September 2nd, 2017BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has exhorted students of IITs to innovate, become entrepreneurs but never settle for a job which is how they can contribute to the nation's economy and make India a true global, economic and political power.
The Need of Innovation
"Students take engineering degrees from different streams and later pursue...
August 2nd, 2017Apple CEO Tim Cook has said he is very "bullish" and "optimistic" about India, a market where the company is bringing all of its "energies" to expand footprint.
In response to a question on the companys thoughts about India, Cook said Apple has begun to produce the iPhone SE in India during the quarter and "were really happy...
July 28th, 2017Kunal Bahl comments on the sale of Freecharge to Axis Bank, says it will provide Snapdeal the "necessary boost in resources" to continue its e-commerce journey.
Just hours after the deal was announced, Bahl wrote to employees seeking to assuage concerns saying Axis Bank intends to not just retain all Freecharge employees but...
July 20th, 2017Tech investor T V Mohandas Pai today said business-to-business startups are coming forth in a "big-way" despite difficulties in running them when compared to business-to-consumer startups.
Quoting a report, he said there are 20,000 startups in India and 90 per cent of them are B2C, because they are started by young people barely out...
July 16th, 2017There are "amazing" growth opportunities for start-ups in the health care sector in India in terms of technology and patient-centric solutions, CEO and co-chairperson, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, G V Prasad has said.
"Amazing opportunities (are there), both in terms of science, technology as well as patient-centric solutions, using...
June 18th, 2017Super 30 founder Anand Kumar today said he has plans to expand the programme to provide online coaching to meritorious students from across the country soon.
"I have plan to launch Super-100 to enroll 100 meritorious class X pass out students from across the country to provide them coaching online," Kumar told Pixr8 today.
The online...
May 26th, 2017Founder Chairman of Infosys N R Narayana Murthy today expressed sadness over the IT companies laying off their employees as part of their cost cutting strategy.
"...It is sad...," Murthy told in an email reply to a Pixr8 query about recent IT layoffs. Murthy, however, did not elaborate on the matter.
Infosys had announced that it...
May 1st, 2017Yoga guru Ramdev said today that Patanjali Ayurveda, promoted by him, will steal the march over multinational firms manufacturing consumer products.
Comparing them to the East India Company that had entered the country with a purpose to "loot", Ramdev said that he aims to make India free from the MNCs.
He said that the MNCs here...
April 29th, 2017Global e-commerce major Amazon will keep investing in the Indian market to strengthen technology and infrastructure as it looks to overtake local rival Flipkart.
The US-based company has already committed investments to the tune of $5 billion in India.
“Our India team is moving fast and delivering for customers and sellers....
April 23rd, 2017Patanjali Ayurveda's Co-Founder and CEO Acharya Balkrishna on Thursday announced that the company is planning to expand globally in the near future, while addressing a 'Made in India - Food Buyer Seller Meet' organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Agricultural and Processed Food Products...
April 13th, 2017To transform India's economy, there is a need to reduce "friction" in businesses and create an "environment" wherein the government has more trust in its entrepreneurs, Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy has said.
For the transformation of the Indian economy, he said it is essential for the younger generation to be daring and that...