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Building a business from scratch helped my journey, says Marico founder Harsh Mariwala

At ThePrint's OTC, Harsh Mariwala and business guru Professor Ram Charan spoke about their upcoming book 'Harsh Realities: The Making of Marico' and building successful businesses in India.

Stock market as a mirror — how Indian biz has changed in 40 years, and what it’s missing

Of 50 stocks in Nifty 50, 11 are of firms in financial services, 6 in auto, 5 in IT services, 4 in pharma. Manufacturing has poor representation outside auto. Few conglomerate business houses remain.

Why Capital Dumping is not a threat to e-commerce industry

Allegations that global companies are dumping capital into the Indian e-commerce market arises from an inaccurate perception that the e-commerce industry is not capital-intensive.

New book offers a masterclass on how to plan, build, sustain and grow a start-up

Published by Rupa Publications, 'Everything Started as Nothing: How to Win the Start-up Battle' by Bhaskar Majumdar will be launched on 16 March on ThePrint's SoftCover.

India is the next target for global acquisition companies, Nomura says

In India, Nomura expects equal revenue contributions from equity capital markets, mergers, acquisitions & financing. More initial public offerings are also expected this year.

IIM-A survey shows gradual improvement in sales, but profit margins remain low

The Business Inflation Expectations Survey also predicted that expectations on sales will increase to 4.28 per cent by November this year, as against 3.87 per cent in October 2020.

Yogi Adityanath bonds with businesses, Bollywood in Mumbai to attract investment to UP

UP govt statement says improvement in ‘ease of doing business’ in state was appreciated by business leaders. Yogi met several corporate leaders, including those from Tata Sons and L&T.

PM Modi’s pitch to global investors — put your money in India’s urbanisation and mobility

Addresing Bloomberg economy forum, PM Modi says India has added advantages of being a vibrant democracy and huge market with a business-friendly environment.

India’s women entrepreneurs look to survive the pandemic by remodeling their business

Bain & Co., Google, & AWE Foundation surveyed almost 350 women entrepreneurs and found that 54% had already made business shifts & another 24% planned to change by December.

Unemployment world’s top perceived business risk, social instability a concern in India — WEF

WEF report surveyed business leaders from 127 countries to find out the top perceived risks. Unemployment or underemployment found to be biggest concern everywhere.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?