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The article looks at the restaurant business in India and how several entrepreneurs are transforming the industry. Topics covered include reason for the decision of F. Priyank Sukhija, promoter of First Fiddle Restaurants, to open a series of restaurants at Connaught Place in New Delhi, the decision of Zorawar Kalra, founder of Massive Restaurants, to focus on food innovation with the launch of Masala Library and Farzi Café, and factors that contributed to the success of restaurants.

The article offers information about the condition of the hotel and hospitality industry in India. Topics being presented include trends in the room supply in the top cities as well as demand by a huge margin leading to significant pressure on occupancy and room rates in the country's hospitality sector.

The article offers information about the Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey result in the India which reveals that business confidence in the country increase for the second consecutive quarter despite business leaders' scepticism about future economic reforms. Other information such as the second term of the United Progressive Alliance government and government-funded healthcare scheme Modicare is presented.

An interview with Nicolas Cary, co-founder and president of Blockchain, is presented. Cary mentions the other potential uses of blockchain technology besides Bitcoin. In addition, he talks about the future of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ripple, and Litecoin. Moreover, he also discusses the market size of blockchain technology and its growth potential.

The article offers information on the Business Confidence Survey by market research agency C fore and the periodical "Business Today" in India. Highlights of the survey results include the decrease in business confidence in the July-September 2017 quarter, role of the budget for improving the economy, and indicators of economic growth.

An interview with chairman Sebastien Bazin of AccorHotels, is presented. He discusses the changes on the business performance in India due by technological innovation. He highlights the engagement of the hospitality industry in the merger and acquisition activities for business development. He stresses growing demand in the domestic and international market.

The article discusses the economic downfall of Reliance Communications (RCom). Topics discussed include the failure of the merger of RCom with Aircel. RCom's concerns regarding high debt, fall in value of RCom's shares. Other topics discussed include RCom's planned focus on higher-growth, higher-margin business to business (B2B) non-mobile businesses, RCom's survival in a highly competitive market, and Jio's proposal to bail out RCom.

The article discusses the decline in confidence level of businesses due to economic slowdown and introduction of value-added tax in India. It notes that the speed of handling the value-added tax issues will determine business sentiment, with the refund process likely to take around six months to be streamlined. It adds how various parameters have declined including financial situation, profits, availability of finance, investment in business operations, hiring, and cost of external finance.

The article presents the corporate profile of JetSetGo, a provider of luxury private jet aviation services based in India. Topics discussed include an overview of JetSetGo, its historical background, its aviation services, its redefinition of private jet luxury, and its legacy in the aviation industry.

The article focuses on the incorporation of luxury in branded hotel chains in India. Topics discussed include an overview of the luxury hotels trend in the country, the development of branded luxury hotels, their approach to intimate and personal hotel guest experience, and their use of authenticity allowing travelers to live like locals.

The article discusses the Indian government which had come out with a civil aviation policy that laid emphasis on making flying more affordable in June 2016. Also discussed is Prime Minister Narendra Modi who launched the Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) Scheme that caps fares on regional routes in which five airlines bid for 128 routes covering 70 airports, including the 45 underserved/unserved during its first phase. It also states that the government plans to spend for repair of all airports.

The article discusses the report of the Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey which indicates that the business confidence level has slipped down in the first quarter of 2018 with corporate leaders are expecting a negative impact of goods and services tax (GST) on consumption and slowdown in investments. It states that the survey indicates that business leaders are worried about issues including production level, investments and sales.

The article reports on the hospitality industry in India. It offers information on the acquisition of resort company Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. by hotel company Marriott International Inc. An overview on the financial performance, corporate profits as well as strenghts and weakness of the companies, is also mentioned.

The article reports on the telecommunication industry in Africa and India. Topics mentioned include the market share of mobile wallets in the India, the development of digital technology in payments in India, and the development of mobile money in Africa. Also mentioned are the increase of the value of transactions through prepaid cards and mobile wallets from 2016-2017 and the government policy for payment system.

The article reports on the struggle of regional airlines in India. Topics discussed include the challenges faced by regional carriers in terms of passenger traffic, aircraft reliability, and capital, the aspect of aircraft leasing, and airline investments. Comments from chief executive officer (CEO) and director Koustav Dhar of Zoom Air and managing director V. Umesh of Trujet are also provided.

The article provides information on regain of business sentiment and investments from corporate leaders including Business Confidence Survey. Topics discussed include impact of demonetisation and sentiment revival, Business Confidence Index (BCI), improvement expected by economic situations, and infrastructure sector.

The article discusses the intense competition in the telecommunication industry of India with the launch of Jio by Reliance Industries and the 4G services in the country. It mentions merger of Vodafone with Idea which increase the subscribers, and revenues and efforts of Bharti Airtel . It also mentions that Reliance Communications has agreements on tower and other infrastructure sharing with Jio and also in process of merging with Aircel.

