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Liquidity, labour and logistics are the key challenges: JSW Steel's Rao

Ensuring return of labour as important as sending them back home, says Seshagiri Rao

Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate will ride out the crisis: CEO Gopalakrishnan

We hope to achieve 70% of sales capacity in 6 months, says Venkatesh Gopalakrishnan, chief executive at Shapoorji Pallonji Real Estate

Cement being bought mostly in villages, tier-II cities: Shree Cement MD

H M Bangur expects demand to return once Covid-19 cases subside and the stimulus package ensures a robust supply side

Better off than most competitors during Covid crisis: Jindal Aluminium MD

In a Q&A, Pragun Jindal Khaitan says his firm has a well-diversified product mix, so if there is a loss in demand in one sector, it makes up by pushing innovation and new products in another

Covid exposes 73 yrs of under-investment in Indian healthcare: Bali of AHH

In a Q&A, Vishal Bali, Chairman, Asia Healthcare Holdings says lockdown has reduced occupancy in private institutions from a pre-Covid 75% level to 45%, translating into a revenue drop of 50-70%

Cyclone to Covid: SEEDS co-founders explain how India can fight disasters

Gupta and Sharma talk to Geetanjali Krishna about why India is always in the midst of some disaster or the other and how people could build resilience

It will be a long road to recovery from Covid-19: Axis Bank chief

In a Q&A, the lender's MD & CEO, Amitabh Chaudhry, also dwells on the stimulus package announced by the government, and risk aversion by banks

No layoffs, but will take steps to cut costs, says L&T Infotech's Jalona

We are not looking at any layoffs at present, but we are looking at all ways and means to protect profits and save money to minimise the revenue impact, say Jalona

Covid-19 won't impact us, examining if we need pay cuts: JSW Energy CEO

The privatisation of distribution in Union Territories is a positive move by the government, says Prashant Jain, joint MD & CEO of JSW Energy

Nestle India's business loss could be more than 30%, says MD Narayanan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for swadeshi was misinterpreted by some. We are here for 108 years. We have 7,200 Indian employees. We work with over 100,000 Indian farmers, says Nestle India CMD

Creating start-up culture to look beyond trucks: Daimler India MD&CEO

Satyakam Arya said that the commercial vehicle segment took the worst hit during the automobile slowdown in India

Hike GST, but allow input tax credit for QSRs that employ many: Amit Jatia

In a Q&A, Vice-Chairman of Westlife Development which operates McDonald's in West and South India, says his outfit has neither laid off any of its 10,000 employees not cut their pay

As harvest season starts, credit demand will resume: Bandhan Bank chief

In a Q&A, C S Ghosh, the lender's MD & CEO says he does not foresee major asset quality deterioration once economic activity resumes

Insurers need to introduce bite-size products: HDFC Life CEO Vibha Padalkar

Coronavirus pandemic will bring a 'paradigm shift in how people view insurance in India', says Vibha Padalkar in an interview.

Orders restricted to a fraction amid lockdown, no magic moment: Nykaa CEO

CEO Falguni Nayar says in an interview to Viveat Susan Pinto that consumers continue to focus on essentials

Won't cut flat price after lockdown is lifted: Godrej Properties MD

In a Q&A, Mohit Malhotra says his firm used technology to boost sales during lockdown and explains how consolidation in the industry will help the company once the curbs are lifted

Revive, thrive, go forward: How Nakul Anand sees hotels after Covid-19

Over grilled chicken and greens, Anand talks to Pavan Lall about the changes taking place in the world of hospitality due to Covid-19, and the career lessons he took away from his days as a DJ

We are expecting a vibrant crop production this year: Nabard chief Bhanwala

Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman, Nabard, in a telephonic interview with Namrata Acharya shares his insights about the present state of agriculture and other rural sectors

Expect slippages to rise to 9% post lockdown: YES Bank's Prashant Kumar

The plan to raise up to Rs 15,000 crore is very much on. We have identified six merchant bankers for the process and are waiting for the Q4 results to be out, YES Bank's MD said

After Covid-19, clients will look at WFH issues: HCL Tech's C Vijayakumar

C Vijayakumar, president and chief executive officer of HCL Tech, tells Neha Alawadhi that though demand has fallen in some sectors, others continue to be strong.