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New Gen Reliance

As Mukesh Ambani’s children play a greater role in Reliance Industries, the group is adding muscle to its digital, retail and petrochemicals businesses

Debt Funds: No Safety Tag

FROM THE NBFC LIQUIDITY CRISIS IN 2018 TO COLLAPSE OF SIX FRANKLIN TEMPLETON SCHEMES, DEBT FUNDS ARE NO LONGER CONSIDERED SAFE

Money Matters

MANAGING YOUR MONEY CAN BE TRICKY. SEND YOUR QUERIES, AND PERSONAL FINANCE EXPERTS WILL HELP YOU RESOLVE ANY ISSUE

INNOVATION SHOULD BE GIVEN A BOOST THROUGH TAX INCENTIVES”

In the middle of the current pandemic, India has emerged as a credible supplier of essential medicines. Four Indian pharma companies have just signed a partnership agreement with US-based Gilead for supply of its experimental coronavirus drug Remdesivir. Satish Reddy, President, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (which represents 24 leading pharma firms) and Chairman of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, speaks to Business Today’s Joe C. Mathew about how home-grown firms are serving India and the world during the Covid-19 crisis.

Education's Big Leap

Institutions of higher learning are graduating to new delivery models to engage with students online

Cancelled Hopes

As orders are scrapped, supply chain is disrupted and global demand slumps, Indian exporters struggle to remain in business

Stimulus: Here Is The Money

India badly needs a stimulus. Here’s how to find the money

THE NEW FARM FORMULA

Farmers are finding newer ways, and means, to conduct transactions in times of lockdown

THE VIRTUAL BENCH

Lockdown has given a big push to virtual courts. Will this be the turning point in Indian judiciary?

RBI'S BLOCKED TAP

The traditional approach of pumping money into banks to push liquidity to corporates and NBFCs is not working. It’s time to change the strategy

MAKING OUT OF INDIA

Pharmaceutical players will set up plants in major markets, go for more automation and focus on digital marketing

TRANSFORM OR DIE

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing companies to reimagine and reinvent

NOT A SMALL SHIFT

MSME guide to survival has several drastic measures such as lower leverage and diversification into newer areas

Force Majeure Restraint

Companies invoking the clause must remember that it does not ensure guaranteed protection from contractual obligations

CONTROL +ALT+ DEL

How hotels are reinventing themselves to stay afloat

A VIRTUAL DOSE

Digital connect with doctors and remote health monitoring are changing the healthcare delivery model

Hunt For Magic Potion

Seven Indian firms are among those hunting for a vaccine to tame Covid-19. Here is how the projects are progressing

Big Challenge Is To Ensure Construction Starts At The Earliest

There is a perception that government expenditure over the next few months will be focused more on healthcare and disaster management, leading to lower spends on key infrastructure projects, including highways. Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, spoke to Business Today’s Nirbhay Kumar on how the government plans to restart key projects.

The Game Changer

With both sides tight-lipped, the nuts and bolts of Jio-Facebook tie-up remain shrouded in mystery

The Booby Trap

Coronavirus lockdown has created multiple landmines in the financial services sector. This is how banks and NBFCs are preparing for life post-coronavirus

Funding Disaster Relief

Despite all the brouhaha around PM CARES Fund, it is states that are at the forefront of funding disaster relief and rehabilitation

Uphill Battle

Staring at record losses, the travel and tourism sector is preparing a plan to take on coronavirus

Survival of the Fittest

Companies with low financial liabilities and high liquidity on their books have better chance to tide over the coronavirus-triggered deep slowdown

NO FULL STOPS

How India Inc's business continuity plans are being overhauled to tide over the coronavirus crisis

CHECK ON THE DRAGON

As India tightens FDI norms, Chinese firms and investments may face regulatory and consumer backlash. The friction between Asian giants could be the beginning of an adversarial chapter in trade

Best Advice I Ever Got

“YOU ARE THE CUSTODIAN OF THE CULTURE OF THE ORGANISATION”

The Virus Cover

The coronavirus pandemic has created the need for a ‘Virus Insurance Pool’ on the lines of terrorism and nuclear pools

How To Get Emergency Funding

A large number of people are under financial stress due to lockdown and market crash. Here are some avenues for raising money with ease

The Coronavirus Economy

Car companies are making ventilators, sugar mills and liquor producers are bottling hand sanitisers, apparel makers are diversifying into masks and protective clothing, drug and drone makers are witnessing a surge in demand. The war against Covid-19 is already a ₹12,000 crore economy

Jumpstarting Post-Coronavirus Economy

P. Chidambaram, Meghnad Desai, Bimal Jalan, D. Subbarao, and Junaid Ahmad on how to get the GDP going