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What Made Global Players To Exit Wealth Management Biz In India?

A mix of regulatory as well as cultural factors has forced large global players to exit from the wealth management business in India

Welcome To India

It’s a false binary to pit foreign banks against home grown banks

Critical To Ramp Up Factory Output

Contraction in manufacturing data coupled with falling investment numbers pose stiff challenges to the health of Indian economy.

Jet Airways Gets Set To Fix Its Business

Facing a cash crunch and having posted losses for the second successive quarter, Jet Airways is now aiming for a turnaround. 

The Great Indian Retail Saga

While retailing is all set to boom to more than a $1 trillion industry by 2020 backed by e-tail and omnichannel formats, there will be many winners and some losers.

IAF Synergising The ISR Process

In an exclusive interaction, BW’s Manish Kumar Jha speaks with Chief of Air Staff B.S. Dhanoa over the critical acquisition of 114 multi-role fighter jets, next generation upgrade in ISR and leveraging IT into the defence, among other things.

Amit Burman Seeks To Reinvent Dabur By Going Rural

Dabur under Amit Burman is betting on deeper rural penetration, product innovation and a focus on naturals and ayurveda to power its next leg of growth

Betting Big On India

India’s sheer scale and geography have for decades attracted countries such as Japan and Korea to boost trade and nurture business relations. China too has plans to follow suit

An Arab Tightrope For India

THE BLOCKADE OF Qatar by a group of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia puts India in a piquant situation.

Smoking Out Its FMCG Ounterparts

Is ITC’s ambition of achieving Rs 1 lakh crore turnover by 2030 in the FMCG business a realistic target?

Turnaround Or Propaganda?

Haters will hate. But the truth is, the Indian economy under Modi’s regime isn’t flagging. In fact, numbers suggest the opposite, putting the era of economic paralysis and stagnation behind us.

Giving Them Wings To Fly

Global defence contractors and local manufacturers are enthused by the business opportunities provided by the Make in India campaign. The enthusiasm has begun to translate into making India a hub for defence manufacturing.

Chance to Join the Big Party

A massive opportunity stares at startups in the defence sector and the right kind of support from the government and private investors could give them the impetus they need.

Progress That Comes With Failures

IT IS A WELL-KNOWN MAXIM that 90 per cent of all startups fail. Failure is important because it is at the heart of entrepreneurial success. Thomas Edison, who failed a thousand times at inventing the light bulb before succeeding, said “I didn’t fail a thousand times. The light bulb was an invention with a thousand steps.”

The Culture Drives The Organisation

ALL SUCCESSFUL organisations have as their foundation a robust culture that hinges on values, beliefs, assumptions, customs, traditions and tenets.

China's Charm Offensive

THE DALAI LAMA, now 84, speaks little but when he does, policymakers on both sides of the McMahon line that separates India and China listen.

A Repackaged Delivery

Cosmo Films is increasing its value-added product offerings to ride out the storm in the poly films business.

Expectations From Modi Regime Have Increased

In popular perception, as also in BW Businessworld surveys, Nitin Gadkari is rated as the most efficient and effective minister in the Narendra Modi cabinet. In a free-wheeling conversation with BW’s Suman K. Jha, the Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation talks about the government’s priorities as well as other pressing issues. Excerpts:

At Nature's Mercy

Flood waters may have begun to recede in Kerala, but 11 states and 15 cities are in danger of Kerala-life floods. BW Businessworld takes stock of the national preparedness for such disasters.

Partners On The Ground

Opening up several airports to private ground handlers via competitive bidding will mark the next growth story for the civil aviation market.

The Clash Of Handset Titans

The gloves are off. The time is ripe. The top-selling handset makers are battling it out to reach the No. 1 slot in India’s smartphone market.

‘Aiming For Mechanised Solutions Rather Than Just Selling Tractors'

Nikhil Nanda today heads the engineering company his paternal grandfather Har Prasad Nanda founded in 1948. But Chairman and Managing Director Nanda that his children would have to earn their place in the organisation. He tells BW Businessworlds Avishek Banerjee that Escorts is going through a phase of re-invention, its aim being to provide mechanised solutions for agriculture rather than simply push sales volumes of its tractors. Edited excerpts:

Living In Grandeur

The taste and preferences oftodays luxury homebuyers have metamorphosed into a judicious mix of customisation, elegant esthetics, and world-classamenities.

Warren Buffett Feasts On India

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY is known for being a conservative but canny investor.

Fit For Maharajas

With most international airlines making their First Class cabins and service as luxurious as possible, todays elite Indian can travel like a .maharaja

Unique, Exotic, Bespoke

Across far corners of the globe, KISHORE IYENGAR AND SMITA IYENGAR live up the ultimate lifestyles at stunning super boutique luxury resorts and getaways.

When Performance Triumps

Apples 'S' lineup of its flagship iPhones may well recycle the design of the year prior, but each S model has pushed the iPhone forward in a meaningful manner, even if its just been some serious under-the-hood improvements. And so it is with the new iPhones, the XS and the XS Max both phones are unquestionably the best, most powerful phones Apple has ever made and also its priciest.

The Disruptors Ruling The Road

India’s automobile industry will not only see a slew of globally accepted standards being enforced, but also witness a whole host of new launches

Strong Demand To Drive Growth

In 2019, the real estate sector is expected to grow across all its sub-sectors—residential, commercial, affordable, and warehousing

The Green Fist

The farmer will be on centre stage in 2019, as promises shower on the largest vote bank, but what is he likely to get in the end?