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Business Insider's India edition recently celebrated its sixth month in operation and has already doubled its audience since launch. Congrats to the BI team at Times of India on your spectacular growth!
From BI India's publisher, here's how they did it:
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India is the fastest growing English speaking digital market in the world. With over 100 million users online, and the fastest growing mobile user base, it's become a land ripe with opportunity. At the same time, there has been an incredible blossoming of digital content globally, with new publishers emerging everyday, offering new perspectives and engaging content that challenge the traditional ways content has been produced.
We started Times Local Partners just over a year ago to help great, emerging digital publishers tap that potential. We wanted to leverage our reach with consumers, our understanding of the Indian market, and our connect with advertisers to build great businesses in India for companies succeeding in other markets.
It's been 15 months, and we've launched ten partnerships. Today, we're sharing the latest results from our first three - Gizmodo, Lifehacker, and Business Insider - which have seen enormous growth since we started.

And when we look at some comparable properties, which haven't had the same Indian focus, it becomes even clearer how strong these properties have become.

It's not just about traffic growth. We've invested into making our partner brands salient within India, leveraging their expertise and emphasizing their brands in other media, like print and television. Our other media editorial teams are encouraged to leverage our partner's content, giving proper branding for our partners, which has contributed to the improved reach of our partners' sites. And today, that improved salience is translating into meaningful ad revenues, which are growing healthily for our partners.
Developing an India strategy is increasingly becoming a requirement for any global publisher (see these posts in <a href="http://www.themediabriefing.com/article/buzzfeed-quartz-business-insider-digital-publishing-india-launch" target="_blank">theMediaBriefing</a> and <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2014/05/everybodys-starting-news-sites-in-india/" target="_blank">Nieman Journalism Lab</a>). Many are already building out plans, and more will develop soon. At Times, we hope to work with the best global publishers in making a successful and prominent footprint, and most importantly, to help expose our consumers to the vast array of digital content being made around the world. ----- Times Local Partners (TLP) is an initiative of Times Internet, India's Largest Digital Company and a part of Times of India Group (India's Largest Media Company). TLP offers global publishers improved local distribution, local operational expertise, and a top-tier sales operation, to grow brands for consumers and advertisers. If you are interested in working with us, please drop us a line at <a href="mailto:tlp@timesinternet.in" target="_blank">tlp@timesinternet.in</a> 
- Puneet Singhvi, Business Head, Times Local Partners
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Way To Go, BI India!

India currently boasts of being the third largest <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smartphone+market">smartphone market</a> in the world. It is after China and the US. However, 2016 would see the country becoming the second biggest market. The huge potential market saw 95 brands launch over 1,137 phones in 2014 alone, and the number’s only going up this year! 
 
As the year end draws close, here’s a comprehensive list of the top 5 phones launched in 2015. We judged each phone by the following parameters – features, specs, affordability and design. 
 
Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) – Rs. 12,999 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Motorola+Moto+G+%283rd+Gen%29+">Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) </a>was launched in July 2015, and boy did it impress buyers and experts alike! It came with a 5” HD Screen with 299ppi. 
 
Under the hood, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Motorola+Moto+G+%283rd+Gen%29+">Moto G</a> is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Processor and 2 GB RAM. It packs in 16 GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 32GB. As for the camera, it boasts of a 13 MP Primary Camera a 5 MP Selfie Camera. 
 
While the 2470mAh non-removable battery is it’s only sore point, its trump card really is it’s IPX7 Water Resistance feature that’s not available in several ‘high-end’ models. 
 
Verdict: Solid Mid Range Smartphone of 2015 
 
Coolpad Note 3 (Black) – Rs. 8,999 
 
Launched in October 2015, Coolpad Note 3 seemed to emerge as the killer in the budget category. 
 
The 5.50” beast has a resolution of 720*1280 pixels and is powered by a 1.3GHz octa-core MediaTek 6753 Processor and 3 GB RAM. 
 
It also has 16GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 64GB. You also have a 13 MP Primary Camera and 5 MP Selfie Shooter. 
 
Apart from the usual connectivity options, the mammoth in the house here is the fingerprint scanner. Who expects stuff made for an <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=iPhone">Apple iPhone</a> on a ‘budget’ smartphone? To add icing on the cake, it’s also currently available in Black. 
 
Verdict: Budget Smartphone of 2015 
 
OnePlus 2 – Rs. 24,999 
 
Launched in July this year, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=OnePlus+2">OnePlus 2</a> was quietly rightly labeled the ‘2016 Flagship Killer’. This one had everything you wanted on steroids. 
 
