to cultivate and integrate the inner virtues with the outer being and to imbibe a strong value system coupled with a rich cultural and religious heritage. The first day session of the 11th Edition of the World Confluence was inaugurated by the honourable Governor of West Bengal, Keshari Nath Tripathi.

Prayag Kumbh: Forum For Emergence Of Ideas

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the Kumbh Mela in India to be in the ‘Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ during its 12th session being held at Jeju, South Korea from 4-9 December, 2019.

Retail Inflation Down At The Cost Of Farmers

Should India cheer the decline in inflation rate or mourn it as this was caused largely by a fall in the prices of agricultural produce and thus, would affect the country’s farm economy?

Reducing Lifestyle Diseases

According to Daniel Lieberman, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, over the course of millions of years, apes living in the forests of Africa changed to modern humans.

The Flip Side Of Interim Budget 2019

The Interim Budget 2019 has been prepared keeping in view certain international and national developments.

Animals That Turn Gods

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister, Women & Child Welfare, GoI

Government Initiatives To Tackle Environmental Degradation

Over the years, India has taken several measures to control pollution, maintain ecological balance, increase forest area and keep its rivers clean. In this article, we take a look at some of these initiatives.

The Business Of Event Management

Twenty years ago, when Dr. Latha A. Krishna launched Virgo Events, little did she imagine that one of her efforts would get her into the Guinness Book of World Records. Known to have stablished the longest standing beauty pageant in this part of the country – Mrs. Chennai, Latha says that the challenge to do this was unique and brought into play all her experiences of the last twenty years.

Indian Textile Industry In The Global Market

The textile and apparel sector is a major sector globally. Since the initial stages of global industrialisation, this sector has remained at the forefront of generating employment and has featured prominently in the export market of many developed economies.

‘Go Hyper-Local' Is The New Mantra Of Multinational Food And Beverage Companies

In the last couple of decades, India has seen a surge in serious ailments like cancer, cardiac ailments and diabetes. Most of these were attributed to a growing sedentary life, changing lifestyles, preference to western cuisine, increased availability of packaged fast food and consumption of soft drinks.

Indian Leather Industry Positioned For Growth

The Indian leather industry, with an annual turnover of over $12 billion, has recorded a cumulative annual growth of about 3.09% in the last five years.

Srei Lists Its Equipment Finance Business

The proposed capital augmentation scheme is expected to further infuse around 500 crore in our equipment finance business and will pave the way for multifold growth.

Recycling Plastic To Revive Environment

Plastic poses one of the stiffest environmental challenges today.

Coking Coal Scarcity Affects Indian Steel

The Indian government is focusing on the steel sector.

Online Platforms Boost Real Estate

The Indian real estate sector is expected to touch around $180 billion by 2020.

India's App Economy Contributes To Growth

Prabir Dey’s day starts in the morning and often ends at mid-night.

How The Joy Of Flying Came To An End

Grounding of East West (1996), Damania (1997), Air Sahara (2007), Air Deccan (2007), Paramount (2010), Kingfisher (2012), and now Jet Airways may have different reasons but they commonly point out that the aviation sector is cyclical in nature.

Water Crisis In Chennai – A Wake-up Call

Chennai has been facing a severe water crisis.

When Balloons Kill

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Member of Parliament (Lok Shabha)

Indian Wedding Industry Turns A Major Income Generator

Indian billionaires are creating their own heavens to celebrate marriages – moving from one end of the world to the other end to find their preferred places. Marriages of celebrities have become national affairs, be it of cricketer Virat Kohli or industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s daughter.

Branding Of Tea Is The Task Of Producers

The tea industry is passing through a crisis of oversupply. Even in the international tea market, supply outpaces demand. Small tea growers are coming up in a big way in India and producing tea at a lower cost as compared to big tea producers. Arun Kumar Ray, IPS, Deputy Chairman, Tea Board, spoke to BE’s Kishore Kumar Biswas.