Canon India takes online photography master-classesCanon India has expanded its digital masterclass series to regional markets and will be organising sessions in regional languages and introduced webinars on cinematography for filming and videography professionals. Speaking about the initiative, C S...
With most trucks off the road, the transportation sector is facing a substantial reduction in its business. Naveen Kumar Gupta, Secretary General, All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC), spoke to BE’s Kuntala Sarkar regarding the ongoing crisis.Q. The central government is planning to resume t...
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), an apex industry body for traders, recently pointed out that the Indian retail sector has lost Rs 5.5 lakh crore in the first 40 days of the lockdown. Besides, it is also projected that at least 20% of the Indian traders will wind up their busines...
Earlier this year, Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Amazon, announced an investment of $1 billion in India. He also added that by 2025, Amazon aims to export $10 billion worth of Indian goods. However, amidst this huge investment announcement, there were protests against Amazon’s busines...
Credit card holders face credit score challengeAn ASSOCHAM analysis noted with concern arising out of Covid-19 crisis that witnessing a robust year-on-year credit growth of 17% at the end of February, 2020, personal loans have an outstanding amount of `25.32 lakh crore, posing a grave challenge for ...
The Indian market is highly fragmented in smart accessories. Komal Agarwal, Founder and Marketing Director, Pebble Accessories spoke to BE’s Aritra Mitra on being a woman entrepreneur in a male-dominated IT industry and other prospects in the industry.Q. What is th...
The global oil market which was already suffering from a bleak price structure since the Gulf War has reached an all-time low ‘price for oil per barrel’ - at $40.32 per barrel - as on April 20, 2020. For the first time in history, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark went to a negat...
In 2017, the global wellness tourism segment, valued at $639 billion, had a growth rate of 6.5%, outstripping the growth rate of the aggregate global tourism sector - which was growing at 3.2% in that period. During the same period, India ranked seventh in the top 20 wellness tourism markets and ten...
“How did they manage to pull this off!” – people often exclaim while watching movies. Well, those cinematic experiences can be best attributed to special effects (SFX), visual effects (VFX), and animation. Special effects do happen in reality and are achieved on sets during shooting in a...
The contribution of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to Indian export and GDP stands at around 50% and 40%, respectively. The growth curve of the Indian economy is largely controlled by this sector. The disruption of the global supply chain as well as the national lockdown ...