E-commerce clicks with Indian consumers



Welcome to a world where shopping is made easier with the help of something called e-commerce. E-commerce, or electronic commerce, is a way by which one buys and sells products and/or services over the Internet.

Empowering women: The birth of new-age
rural entrepreneurs

Dark and of medium height, with four heavy gold earrings decorating each ear,
40-year-old Paittamma looks no different from any other South Indian
middle-aged woman. But on meeting her, what strikes you is her spirit of
self-reliance and her evident pride in her entrepreneurial skills.

Firecracker ban doesn’t stop Diwali
going off with a bang

Rohit Shetty bought a lot more firecrackers this Diwali than he has
the last few years. Like many Karnatakans, he is unfazed by the Karnataka High Court’s recent ban on setting off firecrackers in public places.

Real growth in real estate

Jadayappa, a farmer from Devegere village in rural Bangalore,
will soon be the proud owner of a house more comfortable than he ever dreamed of living in after he sold a little over an acre of his agricultural land
to a real estate agent for Rs. 630,000.

New retail policy feared to leave
mom ’n’ pop shops high and dry

The central government’s decision to allow 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multibrand retail has triggered a huge conflict between the local BJP government and industry bodies in Karnataka.

Power crisis haunts small-scale industries
in Karnataka

The head of Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association has called
on the state government to aid small-scale industries in the wake
of the power crisis the state faces.