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Disruption Or Chaos?

Will the rolling out of the ‘Jio First-Day-First-Show’ service to all ‘premium JioFiber’ customers announced by Mukesh Ambani disrupt theatrical revenue?

Shah Rukh Khan's Business Plans

Actor-producer-entrepreneur Shah Rukh Khan believes in dreaming big and utilising money to create value. That is why perhaps he is co-producing and acting in India’s costliest film till date Zero. Khan talks to Ashish Sinha of BW Businessworld about film production, brand endorsement, and his dreams. Excerpts:

Death Of Forex Brokerages

Old world forex brokerages continue to live in a time warp. Many may wither away if they don’t get their house in order. 

'Climate Change Is A Real Challenge'

Grundfos, The world’s leading pump manufacturer, is focused on providing clean drinking water through use of energy-efficient and sustainable technology. Its group president & CEO, Mads Nipper, on a recent trip to India, talked to BW Businessworld’s Paramita Chatterjee about the company’s plans to expand operations in the country as well as about the importance of water, a limited resource, and how its smart use could make a difference to sustainable development, among other things.

Will iPad Pro Replace A Notebook?

Apple's newest iPad is a 12.9-inch digital canvas. A keyboard and stylus open up creative possibilities. But does it replace a notebook? 

Make in India: Riding The Good Wave

Despite recessionary conditions and weakening of international demand, Make in India 2.0 has been showing good results on the ground.

Fast Food On Fast Track?

International food chains are attracted to the huge Indian market, but they face challenges they didn’t expect.

Not Investing In India Is Like Missing The 'First Bus', Says Former CEO Of Cisco

Cisco recently pledged an investment of $100 million to support the Indian government’s ambitious plan to connect thousands of its villages to the Internet and create jobs as part of its Digital India initiative. Following a recent visit to New Delhi, Cisco’s executive chairman John Chambers, in an exclusive interview with BW Businessworld’s Suman K. Jha, talked at length about the various initiatives of the Modi government like Digital India, Make in India and Skill India. Edited excerpts:

Work-Life Balance: My Time, Your Convenience

"So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life and there's no balance,"Sheryl Sandberg.

Empowering Bankers To Bridle Elusive Promoters

RBI's new scheme to reign in errant promoters is solid on paper, but it may not work in the real world in its current avatar.

No Monsoon Wedding

Successive seasons without enough rain in critical regions could have serious consequences.

How Indias Holy Cows Are Robbing People Of Their Livelihoods

In saving the sacred cow, those whose lives depend on dead animals are being robbed of their livelihood.

Convertibles- Soak Up The Sun And Drive In Style

Is there a practical purpose these convertibles serve? The answer is no. The truth is, these cars are all about enjoying life to the fullest.

Where To Invest In 2019?

Stocks can’t fly, bonds can’t tumble, gold may not shine, and real estate might not offer returns. 2019 promises to be an action-packed year, but with a cauldron of caution

Don't Be Your Own Enemy

Three key behavioural traps that investors need to guard against in the current scenario

How Will The Congress Tackle Agrarian Distress?

Now that the Congress Party has upped the ante on the agrarian distress, BW Businessworld pieces together the farm policies it is likely to adopt should it form the government

Congress Promises NYAY- Justice To Every Indian.

Will India be a free and democratic country and will the Indian people be free from fear, free to live and work and pray and eat and love and marry according to their wishes, free from poverty and free to pursue their ambitions?

The Dawn Of Power Packed Machines

Multiple cameras, 5G, foldable screens, you name it — phones launching in 2019 will have all these and more.

The Great Credit Card Rip-Off

Exorbitant interest rates along with loads of other charges should be a deterrent to individuals rolling over credit card dues. Disastrously, it’s not

Burger Mania Hits India

Several burger-focused outlets have set up shop in India in search of new customers.

Let's Talk Chatbots

Flavour of the day or here to stay, businesses are jumping in head-first into conversational commerce.

Modi's Aam Aadmi Ministers

The latest round of Narendra Modi government’s Cabinet expansion-cum-reshuffle threw up interesting details. While the exercise ensured elaborate efforts to zero in on right candidates, personal integrity and accessibility to the common people too played a major role in the latest round of reshuffle. As someone rightfully put it — it was an expansion which saw aam aadmi ministers taking charge of important portfolios. Of course electoral compulsions, regional balance, and caste dynamics were kept in mind, but whether it’s Manoj Sinha, or Santosh Gangwar, or Hansraj Ahir or Arjun Ram Meghwal (the ministers that BW Businessworld’s Suman K. Jha talks to, in the following pages) all are known for their aam aadmi credentials. Unlike some others, they don’t sit in their ivory towers, but spend most of their time amidst the common people. While some of them like Sinha and Ahir have already proved their mettle, the PM would also like the Cabinet reshuffle to positively impact the coming elections.

The Aam Aadmi Connect Is Strengthened

Santosh Kumar Gangwar is a popular BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh. He believes his induction in the finance ministry as minister of state marks the democratisation of the ministry.

Rooms With Few Visitors

New hotels are on the rise, but occupany isn’t. Oversupply of rooms, and consequent sluggish room rents are forcing hotels to fetch more MICE

The Hospitable Indian

Indian hotel chains are looking to take their unique brand of customer service to a wider global audience By Bikramjit Ray

Ubering In On Ola!

Uber is global, slick and hip. But our desi Ola is still the leader on home turf. This is rapidly changing as Uber noses ahead with a more focused strategy

Can Anil Ambani Make Defence His Flagship Business?

Reliance Defence has entered into as many as 30 partnerships in 10 countries over a year.

BPL Is Seeking To Make A Comeback. Will It Succeed?

BPL is testing the waters in the white goods market again. This time it has gone the whole hog into the online market, riding on a tie-up with Flipkart.

How To Be A Startup Investor

Startup investing is not easy and requires you to have tons of risk capital and the desire to mentor entrepreneurs

Will GST Bill See Light Of Day?

The Narendra Modi government is confident of passing the GST Bill, but the Opposition Congress is hellbent on playing the spoilsport