Can India rise to the challenge of its solar potential?
India’s National Solar Mission is helping create conditions for the rapid scale-up of solar capacity and technological innovation. But although it appears to be going great guns in some states like Rajasthan and Gujarat, it will need greater push and deployment across the country in order to meet its overall objective.
Nielsen back on the receiving end, again
David Ogilvy gifted us with many gems of advice, and one of them went thus: "Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.â€
Time to get over inflation
Once again the Reserve Bank of India has left key policy rates unchanged and decided to deal with the situation with a 25 basis point cut in cash reserve ratio (CRR), the portion of deposits banks are mandated to keep with the RBI.
A BUSINESS OF DISCREDITING
It is almost as if a patient woke up from a coma and started sprinting right away. Dr Manmohan Singh, along with P Chidambaram, seems hell bent to show that his UPA is not a regime of policy paralysis but of speed and deft moves. But credit rating agencies across the world do not seem to be buying this spiel.
The survival strategy
Unlike the period between 2004 and 2007, when the country's stock market was witnessing a massive boom and, any and everyone was more than ready to put every single penny of their savings in the stock market.
FDI floodgate opens: Hard work lies ahead!
September 14, 2012 was a red-letter day in the Indian economy and politics.
Roll on two
During a discussion on sports bikes with a close friend, we touched upon almost every aspect like power, speed, torque, comfort and off course the mileage.
The other victims of Inflation
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma may have his own unique views on inflation when he says, "Pulses, flour, rice and vegetables have become expensive.
Shoot to thrill
Of the 11 Olympic medals that India has won in the Games held in the new millennium, four have come in shooting.
Arunoday exposed
I didn't deal with the censor board of India. The good thing was that the things they chopped were not necessarily the meat and potatoes of the film.
Can India tackle the cloud challenge?
It is a rage globally and in India too, cloud computing is fast gaining popularity, thanks to its cost-effectiveness and efficient delivery models, resulting in major shift of information and communications technology (ICT) spending towards cloud-based services.
"I'm planning a big thanksgiving party"
Carrying the Indian flag is always an honour, and for the first time in my life, I will be surrounded by the best athletes from my country, although the shooters, archers and badminton players went back to India early.
A long and bearish winter
Even though markets cheered the recent return of P Chidambaram as finance minister in anticipation of more market friendly policies, tackling the huge challenges in marketing financial products remains a distant dream.
Getting back to the basics
The debate over allowing the Wal-Marts and Tescos of the world to India (essentially allowing 51 per cent Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail) is unusually hot at the moment. But it has actually raged on for several years. On one end, we have the interests of numerous small scale retailers across the country who are openly paranoid about losing their livelihoods. On the other, we have global retailing giants who are eager to tap the opportunities in the Indian retail market with years of experience and expertise backing them.
From Ironman to Hanuman
Wrestler, Mumbai movie star, film producer, studio owner, Rajya Sabha member and pan-Indian icon Dara Singh was a super-achiever in many domains.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