Processor? - 1.8GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 
Ram? - 4GB 
Memory – 64 GB internal storage 
Battery and Display? – 5.5” Full HD Screen and 3300mAh battery. 
A: Um…but the OnePlus 2 doesn’t have a fingerprint scanner and a 21 MP Primary Camera. 
B: How much do you pay for you iPhone? 
*Silence* 
 
Verdict: Flagship of the Year - 2015 
 
Lenovo K3 Note – Rs. 9,999 
 
Launched early in March 2015, the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=K3+Note">K3 Note</a> is for the ones who ‘want big’, except for their credit card statements. 
 
At Rs 10k, this 5.5” biggie has a Full HD Screen with an unbelievable 401ppi. Under the hood it’s a 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6752 Processor that comes with 2 GB RAM. You also get 16 GB internal storage that can be expanded up to 32GB. For the camera you get a 13 MP Primary Camera and a 5 MP front camera for selfies. 
 
Apart from its slight low 2900mAh battery, and the fact that it has some lags, the Lenovo K3 is the ultimate phone for the Indian who thinks ‘bigger is better’. 
 
Verdict: The Biggie Smartphone 2015 
 
Motorola Moto E (Gen 2) – Rs. 4,999 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Moto+E+">Motorola Moto E</a> (2nd) is the titillating damsel you fantasize about. She’s the girl next door who’ll never let you down, and that’s the beauty of the deal. 
 
At Rs. 4,999, this 4.5” <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smartphone">smartphone</a> brings together the best of all worlds. It’s not for the gaming enthusiast or the selfie addict. Want to buy your mom/younger sibling their first smartphone? She’s the one to go with. She won’t intimate your grandparents or you, when you consider the gift. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Moto+E+">Moto E </a>is the ‘safe’ <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=smartphone">smartphone</a> for the first-time user. It has a solid feel to it, comes featured packed for the price, and handle basic operations exceptionally well. 
 
Verdict: My First Smartphone 2015 
 
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BI India Smartphones Awards 2015

The year has been amazing for two wheeler lovers. We have had scooters, budget bikes to mid-range to out-and-out performance bikes. What’s particularly notable this year is the vast array of affordable performance and high-end bikes that were launched in the Indian market. 
 
Here's a look at the most badass bikes launches of the year. 
 
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BI India Badass Bike Awards 2015

2015 was an exceptional year for gamers globally. It was filled with must-play experiences on both the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Xbox+One">Xbox One</a> and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=PlayStation+4">PlayStation 4.</a> Whether it was one of the latest AAA sequels or an original, we tasted everything. From massive open worlds, lucid multiplayer experiences, or intensely personal stories, the gaming world has given us all. 
 
We’ve compiled the 10 most intriguing games released in the year. Enjoy! 
 
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt PC, PS4, <keyword id="1681394" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="xbox-one">Xbox One</keyword> 
 
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt shakes you with its depth, scale and execution. The gaming landscape lets you drowns you in its gameplay. The world is replete with unique characters with personality and perspective. 
 
White Orchard is really a small piece of the game. This May 2015 release was a gift to the gaming community. Period. 
 
Fallout 4 
PC, PS4, Xbox One 
 
There's little left to tell about Fallout 4 when you know a Russian man is suing Bethesda for around $7,030 for making the game ‘so addictive.’ 
 
Set in a post-apocalyptic Boston in the year 2287, the player character emerges from an underground bunker called the Vault, and wow what he world he builds! 
 
Bloodborne 
PS4 
 
We can’t blame you if you feel <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Bloodborne">Bloodborne</a> is your Game of the Year. This PS4 is quite unlike any ‘modern game’ in every sense of the term. It never lets you settle down, and that’s a part of the fun. It kills you slowly, testing your knowledge in the most awful ways. Yet, when you win against the most badass and grotesque bosses you rise. Bloodied, scarred and unbeatable. 
 
Here’s a game where you fight to earn your pride. There are no entitlements. 
 
Rise of the Tomb Raider 
PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 
 
Rise of the Tomb Raider follows up on Crystal Dynamics' redefining prequel/reboot to the Lara Croft saga. This second game picks up the story following the events of the first game and after Gail Simone's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Tomb+Raider">Tomb Raider</a> comic book series. 
 
This is a game where we reinvent Lara Croft as a true survivor. Here she uses her survival skills, finds new pals and accepts her destiny as the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Tomb+Raider">Tomb Raider</a>. Isn’t that cool? 
 
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain 
PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360 
 
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain concludes the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Metal+Gear+Solid+V">Metal Gear Solid V</a> experience by following the story of the protagonist of the series, Big Boss (Snake). This is the first time that Director Hideo Kojima incorporated an open world gameplay to this groundbreaking franchise, and boy are they mind-boggling! 
 
Assassin's Creed Syndicate 
PC, PS4, Xbox One 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Ubisoft">Ubisoft</a>'s historical open-world legend continues its annual release cycle with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Assassin%27s+Creed+Syndicate">Assassin's Creed Syndicate</a>. Here the action shifts to Victorian-era London. 
 
