Category: Business World
Almost 65 Indians Intend To Travel For Leisure Adventure In 2021 Survey
With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, almost 65 per cent of travellers interviewed said they are keen to travel for leisure and adventure this year in an attempt to leave behind the monotony of 2020, according to a survey. While 2020 witnessed the rise of essential travel, the new and evolved 2021 Indians are looking
Women in Haub discuss experience in business world
The Women’s Center and the Haub School of Business hosted a “Women on Campus” virtual panel discussion highlighting women and their experiences in business on March 25. Morgan M. Bryant, Ph.D., assistant professor of marketing, moderated the event. The panel featured Janée Burkhalter, Ph.D., associate dean and associate professor of marketing, Natalie Wood, Ph.D., associate
Magenta Announces ChargeGrid Prisma For Residential Complexes
Magenta has introduced ChargeGrid Prisma for large residential complexes. This solution is developed specifically at solving the complex and multi-faceted problems for EV charging at residential societies where not everyone has dedicated parking slots. This situation forced EV enthusiasts to resort to pulling wires from homes to parking areas; this was not only extremely unsafe,
COVID-19 Timeline | Spring brings renewed hope, with caution | Business World
Losing sleep — beyond the hour sacrificed to daylight savings time’s arrival March 14 — might soon be less about the uncertainty stemming from the pandemic and more about the thrill that comes with opportunity. The victory lap is likely months away, but progress is palpable. Vaccinations continue at a good clip. Students are back
Business Roundup | Business World
Mission Ridge’s Chair 2 opens for skiers, snowboarders WENATCHEE — Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort opened the Wenatchee Express to skiers and snowboarders on Feb. 17. The new high-speed, four-person chairlift — more than a mile long with a vertical rise of more than 1,500 feet — replaces the old Liberator Express chairlift in
For the record | Real estate | Business World
Chelan County commercial sales David R. and Terri L. Hellyer, Property ID 44906 and 44907 (two parcels), Chelan, $418,000, sold to PG Chelan Condos LLC Curtis N. and Mary A. Epperson, 716 Ringold St. 1 (Property ID 14525), Wenatchee, $475,000, sold to Simon D. and Marriah M. Thornock Curtis N. and Mary A. Epperson, 716
Small business resources | Business World
Here are some resources for business owners: Working Washington Small Business Grants, Round 4: Gov. Jay Inslee and the state Legislature approved a new round of small business grants. The $240 million in grants will focus on small businesses impacted by COVID-19. The application portal will open March 29. For details go to commercegrants.com. American
Companies split on whether to fight corporate tax hike
President Joe Biden speaks during his first press briefing in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2021. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The U.S. business community is trying to figure out how to address President Joe Biden‘s infrastructure plan, which calls for higher corporate taxes to
Creating Creativity: How to Breed Ideas in the Business World
By creating creativity, you will make your workforce happier, and it will make you more money. Frame it like that, and you’d be a fool not to. Published on March 31, 2021 Photo by Patrick Perkins via Unsplash One of the most sought-after attributes in the current climate is creativity. As the world struggles
4 Years That Transformed Uttar Pradesh
Mother of three, Noorjahan, 32, got the shock of her life when on December 2020 she received a letter from her husband carrying the three dreaded letters: “Talaq, talaq talaq”. She was staying with her father at Basti as her husband had left her in October 2016, promising to take her with him once he
A Thousand TikTok s A Thousand Cuts-Blaise Fernandes
The mid-July ban by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) on TikTok, the Chinese short form social media app, on account of national security, was also the trigger for domestic innovation. After the ban over half a dozen domestic short form video apps and domestic platforms with integrated short form video features have
Mission Rozgar – BW Businessworld
Common Service Centres made new source of self-employmentIn the early stages of the development of internet technology, no one imagined that it would become an important invention and tool for providing employment for the youth, especially in the rural areas. It has now been made a reality for the educated youth in rural areas of
Growth And Green Shoots – BW Businessworld
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it — Andrew Carnegie In this issue we flash a spotlight on Uttar Pradesh, a state that has witnessed an amazing turnaround over the last four years – not just in its fortunes
Prosingh, Young Indian Entrepreneur Soars High In Business World
A tech-savvy individual, Parwinder Singh, also known as “Prosingh” is an Indian teenage entrepreneur, writer, and social media influencer at just the age of 18 years. While people of his age were busy running behind school projects, he was determined to track the technological advances in the field of programming. ProSingh started programming at
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Rebuild Reinvent Reimagine-Anuj Puri – BW Businessworld
In a world drastically changed by Covid-19, Indian real estate moved on to rebuild, reinvent and reimagine its future. Surprisingly, the residential sector stood much resilient than other sectors and emerged stronger. A host of factors were responsible for this. All-time best affordability, lowest-best home loan rates, developer deals and discounts, controlled launches, organised players
We Will Be On All the Online Channels
Like many other things, chess too went digital with a new zest during the pandemic. Leading the charge was five-time World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand. In a conversation with BW Businessworld Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Annurag Batra, Anand talks about life during the pandemic, his new endeavour and the digital transition of chess How have the
Real Estate The Home Rush
What a coincidence! Seasons come and go but spring this time has a special feel to it. A sense of “bahaar” — Urdu word for spring meaning rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, a promise — pervades everything around us, the society, economy and what have you. And all this has to do with what we have gone
What the business world needs now more than ever is extreme humanism
Tom Peters‘ first book In Search of Excellence, which became a bestseller, was published in 1982. It sold 3 million copies in its first four years, and was the most widely held monograph in the United States from 1989 to 2006. It reshaped global business thinking and has been anointed time and again as “the
Criticality Of Team Play For A Meaningful Civil Service- Madhukar Gupta
My advisor at Harvard used to take me out for lunch every month. Once he candidly asked me, ‘what is wrong with you guys’? Meaning, as to what was wrong with us in general in the Civil Service. I made a few guesses, but was way off the mark. You guys are never trained to
Value of MBA can’t be understated in business world | Education
For many, getting a Master of Business Administration degree is a ticket to achieving higher success in the business field. Whether someone wants to open their own business, rise to a managerial position, or just make professional connections, an MBA is a flexible degree that opens the door for opportunities. Cathy Dubois, associate dean of
Medical Education Needs To Be Reformed K Moidu
What is the future of medical education in the digital age? We have all dodged a very serious bullet, one that came in the shape of a pandemic and in dodging that we had a great amount of assistance in better data and information management. So essentially, we are now in a state where we see