The Week That Wasn't

Crowded rooftops. All night parties. Cramped up beach houses. Noisy gatherings at ‘Gutter Bar’ with the party overflowing onto the Croisette. Raging Yacht parties. Jam-packed venues for live gigs…all these sights were missing from this year’s Cannes Lions

Ironing Out The GST's Wrinkles

The GST was implemented a year ago amidst much fanfare. The idea was to simplify the complex. Has GST lived up to its promise?

‘No Petroleum In GST, As Of Now'

It has been a year since the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was rolled out. In an exclusive interview with Suman K. Jha of BW Businessworld, Union Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia says the far-reaching reforms in indirect taxation actually trundled in without the anticipated side-effects, like an initial drop in revenue or an uptick in inflation. Fuels, though, he admits, are likely to stay out of the ambit of the GST for a while. Excerpts:

Will He Bat For Peace?

Imran Khan has been supporting hardline Islamists like the Taliban. As PM, will he strive to normalise ties with India?

Untangle The Privacy Law

An overview of India’s efforts to frame the data protection Bill and what has been achieved so far

Towards Digital Democracy

SO, EVERY TIME the embattled folks at UIDAI think that the scrutiny and noise around Aadhaar has settled down, along comes someone or something that reignites it.

In That Direction!

The idea behind the draft e-commerce policy is to protect indigenous small retailers from the onslaught of deeppocket e-tailers

Desi Tadka All The Way

Even as the Indian OTT (over the top) video industry is attracting serious attention from global behemoths, indian players dominate the market

A Safe Haven Market?

The Indian stock market is defying gravity and traversing uncharted territory as it scales new peaks. If all goes well, it seems as if it is just getting started

Ushering Technology Into Business

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION − a buzzword in circulation for quite some time − has seen interest crescendo, use (and abuse), all move steeply northwards in the last year or two.

Is It Time For HAL To Buckle Up?

Is HAL capable of being the next generation aerospace agency that India needs it to be? Here’s a SWOT analysis of its strengths and weaknesses

The Numero UNO Itch

ONE OF THE CURSES OF contemporary news media, both television and print, is that craving for the Number One slot.

Putting Health Before Money

A KEY element in any ad campaign is the plot.

Reforming India's Healthcare System

HEALTHCARE IS INDIA’S most distressed sector.

The Math Matters

Why today’s marketing leaders need to know the value of data, and be analytically oriented.

From Generics To Specialty Generics

OVER the last decade, the global pharma landscape has been evolving rapidly and the focus has shifted from the generics business to the specialty generics business.

Building A Positive Sentiment

THE ALLOCATION OF defence in India’s Union Budget is approximately $34.53 billion and 31.1 per cent of the defence budget is spent on capital acquisitions.

Priyanka Chopra- In The Best Version Of Herself

The gorgeous Priyanka Chopra never flinches from doing what she wants to be — the best version of herself. 

The Party Ended But They Are Still Paying For It!

The party ended in 2008. But the Tatas, the Mittals, the Ruias and several other large Indian corporates  that went global, fuelled with debt, during the 2003-07 bull run, are still paying for it.   

Private Equity Can Create Huge Value Over Time

NOBODY in India may have seen the evolution of private equity (PE) as closely as Renuka Ramnath, founder, managing director, and CEO of Multiples Alternate Asset Management. In a candid conversation with BW’s Munnish Puri and Clifford Alvares, she talks about the transformation of the PE industry

Stealing The Deals With A Click

It’s the season to shop and what better place than the online e-commerce space to avail discounts and offers

Deals For Wheels

Automakers have lined up new launches and attractive discounts in anticipation of a sales bonanza during the three-month festive season, the numerous headwinds notwithstanding.

Grinding It Out

White goods may not have it all hunky dory this season as price hike and rupee depreciation play spoilsport. But online e-commerce is where the business talks.

Employment, Competitiveness And Shared Prosperity: The Indian Conundrum

INDIA REFORMED ON THE BACK of a crisis in 1991 and over the last 25 years has made considerable progress.

Mega Push To The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Held on 4 January in New Delhi, the National Entrepreneurship Awards adhered to the Prime Minister’s vision of supporting Indian entrepreneurs who have not only helped themselves but have helped the society as well.

Step Up To Meet New Challenges

With the new waves of technology influencing the battleground, it’s time the Indian defence establishment fine tunes its policies to suit the modern warfare tactics

The Elite Club: How We Did It

THE MOST RESPECTED Companies survey, done in association with Tech Sci Research, is a perception-based survey.

Return Of License Raj

THE SIGNS ARE everywhere: the Licence Raj is back but with a new set of clothes.

It Pays To Be Emotional

I am a ‘feminist’. It’s a title that’s crept up on me over the last few years, as I’ve become increasingly impassioned about gender equality and increasingly frustrated by the constant barrage of news stories suggesting that we don’t yet have it.

Cautious Optimism

Corporate leaders and others list policy challenges before the Modi government, along with the prescription for reviving the economy Team BW