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Plastic Production Costs Environment

The government has retracted its plan of imposing a blanket ban on single-use plastics.

New Age Customers And Their Needs

A strong growth has been witnessed in India’s non-life insurance segment over the last few years.

Health Of Life Insurance

The life insurance segment is still dominated by a public sector player when the government is promoting private and foreign investment in the Indian market.

Privatisation- A Step In The Right Direction?

The Indian Railways on September 27 provisionally selected 50 key routes in order to collaborate with private operators to run modern passenger trains.

Taking Science To Millions

A group of children with curious eyes stared as the impact of air pressure was demonstrated to them.

Can The Festival Of Lights Illuminate The Indian Economy

Diwali, the festival of lights, follows the celebration of Dhanteras.

Banking On Festive Mood To Boost Consumer Spending

India’s festival season is here.

Animals and their society

Are we the only ones who vote, drink, sleep around, eavesdrop on conversations?

‘Land Of Festivals' Promoting Tourism

Abhishek Dwivedi, a 27-year-old, Jaipur-based management trainee has already registered to attend the grand Jaipur Literature Festival next year.

Tourism Can Be India's Next Big GDP Earner

After the success of its tourism’s promotional slogan ‘Atithi Devo Bhava’, the Indian tourism ministry has come out with another catchphrase 'your search ends here'.

We Aim To Reach Financial Self-Sufficiency In A Few Years

The Tourism Department of West Bengal has taken up the mega task of renovating many of its tourist accommodations and is also looking to implement new programmes. It has been trying to attract national and international tourists.

Travel And Tourism Industry In India: Venturing Into The Reality

India offers a great tourism potential not only for the Indians but to the foreign travellers as well.

Reality-Check Of The Economy

The first few months of 2019 have seen the lowest new investment proposals in India in the last 14 years.

Indian Railways Facilitating Tourism

In India, railways and tourism are interconnected.

Gandhian Concept Of Human Equality: An Ideal Social Order To Resolve Conflicts

The Gandhian thought is based on the eternal truth.

Effects Of Increase In Gold Prices

In the latest Union Budget, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitaraman, proposed to increase the import duty on gold from 10% to 12.5%.

Diversification And Innovation In Indian Tourism

Indian tourism has a huge unrealised potential.

Beyond Incredible India!

The ‘Incredible India’ campaign was launched in 2002 by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India to promote India as a global tourist destination. Sagnik Chowdhury, Regional Director (East), India Tourism, spoke to BE’s Aritra Mitra.

The Economy Can Be Back On High Growth Track In Three Months With Proper Administrative Measures

The infrastructure sector in India is slowing down. BE’s Kishore Kumar Biswas and Tushar K. Mahanti spoke to Hemant Kanoria, Chairman, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited, regarding the PPP model in infrastructure and the role of NBFCs.

FATF Places Pakistan In ‘Enhanced Blacklist'

The Asia Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has placed Pakistan in the ‘Enhanced Blacklist’ due to its failure to act on terror funding.

Telecom Infra In India Not Ready For 5G

By July 2018, India had the world’s second largest internet user base with over 44.6 crore smart phones and 56 crore internet users.

Social Audit Of All Infrastructure Schemes Need To Be Made Mandatory

Infrastructure in a way is the essential “inners” of any development plan.

Power Infra Improving, But Debt Is A Problem

Absence of electricity has been an inherent feature of rural India.

Nature Beat: Flora And Fauna

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Member of Parliament (Lok Shabha).

Infrastructure Spending Key To Revive The Fledging Economy

“You and I come by road or rail, but economists come by infrastructure,” Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s longest-serving prime minister and the first woman elected to that office had observed while highlighting the role of infrastructure in a nation’s life.

Fire Ravages ‘Earth's Lungs'

The Amazon rainforest has been burning for several weeks, becoming a global crisis.

Digital Footprints: Changing Face Of Lending Landscape

In this digital age, business processes are witnessing makeovers every other day.

Crafting Peace For Restoring The Valley's Lost Glory

Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech in both the houses was not striking in itself, but his pitch on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) served to prevent the opposition from taking a steadfast stand against it, leading to passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019.

Boosting Aviation Infrastructure

Airports being the nuclei of myriad economic activities assume a significant role in the economy of a nation.

Banking On Technology

Way back in 2008, when Arjun Shetty and his wife Rati, both working in Seattle, USA, were exploring various options which included relocating to India, they started looking for financing avenues for setting up their home in Chennai.