Leadership Spotlight

OTT players continue to bet on regional language content as the next round of India's mobile internet users and consumers of digital content are coming from smaller cities and towns.

RBI Likely to Share More Details on CBDC in 2022

In 2022, expect more details and maybe some action on the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) front.

Will New PLI Schemes Help India Scale Up?

Production Linked Incentive schemes are considered to be a game changer to turn around India's inability to scale up.

NFTs to Become Even More Popular in 2022

Non-fungible tokens, popularly known as NFTs, were among the most searched terms of 2021, beating Dogecoin, blockchain and even Ethereum in Google searches.

Will the craze for 10-minute Grocery Deliveries be a Game changer for E-Commerce?

This high-volume business, run on dark stores or hyperlocal micro-warehouses closer to customers, continues to draw top investor dollars. But will it last?

Government's Moves on Alternative, Green Fuels

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari dreams of making India's automobile sector No. 1 in the world. This, he says, can happen in the next five years by using alternative fuel sources.

Satellite Internet Services Set to Launch

With a lot of action happening in the satellite internet space globally, in 2022 India will see the commercial launch of the much-anticipated service.

The Rise of the Data Protection Authority

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union is the toughest privacy and security law in the world. India, too, might be on its way to a similar law, subject to amendments and revisions.

Cyber AI, the New Cybersecurity Warrior

Cyber AI will enable organisations to not only respond faster to attackers, but will also help them anticipate these moves and react to them in advance.

How Home-grown Start-ups are Joining the Space Race

With India planning two unmanned missions before a human spaceflight programme, space is where you want to be.

Pandemic Boost for Residential Real Estate

While demand for all major big-ticket items is stuck in a downward spiral, the pandemic has turned the tide for the residential real estate market.

Tatas' Plans for their Aviation Business

With Air India as good as in the bag, the Tatas are bound to make big moves in their aviation business in 2022.

How the Jewar Airport is turning into an Urban Development Hotspot

In 2022, construction activity in the Noida-Greater Noida-Jewar region is set to gain further steam as players like InterContinental Hotels Group, Signature Global, Gaurs and Bhutani Group look to invest around the new facility

IT Services Firms Likely to have Another Stellar Year

The new year brings good tidings for information technology (IT) services companies.

A Fight for a Pie of the Indian Airspace

Despite the concerns from the coronavirus, 2022 will be a year of intense activity in India's aviation market.

Automakers Gear Scale Up their EV Play

If 2021 saw the most number of electric vehicle (EV) launches, 2022 promises to be the year of the EV for automakers.

Tighter Scrutiny for IPO-bound Start-ups

Start-ups going in for IPOs in 2022 will have to deal with tighter disclosure and compliance norms of the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Sensex Could Hit 70,000 by the End of the Year

At least seven brokerages have told Business Today that the domestic equity markets may continue to deliver double-digit returns in 2022

The Agenda for India's 'Bad Bank'

The building blocks for the 'Bad Bank' for resolving Rs 2 lakh crore of bad loans are ready. The new entity—National Asset Reconstruction Company—is now in the process of buying bad loans.

Music Events Take Hybrid Route

In 1939, S.V. Narayanaswamy Rao established the Sree Ramanavami Music Festival; today it is one of the most popular classical music festivals, with 6,000 people attending it every year in Bengaluru.

What Will Be the Fiscal Deficit at the End of FY22?

RBI has expressed reservations over the Union government's ability to rein in the fiscal deficit at the budgeted 6.8 per cent after it moved the second supplementary demand of grants worth Rs 3.73 lakh crore.

Manufacturing Industry Faces Margin Pressures

Elevated global fuel and commodity prices have shrunk profit margins of the manufacturing industry, with most unable to pass on the entire impact of expensive raw materials to consumers amid muted demand.

Omicron Shadow on Services

The spike in Omicron cases has brought back the spectre of restrictions on gatherings and movement of people, which is likely to impact the reviving service sector.

How Allabout Innovations Is Bringing Clean Air to the World

Allabout Innovations is aggressively expanding production of its anti-viral air purification device, developed in the coastal town of Alappuzha in Kerala, to meet global demand

What the Zee-Sony Merger Will Look Like

Circumstances broker a coupling of Zee and Sony, two companies with distinctly different cultures and strengths. As they unite for a new future, they still face several hurdles, including an upset Invesco, Zee’s largest investor, and their own contradictions. The real challenge for the new mates has only just begun

What to Keep in Mind While Investing Overseas

Many Broking Firms Are Facilitating Investments In International Markets. Here’s The Lowdown On The Challenges And Risks

The New Genie in Town

Welcome to the world of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) schemes, which are burgeoning by the day and have captured the imagination of the aspirational Indian middle class.

The New Genie in Town

Welcome to the world of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) schemes, which are burgeoning by the day and have captured the imagination of the aspirational Indian middle class.