The article reports that the demand of pilots has exceeded the supply by a huge margin in 2017 which was driven by the expansion of the fleet size of major airlines. Asia Pacific region was forecasted to have a huge shortage of pilots by 2030 due to the boom phase of countries including India, Indonesia and Philippines. The continued battle of governments on pilot license and flying hours fraud is also mentioned.

The article focuses on the low return on capital by the telecommunication sector in India which was attributed by the aggressive entry of telecommunication company Reliance Jio. Topics discussed include the decline of net profit of several telecommunication companies such as Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, the impact of competition and decline of tariffs on the industry, and the benefit of consolidation to operators.

The article reports that in India big political parties continue to hire helicopters and jet planes for political campaigns during elections, whereas, the demand for them by smaller parties has declined. It mentions that some of the popular aircraft used by politicians during elections including Agustawestland AW109 from AgustaWestland SpA, Beechcraft King Air B200, and Hawker 900XP.

The article reports on the Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey in India. According to the survey, business confidence has declined to its lowest level in six years on concerns of a likely fall in consumption and poor economic growth after demonetisation. It also relates that business confidence had hit a fund in the quater ended

The article reports on the boom in the airline industry in India that is making airlines to look at ways of monetising different touch points in passenger travel. It is said that as new products are launched almost every month and older ones are being refreshed, ancillary revenues of airlines are rising.

The article features Indian low-cost airline company IndiGo owned by Interglobe Aviation. Topics include the airline's financial performance as of 2016, market share, operational efficiency, business expansion and regional connectivity. Charts are also presented depicting IndiGo's customer complaints compared with other airline companies and market share.

The article features telecommunications company Bharti Airtel Ltd. based in India. Topics discussed include the decline of its profits as of 2016 due to market competition, its acquisition of Indian cellular service provider Videocon Telecommunications Ltd.'s spectrum, capital expenditure and increase in debt servicing. Other topics include its deal with wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure operator American Tower Corp. (ATC) for the sale of its towers in Tanzania.

The article focuses on increment in consumption related to Indian economy with increase in sales over festive season. Topics discussed include illustration of an salaries enhancement for government employees, observation of increment in sales of the automobile industries, proliferation of electronic commerce in India with an increase in online shopping, description of retail banking services in urban areas and elucidation of sales upliftment for several shopping malls around the country.

The article focuses on service provider and desires of the rich and poor people. Topics discussed include a client of services firm Quintessentially Lifestyle asked it to source a dinner invite to luxury parties Dining Impossible, Luxury hotels capture the minutest of details about guests, there are demands that leave service providers stumped, growing demands of the affluent consumers have spawned tens of concierge services and the rich and famous are known to make more bizarre demands.

The article reports on the trend of sending spammed and promotional text messages or SMS and mails by telemarketers in India. It mentions the efforts of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indian (TRAI) in curbing promotional calls and the contents by frequent changes in regulations. It also notes the reasons of its continuation due to poor awareness, flaw in the rules and increasing mobile penetration.

The article focuses on the trend for online travel agencies (OTAs) and hotel aggregating portals, which focus on accommodations such as hotels, hostels and homestays in India. One of the 100-plus budget hotels in the country, Hotel Alpine Tree, has been witnessing the close competition. Tarun Garg, promoter at Hotel Alpine Tree, states that it is a cyclical business as it does not matter if the inventory is sold online or offline.

The article reports on the results of the Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey citing that business confidence levels show improvement as companies believe that the government is taking concrete measures to boost the economy. The business confidence index had dropped for five consecutive quarters till March 2016 as the survey was launched in the January-March quarter of 2011. Their were 500 chief executive officers and chief financial officers across 12 cities had been surveyed.

The article focuses on the telecommunications industry and its trading and sharing norms for telecom spectrum. It mentions Arvind Bali, chief executive officer of telecom operator Videocon Telecom, the trend of telecom players transferring idle spectrum to other service providers or pooling spectrum to unify fragmented spectrum holdings, and the impact of rapid shifts in technology, like 3G, 4G, and WMAX, and the inability of smaller operators to invest and upgrade their networks.

The article focuses on the turnaround operation and performance of airline company Jet Airways. Topics discussed include the company's codeshare agreement with several airline companies such as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Delta Air Lines, its partnership with airline company Etihad, and the teams that it had set up to cut cost.

The article focuses on the growth of India-based online shopping web site AskmeBazaar as a result of acquisitions. Topics include the weakness of the company on the technology front which led to mismanagement of supply chain and operations, the difference of its business model from those of other large e-commerce companies, and the recruitment of employees at the company after it laid off a number of workers when it experienced business loss.

The article reports on the fall in business confidence index for the fifth straight quarter to 49.6 in the last quarter of 2015/16, from 53.2 in the October-December quarter as corporate leaders expect economic recovery to take longer. It si stated that an uptick in consumer demand and growth in investments are the two factors on which the recovery of the Indian economy is based.

The article presents a business survey which focuses on the industry expectations from the upcoming budget in India with industry experts like Ajay Piramal, Harshavardhan Neotia, and Sunil Kanoria meeting finance minister of India Arun Jaitley to discuss the issue. Topics include investors and consumers have expressed limited interest in fresh investments, which negative confidence from corporate for the fourth consecutive quarter.

