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Piaggio is much more than Vespa: MD Diego Graffi
Almost a decade after rolling out Vespa in its solo avatar, Europe's biggest two-wheeler maker is content with its premium play in India. Piaggio's chairman and managing director talks about the Italian brand's strategy, electric plans, and what it takes for any foreign brand to succeed in India
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Why Forbes India is doing a South celebrity special
This fortnight's three-cover celeb special is as much a celebration of the stars that glitter on Southern screens as it is a salutation of the OTT trend that has gripped much of India.
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Money, beyond a point, doesn't interest me: Harsh Mariwala
Harsh Mariwala, chairman of Marico, opens up about learning from the members of his big Kutchi joint family, his travelling habits, standing up to HUL, and gaining more than one thousand followers on Instagram
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Our top reads of the week
From everything you need to know about the 2021 Forbes India Rich List to how India Inc is powering the next Olympic champs and what more it needs to do, and more, here are our best reads of the week
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The future farmers of France are tech savvy, and want weekends off
France is the European Union's main breadbasket, accounting for one-fifth of all agricultural output in the 27-country bloc. Yet half of its farmers are over 50 and set to retire in the coming decade, leaving nearly 160,000 farms up for grabs
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Bitcoin preaches financial liberty. A strongman is testing that promise
In June, El Salvador's 40-year-old, populist president, Nayib Bukele, announced that he would make bitcoin the national currency, on a par with the current legal tender, the US dollar
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Finally, Air India returns home to the Tata group after 68 years
Tata group wins bid for the national carrier. The government expects the transaction to be completed by December 2021
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Air India goes home to Tata: Rs 18,000 crore, 120+ planes, 7000+ airport slots
Air India is slated to be back at the Tata Group nearly 7 decades after it was nationalised and Tata Airlines became Air India. The government confirms that the Tatas won the bid at Rs 18,000 crore. After Vistara and Air Asia, this will be the third airline in Tata's kitty. Losses, debt, but also a large fleet and thousands of airport slots, here's what Air India brings to the table
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Forbes India Rich List 2021: 6 new billionaires, 5 make a comeback, 11 dropout
Here's a look at the Newcomers, Returnees, and Dropouts from India Rich List 2021
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China's power crunch exposes tensions ahead of UN climate summit
China burns more fossil fuels than any other nation, making it the planet's top source of the greenhouse gases that are warming the earth and its voracious appetite for electricity is only growing
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A global deal aimed at ending tax havens gains momentum
The framework includes a global minimum tax of 15% that each country would adopt, and new rules that would force technology giants like Amazon and Facebook and other big global businesses to pay taxes in countries where their goods or services are sold, even if they have no physical presence there