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What's New In Tax Filing

This year, there have been a lot of changes in ITR forms. Here is the low-down on new ITR mandates and must-follow steps.

How Hul Got Its Mojo Back

Chairman and MD Sanjiv Mehta seeks to reinvent HUL as a future-ready corporation that can juggle heterogeneous markets successfully.

'I Look For Opportunities In A Challenge'

Taking over businesses in challenging circumstances and turning them around is nothing new for Hindustan Unilever Chairman & MD Sanjiv Mehta. In a conversation with Prosenjit Datta and Ajita Shashidhar, Mehta talks about how he turned the slow-growing Indian operations into India’s highest valued FMCG major. Edited excerpts:

Keeping Track Always

AI-powered, personalised ‘digital drugs’ are a reality now in health interventions.

Why Governments Continue To Fail

A balanced execution agenda is the key to translating mission and policy into operational terms at all levels.

Making Process Improvements Stick

Early excitement usually leads to backsliding.

Perform Or Perish

Look beyond the high performers and it is a do-or-die world for many business schools, where supply of seats is overtaking demand. For their students, the attraction of an MBA may be fading.

The A List

The demand for top talent to manage change in a tech- and data-led world remains strong. Our top B-schools lend India Inc. a helping hand to grow in a fast-changing world.

Winning Algorithm

Online giants, now regulars at B-school campuses, are redefining the yardstick for hunting talent.

The Coming Shakeout

Disruption is as old as history. It happened from when the Mesopotamians invented the wheel, to the Steam Age and then on to the Industrial Age. But, unlike in the past, today’s technology is disrupting a wide swathe of industries in a manner that has simply no precedence.

Quantum Jump

Quantum computing is where artificial intelligence was 20 years ago. Given the ease with which this technology takes hold, and that quantum systems are on the cloud, it is available to everyone.

Hail The Hybrid

Green vehicles have failed to make much headway in India so far, but hybrid ones seem better poised to do so than the purely electric.

Growth Engine

The government continues to bet on high infrastructure spending to get growth going. It is time to focus on getting the execution right.

Cloud Telephony Is At A Take-Off Point, But A Poor Regulatory Environment May Yet Derail It

Cloud Telephony Is at a Take-off Point but a Poor Regulatory Environment May Yet Derail It. 

The Panchayat Connection

The tech industry sees a major business opportunity in increased allocation for the BharatNet project.

It's All About Productivity

ONLY SUSTAINED PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH CAN RAISE LIVING STANDARDS

Facebook Fix

What’s on marketers’ mind?

Swajal A Cheaper Way To Access Clean Water

THE GURGAON-BASED START-UP’S SOLARPOWERED WATER ATMS ARE HELPING SOLVE INDIA’S WATER WOES.

Money Matters

Managing your money can be tricky. Send your queries, and top-notch industry leaders will help you resolve any issue.

Avoid Injury

Stock prices can sometimes fall like a brick, but that does not mean you can bottom-fish. Here’s how you can avoid a costly plunge.

Education Not A Panacea

THE AUTHOR’S ARGUMENT THAT EDUCATION ALONE CAN FUEL GROWTH IS NOT FULLY CONVINCING.

“In The Context Of India, The Attack Surface Has Greatly Increased”

Nation states have added a new dimension to what is emerging as the newest theatre of war after air, sea, water and space — the Internet. They interfere in other countries' elections, in their power grids, in sports events, and are even alleged to be disabling naval vessels over the cloud to cause accidents. But that’s not the only area where cyber defence needs to be beefed up. Enterprises continue to remain major targets, as do governments, financial institutions and even national identity databases. Business Today’s Rajeev Dubey talks to Greg Clark, CEO of the world’s biggest cyber security firm, Symantec, on how such issues are being dealt with. 

Braced For Growth

Leasing of hotels has emerged as a promising business model, but a lot depends on the brands’ risk appetite.

Smart Farming

How a host of corporates are partnering with Indian farmers for a win-win yield and lessening agrarian distress.

The Government Is Leaving A Mixed Bag In Terms Of Economy For Its Successor

The government is leaving a mixed bag in terms of economy for its successor.

Fixing Our Crumbling Financial System

How the Finance Ministry and the RBI can avert an economic disaster.

Intelligent Buildings

Using its SaaS platform, Facilio manages building operations, making them intelligent and energy-efficient.

On The Move

Bengaluru-based urban mobility start-up Yulu Bikes provides bicycles and battery-operated two-wheelers to solve first and last-mile connectivity issues.

Taking Stock

Increff is an analytics enterprise that uses data tools to help fashion and lifestyle brands optimise their inventory turnover.

Keeping It Small

Toffee Insurance has made it big by selling insurance for things like bicycles, backpacks and even gym injuries.