Surge pricing isn’t — and shouldn’t — be outlawed, unfair trade practices should — so regulate smartlyIndia's travel industry is under scrutiny as the framework for consumer protection is put to the test by recent airline cancellations. The ...
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Bundling is back, in the streaming eraThis passes on the cost of producing low revenue-generating TV programming on to viewers by pitching a bouquet instead of individual channe...
17 May, 2024, 11.10 PM IST
An Indian biryani won’t democratize e-commerce: Will bringing local bazaars under ONDC work?Restaurant-delivery platforms are already worried about Infosys Ltd. Chairman Nandan Nilekani’s newest foray into public-policy evangelism:...
18 May, 2023, 08.30 AM IST
The Metaverse needs very real regulationCalls for reforming merger control are becoming stronger with the increase of data collected by virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) devic...
07 Oct, 2022, 11.39 PM IST
Women lead the way in EV sector; govt targets ads by foreign betting sitesIndia’s electric vehicle (EV) sector is growing rapidly and much of this growth is being driven – if you’ll excuse the pun – by women, acco...
04 Oct, 2022, 08.26 PM IST
Base online gaming norms on genre, age classifications: Indiatech to GovtStartup grouping IndiaTech writes to IT minister to set standards similar to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). IndiaTech want...
13 Dec, 2021, 05.11 AM IST
Some mega trends of the past that will shape the futureThis world order created over the past 40 years was first broken apart during the global financial crisis (GFC), which overnight changed th...
08 Nov, 2021, 03.04 PM IST
India’s fintech gold rush to manifest in Paytm IPO next weekIndia is undergoing its own fintech revolution, and the race is on to grab a piece of the action. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and G...
02 Nov, 2021, 02.16 PM IST
No coercive action against sellers of plant-based milk products for using dairy terms: HCJustice Rekha Palli, who was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the orders, clarified that the authorities would be free to carry out...
10 Sep, 2021, 08.47 PM IST
New bank locker rules: Sign new locker agreements to get locker loss compensation"It is the responsibility of banks to take all steps for the safety and security of the premises in which the safe deposit vaults are house...
19 Aug, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
View: Another blow to WhatsApp's new policyCCI has ordered a detailed probe into WhatsApp's take it or leave it approach on its new privacy policy, red-flagging 'surveillance capital...
01 Apr, 2021, 12.50 PM IST
Non-implementation of new tariff regime will lead to chaos in broadcasting sector: TraiThe top official added that it would not be appropriate to further comment on the issue which is sub-judice, but added that any further del...
03 Sep, 2020, 04.25 PM IST
View: Unless we are alert, the pandemic could become the last nail in individualism’s coffinIndividualism in the West originated from the Enlightenment. It believes in the moral worth of the individual and that his/ her interests s...
03 Apr, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
Will there be a blackout of all TV channels? Trai tariff order explainedET tries to answer all these questions and clears the air on the new order.
26 Dec, 2018, 04.50 PM IST
The ban on sale of cattle for slaughter is wrong for multiple reasons. Here's whyIt will kill a large industry of meat processing and export as well as ancillary industries and curtail supply to the leather goods industr...
27 May, 2017, 08.36 PM IST
Telecom companies ask Trai to withdraw call drop compensation orderTrai mandated telcos on October 15 to pay subscribers Rs 1 for every call that isn’t completed, subject to a cap of three a day, starting f...
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- Power in the hands of retailers
Global retailers push strong brands and make manufacturers to take a long, hard look at weak or local brands to stay un-displaced.Basics of...
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