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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

The pecking order of power

The annual Forbes list of the world's most powerful people is a key benchmark of global clout

Rich Karlgaard: Is America in decline?

The arts and culture arc is a sharp contrast to the period of advancement between 1865 and 1965

Ease of business: India's rank to improve significantly in 2016, says economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das

Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das says India's rise in World Bank rankings is satisfying; target remains to break into the top 50 in three years

India can be a big player in the next generation of the cloud: IBM Cloud's senior VP

IBM Cloud's senior VP Robert LeBlanc says with the second largest pool of programmers in the world, India is its most important market after the United States

Civil aviation policy aims to make flying affordable for the masses

The government's draft civil aviation policy plans to provide concessions to airlines to fuel growth, and make flying affordable for the masses

We will move on the 5/20 rule by end-2015: Ashok Gajapathi Raju

The draft civil aviation policy has the potential to revolutionise Indian skies, says Union Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Most valuable sports brands

Apple's core: The most anticipated business headquarters is getting ready

The most sought-after red wines

Steve Forbes's eight favourite books of 2015

Live long and prosper: How Li Ka-shing became the richest man in Asia

At 87 Li Ka-shing is the richest man in Asia, with a net worth of nearly $35 billion, and one of the most powerful people in the world, but he began life as a penniless war refugee

Top-earning dead celebrities

Thoughts on power

The Mercedes-AMG G 63 is a unique and mad vehicle

How towering horsepower and audacious colours make up inverted snobbery

Stewart and Lynda Resnick: America's nuttiest power couple

Fresh off sapping the water from a Pacific island and flogging pomegranate juice with questionable health claims, Stewart and Lynda Resnick, the billionaire couple behind Fiji Water and POM Wonderful, are profiting off pistachios and almonds with the same combination of marketing genius and opportunistic water grabs amid California's worst drought on record

China's 100 richest

Despite slowing growth, a stock market bubble that burst and a huge state debt, the wealth of China's richest has gone up by 20 percent

Wal-Mart and everyday renewable energy

Wal-Mart, long the bogeyman of the left, is making one of its long-held dreams a reality: Affordable green energy deployed on an industrial scale

Carbon3D: The shape of things to come

Carbon3D is the latest hype-beast in 3D printing, but it has the best chance yet to reinvent manufacturing

Alibaba and the 40,000 thieves

The world's biggest online retailer courses with an unprecedented torrent of counterfeit and sham goods, and neither the big brands, the Chinese government nor US pressure can do much about it. Jack Ma, the most powerful businessman in Asia, can. But shutting down the fakes would undermine his Alibaba empire

Steve Wilson and Laura Lee Brown: The artful lodgers

21c Museum Hotels began as a Kentucky power couple's attempt to save downtown Louisville and became a lesson in building mini-masterpieces for travelers

New Zealand spoils you for choices, but is best explored on foot

Mountaineer twins Tashi and Nungshi Malik give expert advice on trekking in New Zealand, and beyond

Faasos: The integrated food company

By building a model that spans aggregation, delivery and sourcing, Faasos may well have succeeded in striking a balance between scale and sustainability

India up 12 spots in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index

Up 12 spots this year in the World Bank's index of Ease of Doing Business, the country is a tad closer to Prime Minister Modi's promise of entering the top 50

How Anjan Chatterjee is staying ahead of the curve

Anjan Chatterjee, of Mainland China and Oh! Calcutta fame, is trying to stay ahead of the curve by stepping out of his comfort zone. Leading the charge is his son, the disruptor-in-chief

Live events and music fests draw crowds, boost local economy

The music festival ecosystem sustains artistes, audiences and local economies. But can it sustain itself?

Bosch Siemens' made for India washing machines

How a dual brand strategy helped Bosch Siemens make serious inroads into India's washing machine market

Three industry stalwarts share insights on leadership styles

Adi Godrej, Ajay Piramal and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw share their insights on leadership styles, role models and what it means to lead from the front

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