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Sonal Sonkavde , Senior IRS Officer, is on her way to make her mark in Bollywood as a singer, a song writer and a screen writer. She has also written two fictional novels ‘Comma’ and ‘So What’ which were released by renowned lyricist Javed Akhtar and published by Crosswords. Senior manager Rinki Goplani at Crossword mentioned...

Maharashtra’s capital, Mumbai, on Tuesday, overtook China in the number of coronavirus positive cases and deaths. Notably, COVID-19 was first reported in China in late 2019. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Mumbai's recovery rate is 67%. The overall growth rate of cases in Maharashtra's capital is 1.60%. In an exclusive interview with Zakka Jacob, Executive Editor,...

Delhi: The nationwide lockdown has brought in front many challenges faced by the agriculture sector. At the same time, it has presented numerous opportunities to fix the long-pending reforms the sector has been looking for. Therefore, an impetus is to be provided in upgrading the farm infrastructure, including digitization and mechanisation to help farmers become self-reliant and...

Hyderabad, July 3, 2020: FICCI FLO, Hyderabad chapter organized a webinar on the topic - Towards a new healthy - which focused on key factors that will positively influence the effectiveness of the entire health care implementation process. Noted corporate denizens such as Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprises, and the President of Federation of...

Bengaluru 2nd July 2020: VG Learning Destination, in partnership with Grant Thornton India LLP&Becker Professional Education is launchinga course in US Certified Public Accounting (US CPA). The qualification is one of the highest and most valued accounting qualificationin the United States of America (USA). The world’s largest accounting body, American Institute of Chartered Accountant (AICPA) administers the US-CPA...

New Delhi, 8th June 2020: Broadband India Forum (BIF), the leading independent Think-Tank and Policy Forum for Digital Communications in the country, hailed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) response dated 5th June 2020, to the DoT Back Reference to the earlier TRAI recommendations to the Government on Proliferation of Broadband through Public Wi-Fi Networks;...

Hyderabad, June 5, 2020: G V Prasad, Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Dr.Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. was the Guest of honor in conversation with Sriram Karri, acclaimed novelist, journalist, and orator on the topic – Redefining Sustainable leadership – The Covid-19 effect. Speaking on the occasion G V Prasad,  said “I made it my life’s mission to create an organization that...

by Mr. Shishir Baijal, Chairman & Managing Director, Knight Frank India “Key markets across India are facing uncertainty, and the confidence erosion amongst buyers is visible across all categories of residential real estate. Developers are already dealing with mounting concerns over unsold inventory and liquidity. Most developers are struggling to maintain their margins and may not have too...

by Mr. Lokesh Mansukhani, Head-Group Communications, KGK Group  In great profusion, this global dreadful pandemic has been researched, written, and talked about by a large number and interestingly it is still underway. With an intention to contribute to this plethora of information in a different light, here is an attempt to explore and discover the fear quotient associated with this...

Mr. Shishir Baijal, Chairman & Managing Director, Knight Frank India KNIGHT FRANK WELCOMES MOVE BY SBI CAP TO REDUCE IRR TO 12% “SBI Cap’s decision bringing down the SWAMIH IRR rates from 15% to 12% is a very positive move for the stressed real estate sector. This will potentially allow more development companies to approach the fund. As...