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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

How GDPR affects Indian companies with business interests in EU

Companies in India with business interests in the EU will have to comply with European Union's General Data Protection Regulation

The irony of cheap flights

Four airlines in India are among the world's cheapest, but the country's global passenger traffic is dominated by foreign carriers

Daniel Ek: Setting Spotify's rhythm

Spotify may be public now, but co-founder Daniel Ek has no plans to let anyone else set the company's rhythm

FIFA 2018: These teams are the most 'Cup-worthy', finds UBS study

Wall Street's richest

The top 25 hedge funders of 2017

Fever pitch

France's big pivot

Take a centrist president with a mandate and a private sector background, mix in the country's top tech billionaire with the world's best incubator, and the potential is tantalising: Can they transform Europe's perennial economic underperformer into a tax-cutting, job-creating entrepreneurial hotbed?

Samina Vaziralli: Cipla's guiding force

Under Vaziralli's guidance, Indian drug major Cipla gets a shot in the arm from US acquisitions

Miki Ito: On a mission

Space is less a final frontier these days than a final garbage dump. Japan's Miki Ito has a plan to scrub space clean of junk

The Emergent 25: Asia's star businesswomen

Forbes Asia's list of women making their recent mark in regional enterprises

Getting ABC classifications right

More involved than you think

ShareChat: The no-English social network

Given the dearth of vernacular content on the internet, ShareChat is trying to become India's answer to Facebook and Twitter

Saama Capital: Not swayed by seasonal flavours

The VC fund has enjoyed a successful ride by backing companies that have the potential to deliver returns

Aten Porus: Tackling pharma's rare challenges

Those afflicted by orphan diseases are rare; companies looking for orphan drugs are rarer still. Among them is Aten Porus that has found early success in this uncharted region of medical science

Droom: Stepping on the gas

Droom, an online marketplace for used and new vehicles, is the first to attract investments from Toyota in India

Vanity affair: Men's grooming is serious business

As the young, urban male shells out generously on grooming, startups dealing in men's cosmetics are mushrooming fast and coming up with specialised products

Does the market need your startup?

Among other stories, our latest issue focuses on startup ventures that are solving a large enough problem that calls for a scalable solution

India is super important to us: OnePlus CEO

Pete Lau speaks to Forbes India about making Bengaluru the company's second global headquarters

OnePlus: Eyeing India as its 'home' market

OnePlus almost overlooked the Indian market initially. Having corrected its misstep, the Chinese company now gets the maximum share of revenue from the country

Smartphone fight goes premium

Vivo and Xiaomi look to gatecrash into the luxe bastion of Apple, Samsung and OnePlus

Reclaiming glory: Nokia reloaded

Finnish handset maker Nokia is making a bold comeback in its new avatar, but can it relive its glory days?

Indians have gotten used to buying art online: Saffronart CEO

Co-founder Dinesh Vazirani talks about running India's first online art auction house in the age of internet and smartphones

Luxury is a matter of personal pleasure: Filippo Ricci

The creative director of luxury brand Stefano Ricci on extending their range from menswear into lifestyle, and why they will not pursue Gen Z

Budapest: A city that straddles the old and new

A day in Budapest, a city of two halves, is a stroll both through past and present

The swipe network: A busy digital payments landscape

Simple mobile point-of-sale machines have morphed into full-fledged payment platforms with value-added services

Rain check: A quick primer on the monsoon

Raindrops aren't really shaped like drops and other such details as the Southwest monsoon brings relief from soaring temperatures

Dramatic couch and princely pens

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious that money can buy

Thoughts on startups