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K Rashid wants to end the scourge of manual scavenging
The journey of ‘Bandicoot’ started in 2016 after the four engineering students (founders) heard that three people lost their lives in a span of 20 minutes after falling into a...
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Interview
Biplab Kumar Deb wants to make Tripura an economic powerhouse
Biplab Kumar Deb became chief minister of Tripura on 9 March 2018 at the age of 47/ He was the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since January...
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By Jescilia Karayamparambil and RN Bhaskar -- July 29, 2019,
Japanese business establishments in India stands at 5,102 (once again a 5 per cent growth). But Harada would also like to focus on strengthening people-to-people connect further with various activities....
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/a-weather-company-helps-banks-measure-financial-risks
Yogesh Patil of Skymet is a weather man with a vision
Jescilia Karayamparambil | RN Bhaskar
Noida-headquartered weather forecasting services Skymet has been exploring new sectors to offer its products and services. While it continues to have a dominant...
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/tata-power-ceo-and-md-praveer-sinha-we-are-doing-a-huge-amount-of-rd-in-micro-grids/1276683
Tata Power's Sinha wants wants his company to be well-positioned to cope with the coming disruption
— By RN Bhaskar, Jescilia Karayamparambil | May 15, 2018
Praveer Sinha, the newly-appointed CEO and MD of Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, is embarking...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/insa-ceo-anil-devli-indian-shipping-companies-are-growing-and-competing-well-but-mostly-outside-india/1366531
INSA CEO Anil Devli believes that Indian ships under Indian flags have been given a raw deal
R N Bhaskar and Pankaj Joshi October 2, 2018
The origin of the Indian National Shipowners’ Association (INSA) dates back to pre-independence times....
http://www.freepressjournal.in/business/mumbai-is-upgrading-to-a-more-reliable-and-world-class-lifeline-mumbai-metro-rail-corporation-managing-director-ashwini-bhide/1341762
Mumbai, metro and superior mobility
— By Jescilia Karayamparambil and R N Bhaskar | Aug 24, 2018
‘Mumbai is upgrading’ — and many are waiting to see this upgrade. But in this process of upgrade, it did stumble at a few places but...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/tata-power-is-setting-up-the-worlds-largest-rural-electrification-sustainability-project
Tata Power: Powering rural micro-entrepreneurship through clean energy
TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a 100% subsidiary of Tata Power has launched what could be termed as the world’s largest sustainability programme of renewable energy for rural areas. It has covered more than...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/fpj-initiatives/covid-19-spurs-decline-in-labour-participation-rate-in-india
CMIE's Mahesh Vyas: State of the Indian economy -- an FPJ SIES webinar
By Jescilia Karayamparambil
The full video lecture can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBM5JY2UX9k&t=1s
To determine the health of the economy, regular data collection is critical. Private institutions like the Centre...
https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/focus-is-on-agriculture-now-need-a-booster-with-tech-and-fdi-says-dilip-rajan-md-east-west-seeds-india
It could be the 1991 moment for Indian agriculture this time
By Jescilia Karayamparambil & RN Bhaskar -- Saturday, June 6, 2020
It takes six to eight years to launch a new product into the market as the breeder has to...
