“Do not go with the flow. Be the flow” - Elif Safak from her book The Forty Rules of Love”A chance buy of Amanda Ripley’s “The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way” at Boston’s Logan Airport and the subsequent eighteen hours that I spent devouring it, changed something...
Dr. Sankar Prasad MukherjeeArybhatta was an ancient mathematician and astronomer of India. He was born in Pataliputra (Magadh) in Bihar. Some opine that he may have been born in Kerala. Arya is a south Indian name whereas the name Bhatta has a north Indian origin. Whatever be the controversies...
Senco Gold & Diamonds has announced their association with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) to provide a platform to promote promising fashion and accessories designers from Kolkata. Senco will also be identifying and acknowledging the best jewellery designed by the NIFT gradu...
Hemant Kanoria, CMD, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (Srei) is one of India’s largest holistic infrastructure institutions, consistently delivering innovative solutions in the infrastructure sector. The company has been playing a significant role in ...
PVR Cinemas has revamped its four screened multiplex at Mani Square in Kolkata. For the company, eastern India has always been an important market because of its cultural diversity. BE’s Anustup Roy Barman spoke withGautam Dutta, CEO, PVR Ltd., regarding his expectations from the market. &nbs...
Damodar Valley Corporation is a unique multipurpose project of India. The DVC has a long successful history flood control social development and power generation for the last 4 years or so it has come under financial pressure. The Chairman of the organisation Andrew W K Langstieh, in his interview w...
India’s steel production has crossed the 100 million-mark in 2016-17. Leaving behind the woes of falling demand, indifferent prices and mounting debt liabilities of the steel companies, the steel production has increased by a record 10.7% to 100.74 million tonnes last year.The good performance by ...
The RBI started the financial literacy programme this year on 5th June. Financial literacy, according to RBI, is the first step towards financial prosperity. Financial literacy helps address demand side barriers as this makes customers informed and enables better financial decision making and ultima...
What are the fundamental factors in examining the health of an economy? The economists differ in pin-pointing the fundamental factors. The focus is usually on the level of inflation, fiscal deficit, trade surplus, growth, interest rates, etc. Some consider the amount of capital formation and g...
American President Donald Trump has confirmed that pressure from the US has compelled six West Asian states to suspend their relations with Qatar. According to Trump, “This is the beginning of the end for the horror of terrorist activities.” The United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Bahrain, and Saudi Ar...