Inflation is the hydra-headed monster that feeds on not only your income but also your investments. BT shows you how.

A water purifier manufacturer forms an NGO to supply clean drinking water at 17 paise a litre in 55 Andhra Pradesh villages. This is just the beginning.

It takes more than nature's endowments to remain sustainable shows a new study on Indian states' green performance.

We conclude our series on financial planning by telling you how life after hanging up your boots can be bliss or a bane.

For the past eight years Business Today, along with survey and knowledge partners, have been bringing you an annual listing of India's Best Companies To Work For.

A micro-pension scheme that is helping millions of Indians build a future, brick-by-brick as they go through the daily grind, touches Delhi's autorickshaw drivers. BT sees if the drivers like it.

Technology has invaded the healthcare sector like never before. Can insurance make it affordable for all?

When fiscal 2000 ended, the Indian software industry's exports expanded 57 per cent to Rs 24,350 crore from the previous year.

The recession, downturn or whatever you call it, has dented most kinds of lists - lists of billionaires, lists of most valuable companies, lists of top recruiters and so on.

We’ve come a long way. This time last year, we were looking around nervously as the world we knew was crashing around us.

Currently, every life insurance company is valued at three to four times the capital invested. Some have been making losses from Day 1, with no profitability in sight.

Every time the UPA government proposed even half a reform that had a hint of liberalisation, the Left parties would come down on it like a tonne of bricks-and would do so with relish, fanfare and on camera. This almost-blind opposition to reforms must stand out as one reason for their electoral defeat-a lesson the Left would hopefully imbibe, even if it doesn't admit.

As in people, adversity can bring out the best in organisations, too. Companies with sound business strategy are defying the laws of gravity and will emerge from the ongoing recession more battle-hardened and stronger than before.

Flexible benefits for employees are gaining popularity across the world, and has got India Inc. interested, says a Mercer study.

In businesses, big or small, ranging from manufacturing to music, the fight for intellectual property is getting intense. Neglect it and you could be out of business.

Try not to be swayed by medical reports. Wine’s a great drink to have, especially with a woman. You’ll not make an ass of yourself as you might after a whisky too many.

Congratulations on bringing out A great idea to fruition (The Best Advice I Ever Got, January 11).

BT asks the who’s who of India’s corporate world—as well as some professionals and leaders from other fields for good measure—to jog their memory and recall the best advice they ever got. What the advice was, who gave it to them and when, and how it helped them.

The sooner you start planning for taxes, the better it will be for you. Here’s a quick guide to get you started.

Fitness novices are often intimidated by the thought of being trapped inside a gym full of men and women with great physiques and perfect-form exercises, and are embarrassed about how they may look like the weaklings, who know little or nothing about how to keep fit.