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How Kalli Purie is getting India Today group ready for the future

Purie talks to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar about the transformation of the India Today Group into one of the largest digital publishers in India

Auto slowdown has no decipherable impact on Vedanta's performance: CEO

While reducing the cost of production to $1500 per tonne is our mid-term vision, we have given a guidance of $1725 to $1775 per tonne for the current fiscal

Demonstrate value to net the consumer: Avery Dennison's Pankaj Bhardwaj

Consumers adopting technology thanks to smartphone penetration and the government's push for a digitised economy are creating many opportunities

Fossil fuel plants are here to stay, says GE Power's Prashant Jain

The power sector is going through a disruption though the future is clear 10 years from now, says Jain

We have not seen any big impact of slowdown on anything: Flipkart Group CEO

The number of brands and merchants and ecosystem players, who are participating in the festival season this year, has gone up several times, says Kalyan Krishnamurthy

Indian startups can lead way in privacy-focused networks: Omidyar India MD

In the next couple of months, we're going to start a whole series of what we are calling privacy clinics for start-ups, where the start-ups will come and attend, she said

A champion for the rag trade

Shahi Exports MD, Harish Ahuja tells Business Standard the government needs a free trade agreement with Europe fast to ensure a level-playing field with Bangladesh and Vietnam

Worst-case scenario is a 0.5% fiscal slippage: Ashima Goyal on tax cut

If towards the end of the year, government finds that the deficit is rising, then they may cut expenditure, Goyal said

In 2 years, Amazon Prime's viewing hours have grown 10 times: VP Jay Marine

According to Media Partners Asia, it is now the seventh-largest online video player in the Asia-Pacific region, just after Netflix

'Recorded music market in India should be based on free market practices'

'As time goes by, we will see more investments happening', said Fernandes

Flying high, feet on the ground: Aditya Ghosh on checking in with Oyo

'I wanted to work for a company that has a big presence in India', said Aditya Ghosh

Design, craftsmanship two brand pillars of Zoya: Titan's C K Venkatraman

Zoya is our luxury brand, renowned for its precision craftsmanship and distinguished design, says Venkatraman

Auto sector to start picking up only in FY21: Daimler India's Satyakam Arya

Instead of crying about it, we should look at things which can build foundations for futures and cost structures, which DICV is doing, says CEO Arya

It's important to reinvent yourself every decade: Marico founder Mariwala

Marico has evolved from a two-product company into a diversified consumer goods player

All major economies are experiencing a slowdown, says chairman of TVS Motor

We are hoping that by January-March quarter, we should see a revival in demand, says TVS Motor Chairman Venu Srinivasan

We will see disruption in CPG sector over next 20 years: DSG Consumer MD

Over the next 20 years, we expect to see more fragmentation in brands, said Shahdadpuri

Industry spreads globally have shrunk in recent months: Tata Steel CFO

'Steel is a foundation industry for any nation', says Koushik Chatterjee

NextGen PSBs: Indian Bank-Allahabad Bank merger to boost scale of ops

There will be very little overlap in terms of branches or network, since the geography focus has been different, says Indian Bank's Padmaja Chunduru

Conservation must improve lives: Ratish Nanda of Aga Khan Trust for Culture

Conservation of a monument cannot be limited to the monument itself, says Nanda

IndiGo crisis: My independence never questioned before, says M Damodaran

The independence of the board doesn't depend on numbers, says M Damodaran