When it comes to building good rapport, the gender makeup of managers and their teams matters. Image: Shutterstock It’s a manager’s nightmare: A customer pulls into a drive-thru after a long day at work with children in tow, everyone looking frazzled and famished. After waiting patiently in line, the customer grabs her bag of burgers … Read more
MN Jaganath (left), co-founder, MD & CEO and A Balaraju, co-founder, director at Dairy Day Image: Selvaprakash Lakshmanan for Forbes India January 2002, Chennai. It was a ‘bizarre’ dilemma for the master salesman. For the first time in 12 years, ‘Ice Cream Jagan’ was asked to do something contrary to what he had been doing … Read more
An aerial view shows the site of a landslide on July 31, 2024 in Chooralmala village, India. Heavy monsoon rains triggered massive landslides in Wayanad, Kerala. Image: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images The lives lost and the ongoing devastation in Wayanad in Kerala—just the latest in climate change related disasters in the country—is one more stark reminder … Read more
4 min read Last Updated : Aug 07 2024 | 5:44 PM IST If Olympic hope had a metric, it would be measured in grams. A heart-warming story of hope, perseverance, and grit turned into heartbreak. In a tragic twist of fate, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before the women’s 50kg freestyle … Read more
India progressed from a tough group that included the top-ranked team Belgium, and then beat Great Britain in the quarter-final in a shootout despite going down to 10 men for more than half the game at the Olympic Games in Paris. Image: Getty Images “Last time what we achieved [at Tokyo Olympics] is a big deal … Read more
Gold has long been valued for its stability and ability to retain value over time. It offers several advantages as an investment, such as high liquidity and an inflation-beating capacity. With a large number of gold investment options available today, understanding how to invest in gold effectively is essential. Each method has unique advantages, from … Read more
In the current environment, ESG risks pose one of the greatest threats to public companies’ abilities to deliver predictable results. A recent Bank of America study calculated that 24 ESG incidents in the period 2014–2019 cost U.S. public companies over $500 billion in market value. Given the threat posed by ESG risks, some argue that … Read more
(From left) Ashish Khandelwal, managing director, and Ghanshyam Khandelwal, chairman of BL Agro at the Bail Kolhu packaging plant in Bareilly Image: Amit Verma 1998, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. Ashish Khandelwal had a ‘crushing’ debut in the family business. “I had an ironical beginning,” recalls the third-generation entrepreneur, alluding to his not-so-memorable induction into the … Read more
Tax season can be difficult, filled with forms and calculations, and the high taxes don’t make it any easier. But what if there were ways to cut down on the tax you owe? Here, a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) account can help, a concept that can offer tax advantages for certain families in India. Let’s … Read more
According to a study conducted by Sebi, 7 out of 10 individual intraday traders in the equity cash segment have incurred losses in FY2022-23. Image: Shutterstock Of the many hazards that Covid brought is the rise of trading volume in the derivative markets, or Future and Options (F&O) trading by retail individual investors. The increase in … Read more