Star India's aggressive bid of Rs 16,347.50 crore for the five-year broadcast and digital rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) took the industry by surprise. But, what is clear is that having sports rights - especially cricket rights - is crucial for broadcasting networks."Premium sports drive ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Compulsive Bid
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Bedrock of Safety
How safe is a city street or an eatery or a pub or any other public place for women out on their own? Sexual bullying and harassment on the streets or in other public spaces have grown alarmingly but now the issue can be tackled more effectively, going by what Elsa Marie D'Silva, Founder and Chief ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Three R's for the Girl Child
Safeena Husain, a graduate of London School of Economics, had worked in various development projects in South America, Africa and Asia for 10 years. But when she thought of returning to India, Husain was determined to focus on the agenda closest to her heart - girls' education - and founded the ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Subsidy Blues
As India gets ready for the third mini-ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Marrakesh, Morocco, next month, there is a query it could face from other member countries. How, and by when, will it phase out export subsidies that it provides under various foreign trade ... (Publication: Business Today)
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How We Did It
As one set of women is rising up the corporate ladder, another set is making an impact at the grassroots level. At Business Today, like every year, the Most Powerful Women awards celebrate women at the helm of power signing billion dollar deals, creating new businesses, acquiring companies and ... (Publication: Business Today)
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The Money Manager
For women of Gomtipur, a small community on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, Jayashree Vyas, Chairman, Shri Mahila Sewa Sahakari Bank , is a messiah. "Thanks to Jayashree behn and Sewa Bank, I have learnt to save. I have enough capital for my tailoring business and have also invested in the banks ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Too Much, Too Fast
The problems faced in filing returns and uploading documents by those paying Goods and Services Tax (GST) have forced the government to extend the last date for uploading yet again. Three GST returns (GSTRs) have to be filed every month, but now GSTR-1 for July - the month the GST regime began - ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Tapping the High-End Bet
Aruna Jayanthi probably has a great role in this era of de-globalisation and automation. The former India head of European IT services giant Capgemini grew the headcount in the country from 32,000 to 85,000 between 2011 and 2015. The narrative on people has changed since.In 2016, Jayanthi took over ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Thirsting to Improve
It has been a fruitful year for Schauna Chauhan Saluja, CEO of Parle Agro. The company's flagship brand, the mango drink Frooti, was launched in a fizzy version in March - its first brand extension since it began 32 years ago. Last year, Frooti also grabbed second spot in the mango drinks market, ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Baggage Queen
Fiscal 2016/17 was tough for most consumer goods companies. After decent festival sales, consumption came to a halt after demonetisation. But VIP Industries, under Managing Director Radhika Piramal, sprung a surprise. Its total income rose from Rs 1,209 crore in 2015/16 to Rs 1,283 crore. Net ... (Publication: Business Today)
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The Social Investor
When Geeta Goel joined Michael & Susan Dell Foundation in 2007, she was all set to break new ground, that of impact investing. The US-based foundation decided to take a small step at first, putting money into Ujjivan Financial Services, a five-month-old microfinance institution (MFI). At the time, ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Tech-Ing Cover
For almost six months, Usha Sangwan presided practically alone over an empire almost twice the size of Reliance Industries. The behemoth Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India had revenues of Rs 4.92 lakh crore in 2016/17, against RIL's Rs 2.65 lakh crore. With assets of over Rs 25 lakh crore ... (Publication: Business Today)
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A Beacon of Hope
Even at 70, Tulasi Munda is in her element. As she walks down the corridor of the school she had founded, both students and teachers greet her with folded hands and some even touch her feet. While she acknowledges, nothing escapes her sharp eyes and the next moment she is bawling at the kids ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Result-Oriented
In May, Adi Godrej announced the succession in the flagship company of the $4.1 billion Godrej group, Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL), naming his second daughter, Nisaba, as the executive chairman. The 39-year-old broke the glass ceiling in the 120-year-old diversified conglomerate after working as ... (Publication: Business Today)
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The X Factor
Excitement was rifeOn its tenth anniversary, Apple was expected to put its best foot forward. "The first iPhone revolutionised a decade of technology," Apple's CEO Tim Cook said at the launch event held in Cupertino. Now, 10 years later, he said, Apple is revealing a product that is "the biggest ... (Publication: Business Today)
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The Disruptor
May this year, Meena Ganesh co-authored a book, 'The Manual for Indian Start-ups', a guide to starting a business. Her short profile, published in the book, did a reasonable job of introducing her: "Founded and led, co-promoted, some of India's most disruptive start-ups, including Portea Medical, ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Fuelling Start-Ups
Padmaja Ruparel has a simple philosophy in life. She calls it playing the game: "It is not what one gains; it is what one creates."Ruparel has built institutions, and seen the gains flow. She involved herself with The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) around 1999, when "people made errors spelling ... (Publication: Business Today)
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The Green Crusader
Sunita Narain is a woman with a mission. It is not easy to take up the cudgels for India's fragile ecosystem and make one's voice heard. But the Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) remains undaunted. "This year I am so angry, so angry because of rising air pollution and ... (Publication: Business Today)
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That Happy Feeling
Reema Sathe worked in the food and beverage industry for seven years before starting Happy Roots to empower marginal farmers, even those without own land, with sustainable income. Today, the social enterprise, which makes gourmet snack food such as crackers and cookies, has a network of 15,000 ... (Publication: Business Today)
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Winner All the Way
The Mi A1 is the first Android One smartphone to be launched in the mid-segment (under Rs 15,000) category in India. Xiaomi and Google have teamed up to offer a delightful stock Android experience - no custom MIUI or preinstalled apps. On setting up the device, you will see a handful of apps from ... (Publication: Business Today)
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