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Persona of smartphone users

Snapdeal founders, Helion, Exfinity invest $ 4.25 mn in MoEngage

The mobile user analytics and engagement startup will help Snapdeal in India's mobile app wars

Can Ashwani Lohani turn Air India around?

Falling jet fuel prices and a revival in domestic traffic growth offer the new CMD a once in a lifetime opportunity to turn around the state-owned carrier

IT salaries show growth signs after a decade

This year, there has also been a shift from hiring freshers to those with two to five years' experience

What counts is final measure

Bill of lading not basis of customs duty

The Customs appellate tribunal had upheld the view of the Customs authorities, but the Supreme Court said that the tribunal had "lost sight of the first principles"

'Institutionalise formal regulatory independence'

The composition and incentives of the regulator's board are indicative of its formal independence

'We need independence with accountability'

Under the new Companies Act, a director is independent, if she is a person of integrity, possesses relevant expertise, and one who is not a promoter besides other requirements

Elephant in the boardroom

Company boards have to put in place a process to report and resolve conflict of interest situations among directors

The Strategist Quiz (#426)

Answers to last week's quiz (#425)

Nehru Memorial's tryst with controversy

Scholars and historians fear that the central government's plan to 'revamp' Nehru Memorial Museum and Library would dilute its academic character

There is no legal or political argument that can support the meat ban: Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Interview with president and chief executive of Centre for Policy Research

Newsmaker: Rakesh Maria

Laurels and rewards amid controversies

Govt, IIMs show signs of headway in autonomy fight

There are indications the government might rethink the two clauses that allow it a greater say in the functioning of the institutes

Why global fund bosses start out on their own

Limited partners back investment professionals with good track record

Start-ups target SME funding

New-age technology-based firms such as Innoviti, Pine Labs, and Capital Float have come up with models that target lending to SMEs

Ratan Tata joins PE firm IDG Ventures as advisor

Will help portfolio companies with strategic matters, expansion

R-Infra weighs its options on Mumbai metro

Marginal oil field policy may usher in major change

The shift from production-sharing to revenue-sharing regime could be a win-win formula for both the government and the investors