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It Also Tells Time

Fitbit enters the smartwatch segment with Ionic. While it gets a lot right, it leaves one wishing for more .

Are Renewables Still The Live Wire?

After flaring up significantly, the incandescence in the renewable energy sector seems to be paling, raising posers about the 2022 target for a 175 MW capacity in clean energy, says Anurit Kanti.

Making Ourselves More Relevant In India

From embracing local cultural to operating its most high-end fleet in India, Lufthansa has been making heavy investments in the Indian marketplace to woo local travellers. In just four years, it has positioned itself among top foreign aviation players in the country. In an exclusive interview, ALEXANDER SCHLAUBITZ, Vice-President, Marketing, Lufthansa Group tells RUHAIL AMIN about the significance of the Indian market and the strategy that the group has adopted to leverage opportunities in this market.

Empowering Women @Work

WOMEN worldwide are an under-used and at times an under-valued asset.

India Inc. Pulls Through

Recovery in distressed sectors such as banks and oil depict a much better picture of India Inc.

Waging A War Against Bad Advertisements

Digital’s dawn is finally here as, according to various industry forecasts, it is all set to overtake television in global share of ad spend in 2018. However, while digital has been growing, this year has also seen the conversation for digital move towards demands for more accountability and transparency in the medium from brand owners.

How To Privatise Air India

PRIVATISING AIR India could turn out to be one of the smartest decisions of the Narendra Modi government.

Respect And Some More

BW’s MRC survey reiterates what the business fraternity has always known and the winner did take it all.

Arundhati Bhattacharya: SBI Banker To Every Indian, Indeed

The Other Feather in the CAP is the Merger if SBI With Its Assosiate Banks, The First Large - Scale Consolidation in the Indian Banking Industry.

Arun Jaitley: Finance Minister GST: A Jewel In The Tax Regime Crown

GST Has Been Made Possible Not Because of One Person, but Because of Cooperation of So Many People,’ Says Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia.

HSCC Attains 19 Fold Jump In Annual Turnover

Gyanesh Pandey, chairman & managing director, HSCC (India) Limited talks about the recent rapid growth of HSCC , the PSU’s latest initatives and how healthcare is changing, in a candid conversation with BW Businessworld’s Brij Pahwa.

Standpoint - Is Media Aiding Early Resolution Of Corporate Spats?

The recent months have seen two of India’s most respected corporates, the Tata Group and Infosys take to the media to draw stakeholders’ attention to internal governance issues and concerns. In both cases, the people involved were industry stalwarts, who are seasoned professionals with decades of experience and have weathered many storms. What then made these respected industry stalwarts expose serious internal issues through the media, rather than sorting them out through internal communication and discussion?

Medall: Leader In Diagnostic Healthcare

“Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.” James Cash Penney, founder, JC Penney

Modi's UP Challenge

LARGE MANDATES COME with large responsibilities.

living to the hilt

the luxury sector in india continues to grow on the back of rising disposable incomes, high brand awareness amongst the youth and increasing purchaing power in small town india.

not just arm candy

with bags having a resale value, they are no longer a frivolous expenditure.

we have a good future potential in india

rolls-royce considers india a strategic market and will look to expand its dealer network as demand picks up in certain regions.

connecting directly with customers

chinese smartphone brand xiaomi has managed to sell over 2 million devices in india in the third quarter this financial year, which translates into an yearon-year growth of more than 150 per cent. bw businessworld’s ruhail amin caught up with donovan sung, director of product management and product marketing, xiaomi global, during his recent visit to india, to discuss the smartphone company’s marketing plans for the country.

decoding team trump

president-elect donald trump will formally take office on january 20, 2017. he brings with him the whitest, oldest, richest cabinet in decades. there are token women (betsy devos as education secretary) and token blacks (ben carson as housing and urban development secretary). but the overwhelming majority of trump’s cabinet is cast in his image: old, white, wealthy private sector bosses and tough talking retired army generals.

The Rs 1.5 Lakh Crore Gambit: Will Jio Disrupt The TMT Space?

Mukesh Ambani and Sunil Mittal face off yet again as gladiators in the latest telecom war where control over data and content will be decisive By Sutanu Guru.

The Great War Is Here

With RJio’s launch, consumers will become king while operators will bleed leading to faster consolidation making the upcoming spectrum auction more relevant

Speed Dialing Down Stocks

Incumbents in the telecom sector are seeing an upheaval in their business models — thanks to Reliance Jio. That is reflecting in their dropping stock prices By Clifford Alvares

'We see opportunity in SMEs & startups'

KULMEET Bawa has recently taken over as the MD of Adobe South Asia. In this new role, Bawa is focusing on the Indian market and is trying to solve its unique challenges. In an interview with BW Businessworld’s Ayushman Baruah, Bawa talks about how India is one of the most strategic markets for the company globally, and adoption of Adobe Creative Cloud in India and the opportunity for startups. Edited excerpts:

Hotbed Of Activism

Sutanu Guru analyses why the controversy surrounding genetically modified crops has erupted all over again.

Expect 70 % Indigenisation In Defence Even Before 2027

ASHOK Kumar Gupta, Secretary, defence production, says that government efforts had immensely incentivised private sector participation in manufacturing for the defence forces, pointing to the spurt in the licences issued between May 2014 and June 2016.

Risky Deal?

The ONGC-HPCL merger appears to be a bad idea for the government and the industry.

A ‘Scorpio' for the Sky

After ruling the tractor and the four wheeler market in India, Mahindra is now ready to take the aerospace by storm with its whole gamut of offerings starting from parts manufacturing to MRO services to aircraft making.

Mega Merger

The proposal to merge state-owned oil & gas companies to create a single, unified giant has raised many eyebrows, and hackles.

Economy Will Rebound Next Year

IN AN EXCLUSIVE interview with BW Businessworld’s Suman K. Jha, Union government’s finance secretary Ashok Lavasa holds forth on a host of subjects — from the Union Budget to demonetisation — and says, among other things, that the UBI is one of the alternatives that should be considered in the country, and that the DIPP may soon play the coordination role that the FIPB did while attracting FDIs. Excerpts:

We Value Long-term & Deep Relationships With All Partners

SANJAY NAYAR, CEO, KKR India, speaks with BW’s Munnish Puri about KKR’s focus on India.