The leads Jacob and Evie Frye grow their underground gang and try to take down the Templars who run the city. The third-person gameplay has many new intriguing elements like the new rope launcher and amazing action. 
 
Halo 5: Guardians 
Xbox One 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Microsoft">Microsoft</a> has a loyal Halo fan-base, and they’ve glued them to the screens with HD updates to the existing core entries. However, the new Halo took a next generation leap with its first-person action. 
 
The multiplayer test introduced some major tweaks to the competitive formula. Bottom line – the new Halo engine at 60fps on the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Xbox+One">Xbox One</a> would be stuff of legends. 
 
Just Cause 3 
PC, PS4, Xbox One 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Grand+Theft+Auto">Grand Theft Auto</a> to the madness of open world gameplay. Just Cause just seems to be its wild elder sibling. Pull out you grappling hook and parachute, Rico Rodriguez is here. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Just+Cause+3">Just Cause 3</a> immerses you into a world of awesome combat and explosive moments on an exotic Mediterranean island. This is the kind of madness we enjoy! 
 
Mortal Kombat X 
PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Mortal+Kombat+X">Mortal Kombat X</a> by NetherRealm Studios created a lot of buzz during its April 2015 launch. 
 
The game re-recreated several old characters, along with their attacks, special moves, and gruesome Fatalities. The energy meter, first introduced in the previous <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Mortal+Kombat">Mortal Kombat</a> game, allowed you to perform techniques such as ‘X-Ray’ special moves. 
 
This is a game where you‘d enjoy killing another living being in the most gruesome way possible. Welcome to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Mortal+Kombat">Mortal Kombat</a>. 
 
Call of Duty : Black Ops 3 
PC, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, PS4 
 
We all know when a new <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Call+Of+Duty">Call Of Duty</a> is coming. This time it is Black Ops 3! 
 
It’s another dark futuristic setting, and the zombies would return. 
 
Yeah, it’s the same. But…you know…it’s COD, so…um...You get it? 
 
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BI India PC/Console Game Awards 2015

There has been a flurry of gadget launches in India this year. Although we have seen some spectacular smartphones coming to India in <keyword id="133644" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="2013">2013</keyword>, there has been less fanfare in the home <keyword id="4578" type="COMPANY" weightage="40" keywordseo="entertainment">entertainment</keyword> segment. But it won’t be wrong if we call 2013 the year of the mobile. Everyone, from Apple to <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword> to Sony and <keyword id="16129" type="CITY" weightage="40" keywordseo="HTC">HTC</keyword> had something new to show. 
 All the months of 2013 were jam-packed with gadget launches across categories. Some <keyword id="6358455" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Gadgets">gadgets</keyword> were born super stars and some became one after the masses warmed up to them. And some got the ‘legendary’ tag after it got a price drop. There are numerous examples of <keyword id="1994871" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="tech-toys">tech toys</keyword> which were not an instant hit but became a super hit as soon they were available on a discount. We are ready with the list of <keyword id="1789266" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="best-gadgets">best gadgets</keyword> in various categories – so take a look.

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India has emerged as the world’s fastest growing economy. However, Asia’s third largest economy just ranked 97th among 118 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) released by the <keyword id="108578" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="International-Food-Policy-Research-Institute">International Food Policy Research Institute</keyword> (<keyword id="6557928" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="ifpri">IFPRI</keyword>). This puts the country behind even <keyword id="6354759" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</keyword>, <keyword id="41896" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Iran">Iran</keyword>, <keyword id="6355112" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Iraq">Iraq</keyword>, and <keyword id="6354767" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nigeria">Nigeria</keyword> in the hunger map. 
 
India’s policy addressing hunger and malnutrition in all age groups has a feast of questions and a famine of answers. India’s hunger, being worse than any sub-Saharan country, needs crisis management and a long term vision. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Excise-duty-in-cigarette-hiked-Tobacco-farmers-in-india-are-struggling-to-make-ends-meet/articleshow/56872791.cms">ALSO READ: Excise duty in cigarette hiked. Tobacco farmers in India are struggling to make ends meet</a> 
 Be it <keyword id="4227644" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="manohar-das">Manohar Das</keyword> of <keyword id="4227647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="tewri">Tewri</keyword> village in <keyword id="6360371" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</keyword>, who works in hundred days of wage-employment or <keyword id="4227646" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="shib-baksha">Shib Baksha</keyword> of <keyword id="4227645" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="amlasol">Amlasol</keyword> village in <keyword id="61773" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="West-Midnapore">West Midnapore</keyword> district of <keyword id="6357783" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="West-Bengal">West Bengal</keyword>, who works as contract labour at nearby village, the thin line that connects them is the ignorance about ‘<keyword id="2209492" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Modi-Sarkar">Modi Sarkar</keyword>’. The only thing they understand by the government is getting staples at Rs 2/kg and free goodies. However, staples alone can’t fulfill nutritional needs, as a result they end up with stunted growth and other diseases. Not everyone is as lucky as them. Their neighbours, unable to procure <keyword id="49514" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="bpl">BPL</keyword> (below poverty level) identity cards and Ration Cards aren’t entitled to these basic facilities and have to starve most of the days. Only feast they can think of is ant eggs roast during the scorching summer months. 
 
