New Delhi: Post the announcement of Maruti Suzuki to stop selling diesel cars post 2020, its French car rival, Renault S.A too has decided that it will stop sale of diesel cars in India post April 2020, once the Bharat Stage VI emission norms are implemented. Thierry Bolloré, the global CEO of…
There is a common misconception about many B2B products: They’re boring. That notion is sustained largely by the media and awards cultures, which skew disproportionately toward consumer b rands. As a result, companies that sell products and services to other companies are often perceived as dull. What’s…
With a show as gigantic as “Game of Thrones,” it makes sense that a live musical performance tied to the show could be something that could fill amphitheaters around the country. Sure, you could listen to “Light of the Seven” on your couch in an empty…
May 1 marks the second anniversary of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act (Rera) 2016 coming into effect. While it is still “work in progress”, especially when it comes to implementation by states, experts suggest that it has definitely ensured that the “Wild West days…
There are obit pieces being written for diesel cars. With good reasons, of course. Last week, Maruti Suzuki India, India’s largest passenger car maker, let the cat out of the bag when it announced its decision to discontinue diesel cars from April 1, 2020. In 2018-19, it…
At the turn of a new financial year, cars were expected to get safer – and they have. However, some of the cars are not updated to meet the new safety norms which were implied on April 1, 2019. So far, the safety norms mandated ABS…
Dreaming big: Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum. His head is cocked to one side and the visor of his baseball cap is at an angle with his sharp jawline — Pawan Sauda aka Maze 022 doesn’t look impressed by my question. “In Gully Boy (the Zoya Akhtar film…
From major policy overhauls to amendments in old acts, from a decisive impetus to infrastructure development, and from the arguably Utopian 100 Smart Cities and Housing for All by 2022, one thing is clear – the Modi government set the stage for Indian real estate to…
The world of blockchain and banking was set alight last month by the announcement that JP Morgan has created its own stablecoin. It was a rare move that has simultaneously excited the banking and enterprise blockchain community as well those in the cryptocurrency world. But is this…
Ben Caballero is the top real estate broker in the US, according to REAL Trends, a residential brokerage industry publication. He sold $2.2 billion worth of homes in 2018. The Texas-based broker has been ranked as the top real estate agent for nearly a decade by REAL Trends…