The article talks about the online tools used by doctors, such as tablet computers for managing appointments and schedules. It mentions the Practo Ray clinic management software which has reduced the waiting time of patients. It also discusses the size of the health care market and number of medical practitioners in India. Comments from Sanjeev Gupta, Managing Director of professional services company Accenture India, are included.

The article talks about e-tailing or electronic commerce in India and the battle among telecom companies for 4G services. Topics include rising mobile internet users in India, introduction of mobile application Switch N Walk that helps in transferring data from one phone to another within 5 minutes, and mentions telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular.

The article discusses the economic and business prospects of India after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge. The article discusses the Business Today-C fore Business Confidence Survey which shows lower confidence level which is the lowest level for the index in the last six quarters. The article also mentions that the survey also shows fall in crucial parameters including exports, imports, profits and private sector investments and industrial sector faced low capacity utilisation.

The article talks about turnaround trend of India's four leading airlines turning profitable due to reasons that include low aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices, hard work, and operational efficiencies. It charts the financials of the arlines including Jet Airways, Indigo, and Spicejet. According to former Executive Director Jitender Bhargava of Air India, an airlines company, the industry works on very thin margins reducing debts and sustaining profits is a difficult situation.

The article states that the luxury private suites launched in jets in 2003 are re-modified by different airlines as first class suite for long distance travels like Paris and Dubai, New York, Jakarta, Singapore to give best luxury and comfort to the passengers.

The article offers a review of an Indian low-cost airline company SpiceJet by quoting its events each year and stating the market share status and discussing the challenged and the strengths with its top executives like Chief Operating Officer(COO), SpiceJet Sanjiv Kapoor.

The article discusses aspects flat financial growth in private sector companies under Prime Minister, Narendra Modi government in India. It states, according recent business confidence survey by business magazine "Business Today" confidence levels, on a scale of 100, have slipped to 57.4 in April to June quarter down from 60.4 in the previous quarter. It mentions the views of the D.K. Joshi Chief Economist, CRISIL and Ajay Seth, Chief Financial Officer, Maruti Suzuki.

The article focuses on 3G network facilities of telecommunication operators in India, gradual reduction of their usage due to the launch of upgraded technologies, and evaluation of smartphones with 3G networks. It briefly discusses bluetooth wireless facilities and reviews various mobile network technologies available along with their features. Further it cites comments of director P. Balaji of Vodafone India and chief executive officer Gurdeep Singh of Reliance Communications in this context.

The article presents details about venture debt providers in India such as InnoVen Capital, IntelleGrow and Trifecta Capital. It states that the companies provide capital debts to start-up firms like the online shopping company Snapdeal, sandwich makers Faasos, and online fashion store Myntra. Topics discussed are providing short-term loans, protection of company ownership with minimum stake dilution, and higher interest rate for higher risk.

The article discusses the competition between the companies OLX India and Quikr India Pvt. Ltd., both of which are the market leaders in the Indian online classifieds sector. Topics include the importance of network effect principle, premium listings and display advertisements in a classifieds business model, revenues of both companies for the year 2014, and different market strategies.

The article discusses that businesses in India are slowly losing confidence in the country's National Democratic Alliance (NDA) due to slow reform in business reforms. Statistics indicating the bleak business sentiment among Indian businesses and discussing factors such as hiring, cost of raw materials, and business investment are featured. In addition, the opinions of Indian corporates including Harsh Pati Singhania, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Ajay Shriram are also mentioned.

The article reviews the newly launched Indian airline, Vistara, its business model, product offering and growth plans.

The article discusses the growth in business of the internet and e-commerce company Infibeam. Topics include launch of the e-commerce website www.infibeam.com, the launch of e-commerce platform www.buildabazaar.ooo, and the drop in business due to stiff competition from e-commerce brands like Flipkart, Jabong, and Snapdeal. Also discussed is the possibility of an initial public offering (IPO) by Infibeam and comments by Vishal Mehta, Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infibeam.

The article discusses the fluctuations of online shop ibibo group, India and measures taken by its group CEO Ashish Kashyap to bring it back in market. It also focuses on its downfalls including when it was started as a social media site in 2007 and when it started Tradus which was an online e-commerce business in 2008. In addition the Goibibos entry into travelling and lodging sector with innovative services has helped it overcome the downfall and it will continue to focus on them.

The article discusses the problems that will come in the way of building 100 smart cities in India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that 100 cities will be developed into smart cities and allocated Rs. 7,060 crore in the 2014 Union Budget. However, the article stipulates that nothing has been done in order to make a city smart. Some of the basic things required are an integrated transport system and automated solid waste collection.

The article discusses hotel industry in India and the investment strategies adopted. Topics include occupancy levels, growth in the number of rooms from 2004 to 2014 and compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of hotels including Marriott International, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts and Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, and branding strategy. Comments from South Asia Chairman K.B. Kachru of Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group and South West Asia Head Shantha De Silva of InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) are mentioned.