 
 
India’s overall GDP growth is expected to end at <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Excise-duty-in-cigarette-hiked-Tobacco-farmers-in-india-are-struggling-to-make-ends-meet/articleshow/56872791.cms">7.1% this financial year</a>, as compared to 4.6% two years back. While food still counts as the basic requirement of human existence, India is a country that not only produces enough, but ironically, there is never enough for its ever growing population to eat. Funnily, while millions go hungry, for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Excise-duty-in-cigarette-hiked-Tobacco-farmers-in-india-are-struggling-to-make-ends-meet/articleshow/56872791.cms">India storage of surplus food</a> has always been a problem. 
 
 
 
India’s hunger-management disaster 
While development in many sectors is acknowledged, what is lesser known is that India has also made considerable progress on many social fronts, such as fertility decline, expansion of schooling and bridging the gender gap in education, especially at the primary and lower secondary levels. However, there is one <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Excise-duty-in-cigarette-hiked-Tobacco-farmers-in-india-are-struggling-to-make-ends-meet/articleshow/56872791.cms">area of human development</a>, where India has been a disaster: tackling hunger and malnutrition. 
 
Child malnutrition rates in India are extraordinarily high- among the highest in the world, with nearly one-half of all children under 3 years of age being either underweight or stunted. Indeed, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Excise-duty-in-cigarette-hiked-Tobacco-farmers-in-india-are-struggling-to-make-ends-meet/articleshow/56872791.cms">child malnutrition rates </a>are higher in India than in many countries of sub-Saharan <keyword id="12925" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Africa">Africa</keyword>, even though income levels are significantly higher and levels of infant and child mortality are lower in India. 
 
 
 
Pediatric malnutrition Prevalence of child malnutrition in India has remained stubbornly high even after nearly a half-century of respectable agricultural productivity growth and two decades of post-reform economic growth and prosperity in the country. Adding more support to the view that child malnutrition is weakly correlated with income is the finding that among children of mothers with 10 or more years of schooling as well as mothers from the top income quintile, around one-quarter are underweight. Even in a relatively prosperous and dynamic state like <keyword id="6354766" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat">Gujarat</keyword>, child malnutrition rates have been stagnant over the past decade. 
 
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-how-indepay-is-making-rural-india-cashless/articleshow/57232771.cms">ALSO READ: HOW INDEPAY IS MAKING RURAL INDIA CASHLESS</a> 
 The <keyword id="121300" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Family-Health-Survey">National Family Health Survey</keyword> (NFHS) found that a <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-how-indepay-is-making-rural-india-cashless/articleshow/57232771.cms">significant number of adults</a> in India suffer from malnutrition. Almost 58 per cent of pregnant women aged 15-49 were found to be anaemic. The Global Food Security Index also revealed that Indians lack adequate quantities of iron, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-how-indepay-is-making-rural-india-cashless/articleshow/57232771.cms">Vitamin A and protein in their diets</a>. 
 
 
 
“Half of the children who die before five years of age have malnutrion as a cause in their pathogenesis. If we look at proportion of weight at birth, 23 per cent of children weigh less than 2.5 kg, which is below normal. This low birth weight has its reason in the womb, which is where they are malnourished already before being born. Low birth weight increases over time and so by the time they are three-years-old, half the children are malnourished. Because of poor sanitation we have widespread <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/heres-how-indepay-is-making-rural-india-cashless/articleshow/57232771.cms">faecal oral contamination</a>. Water and food sources have high degrees of contamination and it results in diarrhoea and other gastro intestinal illnesses, which increases the child mortality rate,” said renowned public health specialist and activist Dr <keyword id="43944" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Binayak-Sen">Binayak Sen</keyword>. 
 
