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The economic environment often plays a major role in determining electoral outcomes. Many leaders come to power because of their economic promises, while others lose because they fail to solve economic problems. In 1971, Indira Gandhi quickly figured

When the 2014 elections were fought, there were a number of factors that gave Candidate Modi and the BJP an overwhelming edge. One was the sagging economic record of the incumbent administration, the UPA2 government's inability to suggest any soluti

Q. The biggest challenge in your career A. I have faced many challenges, right from leading aggressive growth to transforming perennially low performing organisations into best in class businesses. Out of those, two were particularly significant. Fir

Rahul Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress, has said if voted to power, his party will introduce a scheme called NYAY that will assure minimum annual income of Rs 72,000 to poorest 20 per cent of India's households. Gandhi's promise mea

1) The Founders Ranjan Kumar, Bharat Singh and Lava Kumar 2) The Idea While running his adtech firm Redcastle, Ranjan realised that brands spend huge sums on marketing campaigns but still measure their effectiveness via question and answer surveys. P

Team BT analyses the key sectors that benchmark the performance of the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Agriculture: Distress Signals By March 31, over 40 million small and marginal farmers would have got Rs 2,000 each in their ban

Naman Mathur, a 22 year old from Mumbai, has been playing games and uploading videos on YouTube since 2016. But the entry of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) has turned out to be a game changer. His channel called Mortal had only 600 subscribers

In 1967, Messrs Ramgopal Indraprasad, which ran two cotton ginning factories besides polishing pulses, went bankrupt. The business had suffered losses and the owner family owed Rs 6 lakh to friends and relatives. The family's eldest son, then 17 yea

I can understand how the limited perspective of an un artificial mind would perceive it that way. You'll get used to it": Samantha taunts Theodore Twombly when he calls her just a computer voice. These are lines from the critically acclaimed 2013 mo

When Chennai based Sreenath TP completed 10 years at an IT MNC last year, the company gave him an HDFC Gift Plus card. "Earlier, we used to get food coupons or other merchandise as gifts," he says. A digital gift card with pre loaded cash is much mor

In Uri: The Surgical Strike movie, actor Paresh Rawal, portraying National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, goes to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for help in identifying terrorist launch pads near PoK. Instead of going f

Not long ago, during the last winter session of the Parliament, Gaurav Gogoi and Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, politicians from the Indian National Congress, had several questions for the Minister of Defence. There was a lot of noise around Make In

India was the second biggest importer of defence items between 2014 and 2018. This despite decades of efforts to make India self reliant in defence. During the NDA regime, many headways were made the Department of Defence Production took initiativ

Will the rise of populist nationalism elsewhere weaken India? The rise of populist nationalism in a country tends to accentuate worries. When these people assume power, a wave of insecurity grips neighbours; it affects anyone who is competing with th

Consider this. I am a loyalty member of Jet Airways, Vistara, Emirates, Etihad, Air India and a few other carriers. I am also a member of the loyalty clubs of Marriott, Hyatt, Taj, ITC, Hilton, Leela and a few more. I am a gold or platinum member of

India's defence sector does not lack projects or avenues but red tape and inefficient processes coupled with delayed decision making have meant that India lags on multiple fronts. The Balakot airstrike renewed the focus on criticism that India's arse

India is working hard to change the pattern of its weapon procurement. The short term objective could be a diversified base of foreign suppliers which would reduce the country's overdependence on Russia and open up the market further to Western count

The very idea of a robot conducting a job interview would unnerve most people. Of course, it is becoming commonplace for robots like Sophie and Pepper to be interviewed by humans, but one rarely finds a robo interviewer shooting job related questions

With the summer heat creeping in, ceiling fans are bound to be in great demand. But in this age of smart devices, one looks forward to premium hardware which offers optimum comfort in sync with a room's temperature and airflow and an easy way to oper

Economic liberalisation, globalisation and Information Technology (IT) are intertwined in our minds as all three took place simultaneously in India in the early 1990s, doing away with the infamous Licence Raj that used to control the country's econom

In March 2018, the french naval Group, the erstwhile DCNS, the manufacturer of Scorpene submarines, grabbed headlines by seeking approval for 100 per cent foreign direct investment, or FDI, to manufacture Air Independent Propulsion, or AIP, systems,

Too many Indians are stuck in bad jobs with poor pay. Although India's economy is growing at more than 7 per cent a year, jobs are not keeping up with that pace. Goutam Das, a business journalist, has not minced words in his first book that explores

Smartphones have become exciting again. At least the folding ones, ever since Samsung and Huawei unveiled their latest creations, giving rise to speculation that a folding iPhone is bound to happen by 2020. Motorola is gearing up to launch its device

Ego wars at workplaces, especially between Boomers (Gen X also falls under this broad category) and Millennials (Gen Y), are nothing new. But in a fast paced world where skills get obsolete in a blink, it is becoming difficult to strike the right bal

Aman Goes to Kyoto After launching its first two Japanese resorts in Tokyo and the island of Honshu, the Aman group is set to come out with its third property in the magical city of Kyoto in November this year. Located in a secret garden of sorts, ri

Team BT analyses the key sectors that benchmark the performance of the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi: Agriculture: Distress Signals By March 31, over 40 million small and marginal farmers would have got Rs 2,000 each in their ban

It cools, heats and cleans the air. As the name suggests, the latest air treatment device from the UK based company is a multipurpose marvel that keeps the quality and temperature of indoor air at an optimal level all the year round, be it summer or