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HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL, Union Minister of Food Processing

Updated : Jun 24, 2015

Harsimrat Kaur Badal on how Mega Food Park Scheme is central to Make in India

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Minister of Food Processing, tells Business Today how the Mega Food Park Scheme will be central to Make in India.

Updated : Jun 18, 2015

Debate: Can Nestle bounce back post Maggi crisis?

Business Today asked Santosh Desai and Prakash Bagri to study the Nestle India's case.

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Updated : Jun 4, 2015

Debate: Is GST a game spoiler or game changer?

Member of Parliament M. Veerappa Moily and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan debate on the much-awaited tax reform - Goods and Services Tax.

Updated : May 16, 2015

Internet users go all out against telecos for net neutrality

Though the issue had hit headlines even when services such as Skype were launched and the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) versus voice telephony debate generated a lot of heat, the latest round of this ideological war started in India in December 2014.

Updated : May 13, 2015

Debate: Should the Indian rupee be fully convertible?

Grant Thornton India partner Harish H.V. and Macquarie Capital India MD Gaurav Gupta debate on the proposal.

Updated : May 9, 2015

Net Neutrality debate: Are telcos hurting consumer interest?

Vodafone India's P Balaji and MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar debate on Net Neutrality.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: Rohit Chawla)

Updated : May 8, 2015

Candidate Narendra Modi vs PM Narendra Modi: Who's the winner?

The country's economy has acquired a new sheen since Modi became Prime Minister and installed Arun Jaitley in the finance ministry.

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan (Photos: Rachit Goswami/BT Photo)

Updated : Feb 18, 2015

My remit is about safety, stability and growth of this economy: Raghuram Rajan

In an exclusive interview with Business Today, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan talks about monetary policy, Indian economy, inflation and more.

Updated : Sep 18, 2008

D. Subbarao, Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Duvvuri Subbarao was appointed the 22nd governor of the Reserve Bank of India on September 1, 2008, and took charge of Mint Street from Y.V. Reddy, when his term ended on September 5. Subbarao, 59, an IAS officer, topped the batch of 1972 and belongs to the Andhra Pradesh cadre.

Updated : Sep 4, 2008

Akshay Kumar

Is Akshay Kumar the new king of Bollywood? Die hard Shah Rukh Khan fans may cringe at the suggestion, but it’s not as blasphemous as it sounds.

Updated : Aug 21, 2008

Abhinav Bindra

Cash rewards are pouring in from everywhere for India's new shooting champion Abhinav Bindra, who struck gold for the country at the Beijing Olympics.

Updated : Aug 7, 2008

Jagmohan Dalmiya

He may never be cricket’s comeback man, but with his recent election as President of the Cricket Association of Bengal, Jagmohan Dalmiya has proved to be cricket administration’s comeback man.

Updated : Jul 25, 2008

Wilbur L. Ross Jr.

When Wilbur L. Ross Jr decided to invest in distressed Delhi-based low-cost carrier SpiceJet that has been bleeding due to skyrocketing fuel prices, he was once again betting on something that defied the prevailing logic: he sees the sharp spike in oil prices reverting to sub-100 dollar levels in a year from now.

Updated : Jul 11, 2008

Mulayam Singh Yadav

A former wrestler, who  has been floored several times in the political arena, Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav suddenly appears to have found redemption for his sagging political fortunes, which were being singed by UP Chief Minister Mayawati.

Updated : Jun 27, 2008

Anil Agarwal

From metal scrap seller to “Metal King”, Anil Agarwal, Executive Chairman of the London stock market-listed Vedanta Resources, has come a long way.

Updated : Jun 12, 2008

Bill Gates

Thirty-three years after he dropped out of Harvard in his first year and founded Microsoft, William Gates III, 53, better known as Bill Gates, will finally cut his day-to-day ties with the company he started with childhood friend Paul Allen.

Updated : May 29, 2008

Billy Bowden

Necessity, in Brent Fraser “billy” Bowden’s case, was, indeed, the mother of invention, as rheumatoid arthritis made him invent the crooked finger signal that has spelt doom for many a batsman in international cricket.

Updated : May 15, 2008

Anbumani Ramadoss

Over the last four years, Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss, a qualified medical doctor, has been in the news for reasons more wrong than right.

Updated : May 3, 2008

Shah Rukh Khan

Be it hollering his lungs out to cheer the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), his Indian Premier League (IPL) team, or playing the funky quiz master on television for the Indian version of <em>Are you smarter than a fifth grader</em>?, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan seems to be pressing the right buttons to ensure maximum recall for brand SRK.

Updated : Apr 18, 2008

Raghupati Singhania

There’s a new leader in the Indian tyre market. Raghupati Singhania, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, JK Tyres, recently acquired Tornel, a Mexican tyre maker with an installed capacity of 6.6 million tyres, for Rs 270 crore.

Updated : Apr 16, 2008

Rahul Bhasin

Last fortnight, when talk of a new india-specific fund being raised by Baring Private Equity Partners (India) surfaced, it brought into focus the firm’s success and the man largely responsible for it, Managing Partner Rahul Bhasin.