 
 
State of famine 
In 1943, three million people died in the infamous <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/author_articles_all.cms?query=%22Suchayan%20Mandal%22&amp;author=Suchayan-Mandal-479239841">Bengal famine</a>. There was no shortage of grain in <keyword id="6356978" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengal">Bengal</keyword> at that time, yet people had nothing to eat. Interpreting the Famine of 1943,<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/author_articles_all.cms?query=%22Suchayan%20Mandal%22&amp;author=Suchayan-Mandal-479239841"> Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen </a>suggested that the reason for it was the breakdown of the social arrangement in distributing food. To put the matter in a world context, every three seconds somewhere around the world, a child dies of causes related to avoidable malnutrition. "In those three seconds, the world armaments industry spends 120,000 USD in order to keep the system responsible safely in place,” Binayak Sen told <keyword id="824043" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Business-Insider">Business Insider</keyword>. 
 
 
 
Ignorant policies that do the most harm Skyrocketing prices of daily food items spell more woe for the people, who are already paying "too much" to survive. International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (<keyword id="1367836" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="IFAD">IFAD</keyword>) Rural Poverty Report-2011 states, “While international food prices have declined since mid-2008, they are still substantially higher than prior to the price surge, and they are likely to remain at 2010 levels or higher for the next decade.” The report has suggested that about 100 million of world’s rural and urban people have to remain hungry. 
 “It will remain high, the era of cheap food is over," said <keyword id="669006" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Richard-Mahapatra">Richard Mahapatra</keyword>, managing editor of Down to <keyword id="6359982" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="earth">Earth</keyword>. "This is because productivity of agriculture is low and thus impacts production. This is the supply side issue. Also the rainfed areas that contribute a signifcant amount of foodgrain is not getting the policy focus. Even though the new second Green <keyword id="24385" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="revolution">Revolution</keyword> is aimed at that, it seems to be flawed. Now, the demand side. Demand is increasing but we don't have robust distribution mechanism. So, it creates further price rise. Also, there is huge diversion of agricultural lands to other uses. Combined with low productivity, less lands and absence of distribution mechanism, we are set for high price rise.” 
 Due to the PDS (<keyword id="89442" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Public-distribution-system">Public Distribution System</keyword>) and the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/author_articles_all.cms?query=%22Suchayan%20Mandal%22&amp;author=Suchayan-Mandal-479239841">public wage programmes</a> starvation deaths have definitely come down, he contended. Often we call cheap food grain programmes as populist. They are indeed popular as poor find them useful and their starvation is avoided with this entitlement. 
 
 
 
Adult malnutrition 
“Roughly 33-35 per cent of the entire Indian population have a BMI below 18.5, which is indicative of calorie malnutrition. They aren't getting enough food to eat. More than one-third of India is on a chronic basis not getting proper food to eat. Low BMI is also restricting people’s immunity,” said Binayak Sen. 
 “Without addressing nutritional status, there can be no adequate development. Food Security Act does nothing for betterment of nutritional status of the poeple as such. <keyword id="250148" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="The-Bill">The Bill</keyword> is like 'something is better than nothing'. Five kilos of wheat per person per month make two chapattis per day. With two chapatis the nutritional question isn’t answered. This terrible nutritional deficit is yielding polarization in society,” he added. 
 
Urban malnutrition 
In villages, people stay in close bond with each other, who can be approached for help in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/author_articles_all.cms?query=%22Suchayan%20Mandal%22&amp;author=Suchayan-Mandal-479239841">times of crisis</a>. Migrating people in cities start living in slums and ghettos, where they have to live with people unknown and untrustworthy. Moreover, people fight here to make ends meet, which actually leads to self-centric attitude. 
 
Red corridor hunger 
“People who are in chronic situation and stable famine are able to withstand only because of their access to natural resources like land, water and forest," opined Binayak Sen. "<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/author_articles_all.cms?query=%22Suchayan%20Mandal%22&amp;author=Suchayan-Mandal-479239841">Access to this resources was unrestricted</a>. Designating the common properties as commodities that can be owned by corporates is restricting poeple’s right to access and in a way right to live. Any form of resistance is labelled as insurgency. First they try civil ways and then take recourse in military measures. People have to confront. Application of eminent domain needs to be questioned. Under 5th schedule, govt has to ensure people’s access to natural resources but there is not a single instances of government intervening.” 
 
“They have mapped it as red corridor but poeple’s deprivation hasn't been mapped yet," said Sen. 
 
"We need to relook at the arm forces and UAPA laws. Whole discourse in election has become restricted to attitudes to development. Development is about accessing resources. Nobody is saying there are vital issues involved. What is going to happen to the poeple whose right has been denied? State will not be thwarted in its course. There needs to be a contestaion in the level of people. They need to raise the issue.” 
 
Business Insider’s Take 
Agriculture contributes around 16 per cent to<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/author_articles_all.cms?query=%22Suchayan%20Mandal%22&amp;author=Suchayan-Mandal-479239841"> India’s GDP</a>; it is coming down over the years. But still 60 per cent people depend on this. What does this mean? Is it that it is reliable as a source of livelihood or people don't have any other source thus depend on agriculture? In both the cases, shifting people out of agriculture is going to be a tough challenge. Industries or the service sectors have their own limitation and can't absorb such a huge number of people. Strategically, this will be a blunder as we kill out food self-sufficiency.

