‘The book has immense value because it reveals the inner workings of the think-tank which appears to provide facts and insights to Modi, though he himself takes the final decisions and articulates them in his characteristic rhetorical style,’ says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Barack Obama at their eighth meeting, this time in Read More

Amid the raging feud in Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family, Samajwadi Party leader Ramgopal Yadav on Thursday said the leadership had committed a “mistake” by removing Akhilesh Yadav as party’s UP president and that “differences” had arisen due to some “misunderstanding”. Ramgopal, SP national general secretary and Mulayam’s cousin, met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow in a bid Read More

On Tuesday, Toyota Kirloskar, Karnataka’s largest investor in the auto sector, was to showcase to the world “the new Etios” – the sedan designed and built for India. But, it could not do a public bash due to the fallout of the violence a day before, which saw 200 vehicles get damaged and one person die in police firing. Toyota’s Read More

As the government pushes to provide governance through mobile phones, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has mandated smartphone manufacturers to ensure all devices support Hindi and at least one local language. Already, there have been two rounds of discussions on the matter between the ministry and handset makers. One more round of discussion is planned soon as Read More

Right from his days in college, Kapil Shelke dreamt of building the world’s fastest electric motorcycle. Armed with a rudimentary knowledge of electric motors, circuits and batteries from tinkering with remote control cars as a child, he set out to achieve this dream. Today, Shelke has his eyes set on a different prize – building an electric motorcycle that Indians would love Read More

According to a report published in The Economic Times, on Monday, Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali is now keen to launch swadeshi jeans, which will be ‘Indianised in style, design and fabric’. Acharya Balakrishna, CEO of Patanjali products, told ET, Patanjali jeans for women will be loose so that they comply by Indian cultural norms and also comfortable to wear. Ramdev at Read More

With the sale of smartphones failing to reach the desired level in the first half of this year, handset makers are banking on the coming festive season to gain traction. According to sector estimates, about 70 new smartphones could be launched in the festive season, which begins end-September and goes on till the end of the year. Of these, 50 Read More

Carmakers have launched more than a dozen vehicles in the past year but not everyone has been able to get the pricing right. Pricing strategy is becoming trickier as the market gets crowded with more car models. The first major pricing error was made by market leader Maruti Suzuki when it launched its first crossover the S Cross last August. Read More

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi made significant gains in a couple of real estate transactions between 2005 and 2010. The member of Parliament purchased two shops in MGF Metropolitan mall in Delhi’s Saket area during the tenure of the first United Progressive Alliance government and sold it during the term of UPA-II at thrice the cost price, records reviewed by Business Read More

Maruti Ignis is the next micro SUV. This will be smaller than the Vitara Brezza and will be the entry-level car to the Nexa Range. Maruti had showcased it at the 2016 Auto Expo. This will open up an entirely new segment that will help the company to enhance its sales. Here is a detailed preview of this new compact Read More