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The next online tonic: E-majors, corporate giants eye e-pharmacy business

Amazon, Reliance recently announced their foray into e-pharma sector

Tariff hike to depend on largest telco: Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal

Says 5G pricing must encourage investment in networks

Covid pandemic makes wholesale business do the unthinkable. Go online

The pandemic has accelerated the shift that blurs the difference between B2B and B2C

Relief & uncertainties for hospitality sector: A reality check amid Covid

Business Standard's Nivedita Mookerji does a reality check from Ground Zero. Listen to this podcast

TRP scam an open secret, but industry seems disinclined to address problem

At stake is the Rs 78,800-crore TV industry revenue (subscription and advertising put together), as estimated by EY as of 2019

With launch of its mini app store, Paytm rides the Atmanirbhar bandwagon

Paytm recently launched an indigenous mini app store to rival global majors such as Google and Apple

A turning point: Apple's online debut in India a big step towards retail

The online launch is meant to be a precursor to India's first physical store coming up next year

Tata Group's all-in-one 'super app' ambitions face multiple challenges

The group plans to launch an umbrella portal in December, but there are major challenges in its ability to compete with RIL, Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart

Pen, paper & plainspeak: Akhil Gupta on his debut book, WFH, Covid-hit biz

In a free-wheeling conversation with Nivedita Mookerji, Gupta talks about his debut book, WFH, pandemic-hit businesses - and Jio

The curious case of Jack Ma's India plans

Mr Ma, who has now stepped down as the executive chairman of Alibaba, told Mr Modi, 'We are excited about India. We are excited about Make in India and Digital India'

Walmart's reverse merger with Flipkart may bulk up valuations ahead of IPO

The reverse merger may bulk up valuations ahead of an IPO in two years, but questions about the performance of the wholesale business remain

Much ado about nothing

Instead of mandating e-commerce firms to declare the country of origin of products they hawk, the effort should be to help them bounce back

Coronil is no kadha: Patanjali's Covid-19 drug must go through scrutiny

Baba Ramdev's creations to fight Covid must go through the rigours of scientific verification and clinical trials before being sold in the market

I've to be careful, am answerable to Parliament: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Nirmala Sitharaman tells Indivjal Dhasmana & Nivedita Mookerji that the government has made sure that mistakes committed during 2008-2013 are not repeated while announcing the Rs 20-trillion package.

Door open for stimulus 6.0; govt with industry: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Calling her stint as FM during the pandemic "the most challenging assignment yet", Sitharaman said she was not upset with the criticism that the recent stimulus package was too little

What really is essential?

To make iron-fisted distinctions between essential and non-essential products is poor policy making

PM Modi to make it official today: Lockdown will stay with caveats

But, even if lockdown restrictions are eased, labour remains the biggest challenge for both agriculture and industry.

Health emergency of a lifetime

The ministries may not have opted to work from home yet but that doesn't mean the government sees COVID-19 as a passing threat

Book review: B K Syngal's riveting memoir of a tumultuous era in telecom

Brijendra K Syngal, who is approaching the ninth decade of his life, reminds you that telecom policy was just as tumultuous years ago as it is now.

Genpact CEO Tyagarajan explains how he came to be known as 'Tiger'

Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji why the coronavirus outbreak is a wake-up call for people across the world