Business Today successfully wraps up MindRush 2013. Here's a quick look at sessions from Day 2. Featuring: Neha Dhupia, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Vineet Nayar, Deep Kalra, Sasha Mirchandani and more.

Here are the highlights from the first day coverage of Business Today MindRush 2013, a two-day event that brings global thought leadership to the doorstep of India. Featuring: Narayana Murthy on what business has taught him, best advice CEOs have ever got and Best CEOs awards.

Indeed, this trend was visible last year as well. There was a 2.4 per cent decline in new product launches in 2012 but this year there has been a marked slump, says Nielsen.

Consolidated net profit stood at  Rs 749.7 million ($11.81 million) for the three months to September 30 lower than an average of Rs 1.2 billion forecast by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters data.

The RBI governor is using the headroom the stability of the rupee has given him to first correct the short-term interest rates, which were being raised by the central bank to kill speculation in the forex market and support the rupee.

The government has notified setting up of two semiconductor fabrication (fab) units in the country. It is good news for the Indian semiconductor industry that has been lobbying hard for local chip manufacturing since 2005.

The devaluation of rupee against the dollar may be making finished goods costlier, but it may not impact consumer spending in a big way this festive season.

The poster boy of the business community in Mumbai, Shah has built an empire of nine exchanges in India and overseas within a decade and a half. The NSEL fiasco, though, has badly dented his credibility and casts a long shadow over his other businesses.

The Tupperware India chief has nurtured several women entrepreneurs.

Yes, you will be ashamed to go to college without one of these. But which ones are ideal for students without burning a hole in their parents' pockets?

The discovery of gas and condensate in the KG-D6 block off Andhra Pradesh coast could add significantly to RIL's existing reserves.

Responding to questions on Google Hangout, the finance minister said the government's net borrowings in the next fiscal will rise at the slowest pace in the recent years.

The budget has increased allocation to SIDBI, from Rs 5,000 crore to Rs 10, 000 crore, which will now empower the organization to reach out to more SMEs through commercial banks.

The latest annual data by Emerging Markets Private Equity Association indicates that India's fund raising was at its lowest since 2005, at $2.084 billion.

Digital entrepreneurs are developing a host of mobile-based value-added services for everything from entertainment to payments and advertising, which could potentially change the way millions use their mobile phones. Business Today looks at some digital firms which will be at the vanguard of this mobile revolution.

For some of the region's key investors, the 40-year-old demand for a separate Telangana is now a cause for concern mainly on account of the uncertainty on the way forward on this issue.

Revamped Ulips could well be the right investment tool for you. Here are some tips for taking wise purchase decisions.

The state domestic product, or SDP, has expanded at a modest 5.5 per cent over the last ten years, making it an underperformer compared to other big states such as Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. But with elections around the corner, hope reignites in West Bengal, an economy most had written off.

Many mobile companies are coming up with cheap versions of android phones, giving tough competition to smart counterparts.

Spread over 2 million square feet in Mumbai's Bandra-Kurla Complex, the diamond exchange is said to be the largest in the world - four times the size of the exchange in Israel.