BI Investigation: India’s food nightmare is killing millions of
children across the country every day

After United Bank of India’s suit, now state run financial company <keyword id="6357560" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IDBI-Bank">IDBI Bank</keyword>, will declare defunct carrier <keyword id="6373962" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kingfisher-Airlines">Kingfisher Airlines</keyword> and its promoter <keyword id="14678" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vijay-Mallya">Vijay Mallya</keyword> and its three directors as willful defaulters. 
	“Last week, IDBI too had sent a letter to the management regarding their outstanding debts. Vijay Mallya was summoned for a meeting with the senior officials of the bank today morning. But he skipped it,” disclosed a senior airline official. 

	 
	When BI India contacted the airline for a response, company spokesperson Prakash Mirpuri confirmed that IDBI Bank had sent them a letter. The spokesperson also added that the management has taken all necessary action and replied as appropriate. 

	 
	“It is not possible for a bank to simply declare anybody as a wilful defaulter without following the due process. The RBI circular is clear in this regard. We have robust and comprehensive answers backed by documentation to challenge any such move”, said Mirpuri sometime back. 
	 

	Interestingly, BI India yesterday reported that State Bank of India had sent a letter to KFA last week, demanding a response within a fortnight. And recently United Bank of India (UBI) declared the defunct airline and Mallya as wilful defaulters and becomes the first state-owned bank to do so. The airline plans to "vigorously challenge the UBI’s decision".

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<ul><li>A survey by Indeed, on people who had to <keyword id="123591" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="work-from-home" source="Orion">work from home</keyword> due to the pandemic, showed that 73% miss socialising with their colleagues in person.</li><li>Companies are now forced to set out satellite offices as people need physical sense in some ways.</li><li>“Employees are willing to pay up to $300 or more per month for access (to office space), so there's a demand for space, and to be around people, but not full time,” said <keyword id="1859852" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="dan-schawbel" source="Orion">Dan Schawbel</keyword>, managing partner at Workplace Intelligence.</li></ul>Many of us have spent the majority of 2020 and also the whole of 2021, so far, working remotely. The rapid transition out of the conventional office has met with mixed reactions. Some miss a physical sense of the workplace and some are missing their colleagues. But the reality tells work from home is here to stay for sometime more or may be forever. At Business Insider's <a href="https://fow.businessinsider.in/?_ga=2.126956105.573022810.1631501431-654330148.1628410544">Future of Work event</a>, two brilliant minds -- <keyword id="211396" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nitin-sethi" source="Orion">Nitin Sethi</keyword>, chief executive officer, human capital solutions, AON, India and South Asia, and Dan Schawbel, managing partner, Workplace Intelligence, who have experienced and studied the global workforce at large provided insights on the changing trends. One thing that was clear from their conversation was that there is a lot that people are missing out on now, even when compared to the comfort and convenience they have at home. A <a href="https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/covid-19-what-people-miss-most-about-office-work">survey </a>by Indeed, an employment website for job listings, on people who had to work from home due to the pandemic, showed that while 78% reported they have since adjusted, half of our respondents still miss their commute, 45% miss in-person meetings and 73% miss socialising with their colleagues in person. <div type="ExtQuote" text="“Jobs are going to people now, more than people are going to jobs, but people want access to an office and in one of the findings, which we thought was fascinating was that if an employer doesn't offer access to an office space. Employees are willing to pay up to $300 or more per month for access, so there's a demand for space, and to be around people, but not full time, &quot;" auname="Dan Schawbel, managing partner at Workplace Intelligence"></div> Working from the office matters more to young graduates who want to work in an office around people. “This is because they want the same community that they had in college”, he added. It is a huge difference in both settings of work. In a corporate setting you can walk down the hallway and talk to your colleagues but while working remotely it's not possible. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[ ]]></cdata></div> The speakers pointed out that there is an emphasis on companies to have some physical spaces like satellite offices. A satellite office is a branch of a company that's physically separate from the organisation's main office. “So for instance, let's say you're in India and you get a job that was normally based in, you know California in the United States, that company, potentially would give you (allot you a workplace) a satellite office in India that you and your colleagues in the area can go and socialise,” added Dan. To this, Nitin pointed out that companies are being forced into a point where they need to kind of set up satellite locations as people need physical sense in some ways. “You need to come into spaces to collaborate, to kind of go better suited to be speaking to a lot of that stuff happening,” said Nitin. <div type="javascript" title="Custom" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[ ]]></cdata></div> So the reality stands that there will be a mixed workplace ecosystem in days and years to come. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/personal-finance/news/universal-pension-is-a-better-idea-than-universal-basic-income-says-indias-chief-economic-advisor/articleshow/86282048.cms">Future of Work 2021: Universal pension is a better idea than universal basic income, says India's Chief Economic Advisor</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/the-only-way-to-beat-the-bots-from-taking-your-job-is-to-be-more-human/articleshow/86282273.cms">Future of Work 2021: The only way to beat the bots from taking your job is to be more human</a>

