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What the Indian Industry wants from the New Year-

Q1. What is the one thing that you wish for the benefit of your industry segment? With the economy turning around for the the good and the exceptional opportunities that 2014 created, the next year will see an increasing demand for talent. To fuel this demand, the nation needs people with the right business sense.    Developing …

It’s party time folks – Shayantani Sharma

As the year quietly meanders towards its end, many in corporate cubicles and coffee stations are bracing up for the days ahead. The days ahead and the inevitable high water-mark, the annual office party. Now consider the ebbs of the year – the recessionary gale that ripped through the horizon, the litter that is caused …

Glowing New Year After Stress Busting Holiday

Come December, and people start making plans for vacation to welcome New Year with a bang and let go of all the stress that kept piling up over the past months. But if after effects of vacation like tanning and dull looks bother you, then stop worrying as cosmetic procedures can deal with those, writes …

More women than men affected by chronic migraine

People with migraine often accept the recurrent pain as a way of life. But, with medication, improvement in lifestyles and options like OnaBotulinum toxin type A, migraine can be controlled, writes Dr Atul Prasad, Senior Consultant & Director, Dept. of Neurology, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi.   Rehana, 30, an editor at a publishing …

Indian Real Estate 2014 Wrap-Up & Crystal-Gazing Into 2015

Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India   The year 2014 has been quite fruitful for the real estate sector in terms of business sentiment, although the real effect of many of the policies and amendments announced in 2014 will take effect only in 2015. Starting from Union Budget FY2014-15, where affordable housing was …

India needs to change track in its climate policy: Dr. Tobias Engelmeier Founder and Director, BRIDGE TO INDIA

India is in a delicate position. On the one hand, it is already the world’s fourth largest emitter. On the other, its per capita emissions are still amongst the lowest in the world. (China’s, by comparison, have already caught up with Europe’s.) There is, unfortunately, still a strong correlation between emissions, energy use and economic …

The Business Of Affordable Housing: A Comeback Story

Sachin Agarwal, CMD – Maple Shelters   The definition of affordable means different for different people depending on the socio-economic class, income levels etc. In India, the term applies most pertinently to housing created for the EWS (Economically Weaker Section) of society so that they, like the middle class, can also benefit from the financial …

Asian business sentiment rebounds in Q4 with India most optimistic

Reuters By Tommy Wilkes   Business sentiment among Asia’s top companies rebounded in the fourth quarter to the second-highest level in almost three years, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed, helped by a stronger U.S. economy and a plunge in oil prices. The Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian Business Sentiment Index increased to 72 in the fourth quarter …