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Forbes India 13th Anniversary: Rewind of Key Milestones of India's Corporates and Startups

A rewind of the key milestones in India's corporates and startups, through the lens of 13 years of Forbes India

Ringing in the next ecommerce wave

With the marketplace model getting crowded, differentiation will now be the key to success

Obama bad but lucky for US economy

The US seems to be entering one of its most promising phases

Budget 2015: Paving the road to higher growth

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is banking on a public investment-led infrastructure push to power India's economic ascension. And his good intentions seem to be backed by a real plan

Budget 2015 leaves many questions unanswered, raises new ones

While the budget does take steps to improve the investment climate, the jury is still out on the government's ability to implement all that it has promised

Jaitley's budget paints a long-term growth picture for India

While the budget has outlined a key shift in the government's stand on ease of doing business, it has renewed focus on creating national platforms like digital and physical connectivity

Fine print: Ebooks yet to make inroads in the US

Tata hopes for a power push in India: Anil Sardana

Now in its centenary year, the company says there is ample scope if the government opens up the sector in a transparent manner

Events and books in the spotlight.

Mind-growing events & experiences

Quotes on newspapers

The hyperloop is fast as a plane and cheaper than a train

The race to turn Elon Musk's vision for high-speed travel in steel tubes is officially on. Buckle up

How Rebellion Photonics built a business on gas fumes

By creating a better tool for spotting gas leaks from oilfields and pipelines, tiny Rebellion Photonics got the jump on a global market no one else could see

Actavis and the art of billion-dollar drug dealing

Brent Saunders generated $25 billion in value for investors by flipping drug companies rather than discovering new drugs. Is this the future of the pharmaceutical business?

Yumanity and the upcoming boom in brain medicines

Advances in genetics and clinical science could lead to a flood of new treatments for depression, Alzheimer's, and even schizophrenia. That's giving hope to millions of patients-and rebooting one of the biggest markets in the history of the drug business

Why higher GDP numbers don't spell euphoria

The confusion over the new computation methodology is easing. In fact, it is now seen as a more robust method to measure economic growth

Car Review: 2015 Audi TT

Here's how to get a grip on the wet and slippery country roads of the Scottish Highlands

Million-dollar games: How private enterprise is changing non-cricket sports in India

India Inc has entered the country's sporting arena, and is changing the way the nation plays

St. Kitts' Belle Mont Farm is redefining Caribbean tourism

With the opening of the Belle Mont Farm resort and a bold plan for expansion, can St Kitts become another St Barts?

Why focus is the name of the ecommerce game

The rise of vertical players and aggregators points to a change in the largely horizontal game in the Indian online retail industry

10 sharply focussed ecommerce players in India

Looking into the future: India's online successes

The rise of the ecommerce enablers

With the ecommerce market booming, ancillary firms that provide logistical support from payments to delivery are becoming an investor destination

India's growing appetite for food service startups

Over the last year, food-tech startups have garnered investor interest. But the extent of growth hinges on the scalability of the business model, say industry watchers

How ColdEx Logistics is climbing up the food chain

Gaurav Jain is transforming ColdEx, his cold storage transport company, into an integrated logistics provider that can help quick service restaurants set up shop in, well, quick time. Its experience with Burger King is a perfect example of that

Items for home comfort

A pick of the best, the latest, the greenest, the quirkiest, the most luxurious... that money can buy

For ecommerce, it's growth over profit

Scepticism has given way to optimism and investors are pumping money into the buoyant segment