Showing 11 - 20 of 25
GST jumble
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 29/05/2017
» Naseem is a confused man. The owner of two department stores in Ghaziabad, a city just east of Delhi, he is worried that the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) is going to damage his sales.
Single screens, multiple pains
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 06/02/2017
» A few decades ago, the family of Mukund Sanghi, a film producer based in Udaipur, owned 20 cinemas in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states. Over the years 19 of them have closed for various reasons. The only one remaining, the Ashoka in Udaipur, is now run by Fun Cinemas, a brand owned by the international exhibitor Cinépolis.
Money mess
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/12/2016
» Saurabh Goyal is facing the worst time of his life. The director of BD Green Homes, a New Delhi real estate company, he has not made a single property deal since the government launched its surprise demonetisation campaign.
Thailand on front lines of tobacco control
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 28/11/2016
» Thailand has won praise from a United Nations conference on tobacco control for its success in fighting off legal challenges from the tobacco industry in the last two years.
Delhi gasps for answers to pollution scourge
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/11/2016
» When Akkarat Bunyasam, a young visitor from Thailand, landed in India's national capital on Nov 6 he was shocked beyond words.
Fast track to India
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 31/10/2016
» India has made significant strides under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to position itself as more friendly to foreign investment, but the actual process of getting a new business off the ground is still not as smooth as investors or authorities want it to be.
India's 'Good Sense Tax'
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 15/08/2016
» Mangal Singh Rawal is finally seeing some light at the end of the dark tunnel that he and many other businessmen have been navigating for years.
Cell shocked
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 21/12/2015
» Telecommunication companies in India are coming under increased pressure from the Narendra Modi government to fix network problems and reduce a dropped-call rate that is one of the worst in the world.
Indian PM ready to make new overtures to Asean
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 23/11/2015
» Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is preparing to outline new proposals to stimulate the "blue ocean" economy through new areas of partnership with Asean when he delivers a major address in Singapore today.
Tourist haunt
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 19/10/2015
» An abandoned village in western India has become a major attraction with tens of thousands of tourists flocking there every year in search of a spooky experience.