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Having Mittal as a surname may come off as a burden to a bright 27 year old willing to make a mark in the global market. However, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Kavin+Mittal">Kavin Mittal</a> is determined to not let his father’s fame blur his own .Master Mittal is the founder-CEO of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Hike+Messenger">Hike Messenger</a> and the son of Bharti Mittal, the head of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Bharti+Airtel">Bharti Airtel</a>, India’s largest telecom company. 
 
BI India chatted up with this young and enthusiastic <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=entrepreneur">entrepreneur</a> to know what gets him going. 
 
BI: Your biggest lessons as an <keyword id="6359301" type="POSITION" weightage="100" keywordseo="Entrepreneur">entrepreneur</keyword>. 
Kavin: I think the biggest lesson is you've got to keep your ego in check. I believe the success of a company is directly proportional to the learning curve of the founder-CEO. My learning curve in the last three years has been literally vertical. What did I know about building a messaging app? Nothing. You've to stay ahead of the curve, and the curve is moving so fast that there's less time in figuring out how this stuff works. 
 
Second is you need to have a strong mind. Perseverance is very important. One of the biggest reasons why startups fail is perseverance. Not very long ago Hike was all set to shut down. Back in Jan 2013, this was before we raised our first round of funding. Germany became very big for us, but India was still zero. By March we had 3 million users as targets, and we had zero in India that Jan. We were freaking out. With our back pushed up against the wall we launched talk-time rewards, which incentivized people to get friends on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Hike">Hike</a>, and the user-base went from zero to 5 million in 3 months. If we didn't have the determination to make this a success, it would not have happened. 
 
Third is a healthy body and a healthy mind. It's been a very stressful period, the last three years. You go through ups and downs. More downs than ups, and it's very important to be fit to actually stay in a state of mind to make good decisions, even in the worst times. I only have 24 hours a day, I could really use 48 hours. But the only way to expand this is to work out, stay healthy so that your 24 hours feels like 48 hours. 
 
BI: Your father, Sunil Mittal, is a self-made man, and he's had life lessons galore. How often do you go to him for any kind of advice and how often has his advice made any impact in the business you're in? 
Kavin: The simple answer to that is that every great successful entrepreneur has great mentors. I have a mentor who happens to be my father, whose experience in life happens to be tremendous. 
 
BI: Who are the people you look up to in the business world as role models, as people you can emulate and learn from? 
Kavin: You know there's a saying - you're born original don't die a copy. I love that. I think you can borrow from people you look up to, but never try to copy. You got to be your own person. Of course, I've looked up to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Steve+Jobs">Steve Jobs</a> my whole life. I was very inspired by him. There are very few people in the world with five big breakthroughs. 
 
The second one has to be <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Niki+Lauda">Niki Lauda</a>. I'm a big <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Formula+One">Formula On</a>e fan. If you've read the Lauda story, it's a much more real version of the Rush movie. Hats off to the guy, the way he changed the sport, the accidents that he had, the perseverance that he had after that. Came from a very wealthy family, still went his own way. 
 
There are a common set of qualities in these people. They have a very, very clear state of mind and they want to change the world around them. 
 
BI: What are the biggest challenges young entrepreneurs in India face today? 
Kavin: To sum it up in a sentence everybody seems to be looking for a quick fix. Everybody wants to go from start to finish tomorrow. It does not happen. Building businesses and products take time. You'll go through more downs than ups in your life while building a startup. Don't build a company to be successful and famous. If you do that you'll face a quick death. Start a company if you're inspired by an idea. 
 
BI: Are there books that have left an impression on you? 
Kavin: The most recent one is called The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. He's a great guy. Talks about life as a journey, his startup and so forth. It's like my Bible. 
 
The other one is a book that I've read again for the second time. It's called Zen Mind Beginner's Mind. It stems from the Zen Buddhist philosophy that I personally follow. It's just changed the way I look at the world completely. When you realize the world around you is simply an illusion of your mind, it's a very, very powerful thing. These two books have had the biggest impacts on my life in the last 3 years. 
 
BI: What is the one thing that really makes you happy after a hard day at work? 
Kavin: Sleep *Laughs*. Just getting 7 hours of restful sleep will make you the happiest person on the planet. 
 
