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The news of the Walmart Flipkart deal has set tongues wagging. It is expected to run into a tax tangle in India as experts predict that a Hutchison Vodafone like scenario could emerge given that the Walmart Flipkart deal will involve many overseas en

Water resistant smartphone cameras with 4k and superslow motion video capabilities are strong contenders in the action camera space, although staunch adventure enthusiasts will disagree. The recently launched GoPro's Hero 6 Black is a fine example of

Social networking sites won people's hearts with their ability to connect people, facilitate sharing of information and community building. They breached users' trust with much the same ease by slyly leaking information. Even today, these sites are d

As the NDA regime enters the last year, the government is in a tizzy over high petroleum product prices. The crisis is bigger in India since these products are heavily taxed. As a result, the government is running out of options. For the BJP, high f

India could be heading towards a retail banking crisis. In FY2017/2018, retail loans amounted to around half (48.6 per cent, to be precise) of the loans given by banks (non food credit). In 2013/2014, they accounted for just 17 per cent. Currently, b

1) The Founder Neerav Jain 2) The Idea The rental economy is nearly mainstream and Jain, whose family is into furniture exports, decided to start a furniture and consumer durables rental business. Initially, the idea was to be an aggregator of small

The US based retail giant Walmart is paying $16 billion to take a 77 per cent stake in Indian online retailer Flipkart. Meanwhile, Amazon India is also moving fast, and its parent Amazon Inc has made it very clear that it will continue to invest in I

The Reserve Bank of India's corrective action framework for weak banks is akin to taking an injured athlete to bed rest," explained a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor last year when bank customers started worrying about close to a dozen pu

The two American retail giants have fought pitched, bruising battles on their home turf, and in markets around the globe. Walmart, the world's largest retailer, and Amazon, the e commerce behemoth, have crossed swords once more, this time in the fast

At a gathering of top CEOs in August last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while putting forth his vision for healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure, education and poverty alleviation, said it would become a reality by 2022. When Debjani Ghosh, t

The numbers are staggering. The uber rich and famous in India may be sitting pretty with a combined investible wealth of some Rs 10 lakh crore. Managing the dollops of cash of this class is a task. Indeed, delivering stellar returns that beat the lux

FY2017/2018 was one of those rare years when the Indian economy slowed even as the world economy accelerated. The twin shocks of demonetisation and destocking before the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the following glitches culled

At the end of four years in office, how does Prime Minister Narendra Modi's report card look like? He took charge when the economy was pretty much in the doldrums, and took a series of decisive steps over the next four years. He made a great many ann

There was a deafening cheer when legendary FIFA World player Ronaldinho entered the NSCI stadium in Mumbai. And when Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs joined in, the crowd went berserk. The second edition of Premier Futsal had all the fervour of an interna

Dr. Roland Busch, Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, since 2011, was in India recently to kick start Siemens digital solutions for Indian industries. The 53 year old Busch, heading the Corporate Research and Deve

The most successful salespeople in the luxury business are those who live or, at least, dress, talk and behave like their clients. That is the received wisdom and is at least partially true. The same principle applies to a lot of other products and s

The rise in deaths on shop floors caused by rogue robots in recent years has prompted the manufacturing sector to look for alternatives. Engineers have found a solution in cobots collaborative robots that work alongside humans like helping hands,

Mumbai based Valuefy Solutions offers banks and financial institutions cutting edge analytics capabilities that help them take better wealth management decisions. Other similar start ups such as CreditMantri, CreditVidya and CreditSeva use both tradi

OnePlus has always delighted customers by launching flagship smartphones at prices that are not over the top. With OnePlus 6, the company takes it up a notch by packing in the latest hardware in a stunning design at an incredulous price. OnePlus 6 sc

It has dawned on banks that they need to tap the innovative capabilities of financial technology (fintech) start ups to stay competitive. They are opening up their systems, or core banking platforms, for plug ins with fintech players. The banks claim

Back in 2013, Rudolph Stefanich designed a device called Sono that demonstrated how a noise control solution could be snapped on to a window pane and silence all the unwelcome noise coming from outside in one fell swoop. Not only would all the noise

Two years ago, Bank of Baroda (BoB) announced over half a dozen tie ups with financial technology companies or fintechs. Start ups like CreditMantri, FundsTiger, Probe42, Power2SME, IndiaLends, KredX and Fisdom came on board, bringing expertise in ar

At an SRCC event in December 2015, Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, said, "In the technology world, everything changes at such a fast pace. A lot of what we do is figure out what the next phase is...you have to reinvent yourself." In line with this though

The banking industry that has all along been straightjacketed in its deposit and loan processes is now boldly trying out financial technology or fintech companies for innovative solutions. Whether by choice or threat of its own existence in the new e

Best of Van Gogh If art and travel are your things, you have to make your way to Amsterdam this summer. The neo gothic Conservatorium is a luxury hotel in the hip city located at the spot where the Sweelinck Conservatory of Music once lay. The hotel

Gastrointestinal infections are quite common during summer months. And the problems will get compounded if your water intake is low as dehydration complicates matters. Gastrointestinal expert Dr D. Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman and Chief of Gastroenterol

The news of the Walmart Flipkart deal has set tongues wagging. It is expected to run into a tax tangle in India as experts predict that a Hutchison Vodafone like scenario could emerge given that the Walmart Flipkart deal will involve many overseas e

At a gathering of top CEOs in August last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while putting forth his vision for healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure, education and poverty alleviation, said it would become a reality by 2022. When Debjani Ghosh, t

OnePlus has always delighted customers by launching flagship smartphones at prices that are not over the top. With OnePlus 6, the company takes it up a notch by packing in the latest hardware in a stunning design at an incredulous price. OnePlus 6 sc