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‘My India Not Broken’: Harsha Bhogle’s Viral Response to Australian Journo Who Used Nazi Analogy Indian cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle’s cryptic reply to an Australian journalist on Wednesday that “my India is not broken” wowed his fans on the social media platform. #Harsha trended after Harsha Bhogle tweeted on @bhogleharsha: No Dennis, my India isn’t broken. It is full of vibrant young people doing amazing things too. We are a fully functional, mature democracy. We might voice our dissent, our disappointment at times but we are fiercely Indian. That word you used in comparison…..never.” source:

Started with a borrowed capital of Rs 10K, here’s how Mufti grew to a Rs 395 Cr brand In 1992, when Indian fashion trends were seeing a shift, Kamal Khushlani identified a gap in how menswear was evolving. Kamal always had a keen interest in the fashion retail business. However, hailing from a middle-class background, and losing his father at the age of 19, he didn’t have the money to capitalise on his vision. He even worked with a video cassette company to make his ends meet. To finally start building on his dream, he borrowed Rs 10,000 from a...

Kitty Agarwal of Info Edge says content-based startups should add a commerce layer and not just focus on consumption Kitty Agarwal comes from a Marwari business family in Kolkata, where it is not very typical for women to step outside their family business to pursue professional careers. An MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and due to her interest in entrepreneurship, Kitty got in touch with Sanjeev Bikhchandani of Info Edge, and joined the company as an analyst in 2012. source:

Sachin Bansal’s Navi acquires technology consulting startup MavenHive Sachin Bansal’s co-founded venture Navi (formerly BAC Acquisitions) on Thursday said that it has completed the acquisition of MavenHive, a Bengaluru-based technology consulting firm, to further its product development initiatives. Founded by Bhavin Javia and Anandha Krishnan, MavenHive consults companies converting their ideas into high-quality software. The startup boasts of a tech clientele, which includes names like Flipkart, Gojek, Grasshopper, Scripbox, amongst many others, to achieve major milestones in their product journeys. source:

Good economics does not win elections, so Modi is doing what he thinks right: Shankar Sharma As politics, that too messy and disillusioned, suddenly takes primacy over the economic agenda of the Modi government, Dalal Street is not too perturbed and looks ready to give the government time to fix it. That vibe comes from none other than the man known for his no-holds-barred observations when it comes to politics and policies. “The Modi-led BJP government is doing what it thinks is right for the country. Time will tell, as it always does, how effective those moves have been,” says...

At 19, this engineer built India’s first interactive digital map portal, took the family business to over Rs 200 Cr In the early 90s, a young Rohan Verma played around with his parents’ computers and the digital maps they worked on. Rohan’s parents Rakesh Verma and Rashmi Verma founders of digital map database business CE Infosystems, had quit their US jobs and moved to New Delhi to start the company. When CE Infosystems was started in 1995, India did not have a map-reading culture like the US. But Rakesh and Rashmi believed the digital maps market in India would boom...

Emraan Hashmi: ‘Not easy to swim against the tide in Bollywood’ Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi says it is paramount for him to keep reinventing and breaking out of an established image even at the risk of failure. The 40-year-old actor, who started with a series of commercial movies, has shown his versatility with out-of-the-box choices such as Shanghai, Tigers and Netflix Original series Bard of Blood. “It’s important to be just completely dedicated and zoned in on what you’re doing. I always try to have a novel experience with each film I do. But it hasn’t been easy because when you are known...

MS Dhoni named captain of Cricket Australia ODI team of the decade, Virat Kohli Test skipper World Cup-winning India superstar MS Dhoni has been named the captain of the ODI Team of the Decade compiled by Cricket Australia. 3 Indians are part of the 11-man team, which includes some of the best one-day players of the 2010s. MS Dhoni, who led India to World Cup glory in 2011, also handles the wicketkeeping duties in CA’s ODI team. Apart from MS Dhoni, India captain Virat Kohli and opener Rohit Sharma also find a place in the team of the decade. Rohit...

CBI books former Maruti MD Jagdish Khattar for bank loan fraud New Delhi: The CBI has registered a case against former Maruti Udyog Managing Director Jagdish Khattar in connection with an alleged bank loan fraud of Rs 110 crore by his new company, the agency said on Tuesday. The central investigating agency has named Khattar and his company Carnation Auto India Ltd for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 110 crore to state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB). source:

IMF’s Gita Gopinath meets PM Modi amid declining growth, discusses economy Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Gita Gopinath met PM Narendra Modi in Delhi on Monday. The Prime Minister’s office posted a picture of PM Modi meeting Gopinath. “Had a very productive discussion with PM Shri Narendra Modi on the global and Indian economy. Look forward to continuing engagement between IMF and Government of India,” Gopinath tweeted on Monday night. source: