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Don't judge a book by its cover. This adage holds true when looking at the new Samsung Galaxy S9+ because of how similar it looks to the S8+ launched last year. Switch on the Galaxy S9+ to be greeted by a 6.2 inch super bright infinity display. The f

In April 2013, Praful Patel, then Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, came out with a 'Vision 2022 for the Indian Electrical Equipment (EE) industry', targeting production worth $100 billion by 2022. The 10 year plan also estim

The concourse at the Seawoods suburban railway station in Navi Mumbai may seem an unlikely venue for leading Indian and international brands to vend their wares. But take the escalator, and you will be instantly transported to the glitzy granite and

In 1963, members of a family which shall remain unnamed fighting over property, filed a suit in a trial court in Bombay (as it was then called). The court announced its verdict 25 years later, in 1988. The losing party then moved the Bombay High

The domestic sugar industry with its 530 operational sugar mills that produce 25 million tonnes (MT) of sugar and in the process pays Rs 65,000 crore as sugarcane price to 50 million Indian farmers every year, is not in the pink of health. Half of t

Days after POTUS Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to the United States, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) the body responsible for developing and coordinating US international trade policies has cha

Tackily, business process outsourcing (BPO) firm HGS calls it 'Bots & Brains'. That's their term for robotic process automation (RPA) and humans working together. Bots do the mundane, repeatable tasks; humans the more complex processes. If it were a

By and large, banking regulators and countries across the globe are in a dilemma about how to deal with Bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies. A few countries have banned Bitcoins and other cryptos but these are extreme examples. Many have explicitly

"We had to deliver mobile phones for a certain government project. But the tender process took 9 12 months. When we placed the order, a newer version of the model was available and we bought it. My money is now held up because the government says I g

The rumblings from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are ominous. The banking regulator has issued four warnings against Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto currencies since December 2013, the last few explicitly calling it a ponzi scheme. Stock market regu

Rajesh Gopinathan, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) India's largest software services exporter is extremely cautious when talking about future outlook. Therefore, it was a milestone moment when he e

India is no longer shy about making big commitments on climate change, a sea change from its defensive stance on issues earlier. Recently, it hosted the International Solar Alliance (ISA), the first global treaty based organisation to be based out of

1) Founders: Manish Lunia, Ritesh Jain, Deepak Jain and Abhishek Kothari went to the Indian School of Business together in 2009. They worked on multiple projects at the ISB and then pursued different careers. Lunia worked with the Aditya Birla Group;

It may sound oxymoronic but risk mitigated innovation exists, and it has nothing to do with jugaad, the frugal innovation (in)famously popular in India. The framework called discovery driven disruption, or DDD, is all about driving growth in uncertai

Watches Time Flies Watch brand Breitling has always been associated with the world of aviation. The new pilot's watch collection, Navitimer 8, keeps that tradition alive. The number in the name traces back to the Huit Aviation Department, which was

In the past 27 years, the tendency has been to shed all barriers to trade, both tariff and non tariff. As per the constitution of the World Trade Organization, or WTO, if any country raises barriers to trade, the affected country can use the dispute

Gadgets, machines and their software have pushed us into the habit of doing things simultaneously, rather than tackle one thing at a time. It's become so much of a norm that employees are penalised for not being able to handle several things and appr

An HR head of a leading company, which is big in the digital space, recently told Business Today how much the eye health of its employees matters to the company. In fact, the company has programmed its systems so that pop ups appear on PC screens at

Trump Stops Qualcomm Takeover U.S. President Donald Trump stopped Singapore based Broadcom's $117 billion bid to acquire rival chipmaker Qualcomm, citing national security concerns. Both firms were ordered to discard the proposed merger. The move is

One out of three feature phone users in India is expected to upgrade to a data enabled phone by the next year, according to a study by International Data Corporation. Sensing a huge opportunity, phone companies have been on a low budget smartphone ma

Over the past few months, the Indian banking industry has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Despite the problems over fraud, rising non performing assets (NPAs) and lower credit offtake, the banking sector is on the cusp of change as d

The legal position of cryptocurrencies in India has been a contentious area for a long time now. The debate took a new turn with the government recently clarifying that bitcoin is not legal or lawful tender. At the global level, too, the regulation c

Recently, Anand Mahindra's tweet about "collectively acquiring" the iconic music shop Rhythm House for "restoring it; turning it into a performance venue", sent Twitter fans into a frenzy. His tweet attracted around 14,068 likes and 4,002 retweets (a

Start ups are newsworthy. We are proud of our schools of technology and management; their students get good publicity when they exhibit their innovations. And yet, it is difficult to see what start ups and innovations have contributed to our business