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Sachin Bansal &amp; Binny Bansal, Flipkart

Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal, Flipkart

Mukesh Ambani continues to top the Forbes India rich list

Billion-dollar debut by Flipkart's Bansals

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Shekhar Gupta's column, 'National Interest' is always readable

Letters: Misjudged importance

Business Standard analyses one family's finances and suggests a way forward

Case study

With reference to the column, "An unusual traveller" (Sept 26), in the fifth paragraph, Shekhar Gupta, says: "He (Modi) may not have the moral stature of Nehru or Indira....

Letters: Surprising inference

With reference to report, "PMO not okayed Najib Shah for CBEC chief, yet" (Sept 24), uncertainty over Najib Shah's appointment as chairman of CBEC, is unprecedented in history of organisation

Letters: Stop procrastinating

My parents are senior citizens. All their savings bank accounts and FDs are in their joint names. There is no nominee. Can I add my name as a nominee even if I don't have an account in their bank? Yes, your names can be added as nominee to the account even if you do not have an account there. No additional documents are required.I paid the premium for two insurance policies through NEFT. One transaction failed but my account still showed three debits. My bank said the failed transaction would be reversed in two working days. It has not happened. What should I do?In the case of failed transactions, the amount is usually credited back to a customer's account within 48-72 hours. If there has been a delay in reversing the amount, you should approach your bank. If you don't get it resolved at the first attempt, refer to your bank's website on how to escalate your complaint to higher authorities.I'm a retired senior citizen and most of my savings are in bank FDs. I have to pay tax on interes

Mutual Fund: Jairam Sridharan

Ravi Venkatesan

Interview with Chairman of Social Venture Partners & partner at Unitus Seed Fund

Returns will take longer: Ravi Venkatesan

Lessons other world leaders will find useful

Pope Francis

(From left) Mohanakrishnan P, Sandip Sen,Keshav Murugesh and Mohit Thukral at the Business Standard round table at the Nasscom BPM Strategy Summit in Bengaluru

At the roundtable with Business Standard, leaders representing large business process management (BPM) services providers talk about what has really has changed from the earlier period till now, which makes this space so exciting. They also talk about how the sector is repositioning itself, not only in branding but also offering more value-added services, while keeping the capital expenditure low. This edited excerpt captures some of those discussions:Good time to refocus on India marketSandip Sen, Global CEO, Aegis: I think significant change has happened and lots of those have been very positive. The first is, of course, related to the whole digital commerce or e-commerce businesses of the Flipkarts and Snapdeals of the world. Flipkart, if I can remember those days, used to say they want to do Rs 100 crore a year. Now, they are trying to do $1 billion in only four days around Diwali, which is around Rs 6,000 crore. In the end, what is really going to differentiate these companies is

BS Roundtable: 'It's an exciting time to be in the BPO business'

CVoter forecasts edge for BJP alliance in Bihar

CVoter India released round two of its opinion poll for the coming Bihar polls on Thursday

He could be one of the best post-War US presidents yet

Mr Obama's legacy

Auto industry must address growing safety concerns

A wake-up call

The outcome of the Bihar Assembly elections will depend not on the performance of individual parties, but on certain negative factors

Letters: The X factor

With reference to the thought-provoking editorial, "A welcome withdrawal" (September 23), the question that arises is who created this mindless draft

Letters: Ill-intended proposal

Apropos the well-timed editorial "Transmission loss" (Sept 24), an unusual and prolonged beating-about the-bush is happening in media over much-anticipated rate cut

Letters: Let Rajan do his job

Uninor, now rebranded Telenor, is the only telecom operator in India that has been offering compensation for call drops to its mobile users for local Telenor-to-Telenor

Compensation issues

The Gujjar agitation of 2007 in Rajasthan had led to then Vasundhara Raje-led govt bringing a single Bill, providing for additional quotas in jobs and educational institutions

A tale of two Bills

Supreme Court lawyers are energetic about moving applications to expedite the hearing of their years-old cases

Law and order problem

Mahesh Sharma, minister of state for culture, tourism and civil aviation, has been in a belligerent mood after his controversial remarks on women, culture and religion were reported by the media

Flight path

When Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi suddenly left for foreign shores on Tuesday in the midst of the Bihar Assembly poll slugfest, eyebrows were raised, with the Bharatiya Janata Party rank and file, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises minister Giriraj Singh, taking a dig at the Congress scion. Gandhi's last sabbatical of 56 days was severely criticised. This time, the Congress communications department was compelled to clarify that Gandhi would be attending a conference, 'Weekend with Charlie Rose', in Aspen, Colorado, along with eminent leaders "to deliberate on ideas and innovations". Rose is a celebrated journalist and co-host of CBS This Morning. The venue for the conference is a picturesque ski resort town and popular year-round destination in Colarado's Rocky Mountains.

Not another holiday

As the day's proceedings were about to begin in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday, some Left Front legislators walked into the House brandishing toy pistols and shouting slogans against the ruling TMC

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