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The Joy of Staying With the Young
Nilekani has clear ground rules for her writing: "You have to be careful not to be overly moralistic" Pandey and a dozen of his friends bought a 2.5-acre plot of land for farming in Raigarh district, about 100 km from Mumbai, where they grow mostly fruits and vegetables While the Smule app allows Iyer to record his renditions of popular songs of Mukesh Kumar, Manna Dey, Jagjit Singh, Talat Aziz and Mohammed Rafi and connect with thousands of listeners on social media, his forte is devotional music Kedia might have earned a reputation on Dalal Street for identifying multibaggers, but his avatar as a singer has become even more popular To keep fit, Dupuis started practicing with inline roller blades in Cubbon Park in Bengaluru. There he came across a group of children and adults called Bangalore Skaters, and introduced ice hockey to themHarder, Better, Stronger, Faster
'All the supplements you need are between your ears and the equipment you need is a pair of shoes! The world is your gym'
A Potential Hire
More and more companies are hiring people with disabilities to strengthen their brand and tap into new customer segments
The Slowing Economy Will Remain So for Some Time
Will the Narendra Modi government announce a populist Union Budget to arrest the economic slowdown? Will Budget 2020 offer tax sops and income tax relaxation to stimulate demand? Unlikely, says Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)'Government Doesn't Have the Bench Strength to Handle the Economy'
The Indian economy is going through one of its longest spells of slowdown - six quarters and counting
New Fault Lines in Banking
Even as banks lower their NPAs for the year, new areas of stress are emerging that may create headaches for the financial sector and the RBI
Tackling A Wobbly Economy
BT's power-packed pre-Budget panel discussion of experts from business, economics, politics and taxation debates how Budget 2020 should tackle slowdown
Knocked Out
Pessimism rules as corporate leaders expect a dull Budget and below 5 per cent growth in 2019/20, finds the latest Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey
Malls With Airports
The land of duty-free has grown to such an extent that these stores are now destinations by themselves
Bayer-Monsanto: Power of Two
How the merger of MNC giants Bayer and Monsanto is likely to pan out in India The textile industry in Tamil Nadu is facing a crisis due to the economic slowdown and fall in exports, forcing many spinning mills and weavers to cut production as well as workforce