First Principles
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Tech tools to teach children
Vineet and Anupama Nayar are betting $100 million that their low-tech tools will get students to learn in India's notoriously ineffective rural schools
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Rajya Sabha passes GST Bill: How it will impact various sectors
Implementation of GST will affect various sectors differently. Grant Thornton offers a quick look at how some of them will fare once the new tax regime comes into effect
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Nation Watching with Ruchir Sharma
The head of emerging markets and chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management talks about his latest book, and why nuance is essential to evaluating a country
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Industry must gear up for GST era
Industry sectors are waiting to see when and how GST is implemented, but they should be doing their own share of preparations as well
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India Inc is bullish on GST
India Inc is optimistic about the impending bill which is expected to be the country's most vibrant tax reform
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Traditional Indian companies yet to warm up to platform models of business
Sangeet Paul Choudary, founder and CEO of Platform Thinking Labs, says the platform model is an opportunity the networked world has presented. But traditional Indian companies are yet to warm up to it
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We want to position Hyundai as a modern premium brand: Young Key Koo
Young Key Koo, MD and CEO of Hyundai Motor India Ltd, says the country is a key market for the carmaker and that its focus will now be on creativity and innovation
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The clean and green strategy
Lower tariffs, enabling policies and investor interest have given a fillip to India's renewable energy sector. Here's a snapshot of where it stands
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Focus is shifting dramatically towards solar power, says ReNew Power's Sumant Sinha
Renew Power's CEO Sumant Sinha says increasing competition and aggressive bidding in the sector have brought down tariffs drastically
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Achieving clean energy targets won't be a walk in the park
India has now created an entrepreneurial ecosystem around renewable energy generation. But while government authorities have set lofty targets to explore the potential, will nagging bugbears get the better of them?
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There is no market more important than India: SAP AG CEO
Bill McDermott, CEO and executive board member of software services firm SAP AG, says companies that capture Asia will be the ones to run the world