BI: Given your sweet tooth, won’t some Rasmalai and Rabri also make you happy *laughs*! 
Kavin: I really like the Magnum Almond. I can go through three or four of them in a day. I avoid them like a plague. You have to build a life that offers you balance. I work out really hard so that I can cheat and eat some Chocolate, and because I eat chocolate I have to work out. It balances itself out in many different ways. You have one life to live. 90 years is not a lot of time, and I've already almost gone through one-third of my life. Time flies by, each year becomes a smaller part of your life. So each year goes by faster. 
 
BI: We read a lot about people like Elon Mask. Where are we lacking in India. Why don't we have people like these? More than 60% of software engineers in the US is Indian! 
Kavin: You can see the first wave of Internet startups in India happening today. There are a lot of people working on ground-breaking technology in this country. More importantly it's the environment, the mindset. In <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Silicon+Valley">Silicon Valley</a> it's OK to have 10 failures. Here you have half a failure and they'll put you in a pit and shame you. You really should see failure in a company as a comma, not a full-stop. You have to allow people to iterate and fail, and that's the only way to grow. 
 
BI: You think the push to startups will only come when we're more open-minded? 
Kavin: I think it's already happening in such a big way. However, there are still people who fear failure. Fearing failure is a good thing as long as it drives and motivates you. It should not be the dominant thing. The pressure of success is so high that that itself can detriment a lot of people to talk about ideas. Hope we can provide inspiration to the next generation of companies. Look at Ritesh Aggarwal from Oyo Rooms for instance, a very smart guy. This is happening and we hopefully will see more of this sooner.

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<cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="About the Summit" comment="black_heading" text="About the Summit"><keyword id="17366482" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="about-the-summit" source="Orion">About the Summit</keyword></cmsannotation> <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="about the summit" comment="description" text="Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are a critical cog of the Indian economy, and have steadily marked their path to recovery post-pandemic. While a lot can be attributed to the government’s policy push and innovative financing solutions, technology and the rise of social commerce has been the real game-changer – helping them resolve issues, discover new markets, deal with regulatory compliances and navigate logistical challenges to drive meaningful business growth.India’s journey towards a five trillion economy is going to be powered by these engines of innovation! At BI India, we seek to highlight not just the potential, but the need for renewed thinking to supercharge the country’s MSME sector. Spread over two days in January, MSME Exchange aims to provide a platform for businesses, regulators, industry leaders, experts to come together and share ideas, talk about challenges and solutions that will transform the MSME sector for decades to come.">Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are a critical cog of the Indian economy, and have steadily marked their path to recovery post-pandemic. While a lot can be attributed to the government’s policy push and innovative financing solutions, technology and the rise of social commerce has been the real game-changer – helping them resolve issues, discover new markets, deal with regulatory compliances and navigate logistical challenges to drive meaningful business growth. India’s journey towards a five trillion economy is going to be powered by these engines of innovation! At <keyword id="1998405" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="BI-INDIA" source="Orion">BI India</keyword>, we seek to highlight not just the potential, but the need for renewed thinking to supercharge the country’s MSME sector. Spread over two days in January, <keyword id="4106334" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="msme-exchange" source="Orion">MSME Exchange</keyword> aims to provide a platform for businesses, regulators, industry leaders, experts to come together and share ideas, talk about challenges and solutions that will transform the MSME sector for decades to come.</cmsannotation>

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The famous <keyword id="1294194" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tirupati-Balaji-temple">Tirupati Balaji temple</keyword> of Tirumala hills in Andhra Pradesh has been witnessing generous donations for the smooth sail of the temple. No wonder, the temple had to open a demat account to help its devotees to offer shares and securities! 
 
But Tirupati Balaji is not the only temple that has seen an overflow of funds, there are many others in India that have big fat bank accounts. BI India compiles a list of five wealthy temples in India. 
 
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For India Inc, <keyword id="70846" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Harvard-Business-School">Harvard Business School</keyword> has Jay Kotak, the elder son of Uday Kotak, senior vice chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, prepares to be attend the coveted Harvard Business School, BI India lists down a five such next gen business leaders who are alumni of this Ivy League School. 
 
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India is all set to celebrate its 69th <keyword id="28240" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Independence-day">independence day</keyword> on this August 15. Most of us connect Independence Day with the massive freedom struggle and the subsequent but tragic partition. But hardly, any of us remember the economic scenario of <keyword id="988054" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="British-India">British India</keyword>. The pre-independence era was the beginning of modern India—with railways being laid and the businesses expanding their horizons. 
 So this Independence Day, BI India brings you a special series on companies that were born in the pre-independence era and have now grown to be conglomerates. Our first in line would be the <keyword id="55359" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Wadia-Group">Wadia Group</keyword>, founded by <keyword id="2990294" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sir-Lovji-Nusserwanjee-Wadia">Sir Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia</keyword>. 
 
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