The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday ruled in favour of net neutrality and struck down differential pricing. This means that TRAI barred companies from charging or offering data traffic on discriminatory basis. This especially comes at a major blow to Facebook’s Free Basics and Airtel Zero that plans to offer free internet to users to access certain sites. Here are some interesting facts about TRAI’s ruling in […]

Not everyone has what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Some are waiting for perfect timing. Others have a need for security. But the most common reason is the wrong mindset. If you want to step out you’ll have to conquer all of the above. Entrepreneurship is neither simple nor easy, but for you it may be necessary to your sanity. Here are 5 ways to know you are ready […]

With the launch of ‘Start Up India, Stand Up India’ initiative this weekend, many would-be entrepreneurs who were earlier waiting in the wings will be more willing to take the entrepreneurial leap and start their own ventures. But even the most experienced professionals will agree that entrepreneurship is a tricky choice to make. On one hand there are so many things that you have to do to achieve success and […]

Most of us woke up with a pleasant notification from what’sApp a couple of days back. There will be no fees attached to using the service anymore. From US to Australia, from the Scandinavian nations to distant South Africa, users cheered this latest what’sApp notification with equal euphoria. But the interesting element in this whole story is not that users can get free access to what’sApp but the commercial implications […]

India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi kicked off the ambitious Startup India Initiative on Saturday. This program has a fund allocation of $1.5 billion or close to Rs 2000 crore and aims to fill the gaps in the economy and provide an impetus to overall development and job creation within the existing construct. Given the rising number of successful entrepreneurs across the country, India is quite on its way towards […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled a slew of incentives to boost start-up businesses, offering them a tax holiday and inspector raj-free regime for three years, capital gains tax exemption and Rs 10,000 crore corpus to fund them. He also announced a self-certification scheme in respect of nine labour and environment laws and said there will be no inspection during the first three years of launch of the venture. […]

He alone gets the credit for reviving consumer interest in Ayurveda. People, with justification, prefer natural stuff over synthetic. And this is the sweet spot Mr Ramdev has managed to touch.says Bhupesh Bhandari. I am reasonably sure that this will be an eventful year for those who follow the corporate sector. The biggest telecom battle of all times will be fought during the course of the year. Reliance Jio will […]

As we draw curtains on 2015, it is almost the dawn of worrying times for the Indian Pharmaceutical sector. It is raining warning letters for many India-based pharma companies. The latest to be hit is one of the most major pharma players in the country, Cadila Healthcare. The company saw a double digit slump in the stock market after the US Food and Drug Administration received warning letters for two […]

The headquarters of Paytm, India’s largest mobile payment and commerce platform, is located in Noida, but the lifeblood of the company is far, far away. No, it’s not in China where internet giant Alibaba, Paytm’s single largest investor, is based. Alibaba has no doubt been the springboard to Paytm’s rapid growth — the number of users of its app has risen 5 times to 125 million in just 12 months […]

So you know you want to go the route of the entrepreneur, blaze a trail and help people along the way. But how? You’ve heard the often quoted stat that 90% of all new businesses fail within the first five years. But what causes these failures? If you know what to expect then you can plan how to steer clear. Here are four reasons entrepreneurs fail and how to avoid […]