Innovative Indian Startups

As India focuses on relaxing the business environment for the industry through initiatives such as Startup India Campaign, here are a few innovative startups that can’t wait to exploit the opportunities. GreenSole: Bringing Soul in Damaged Soles Only an innovative mind can cons...

5 things to know about e-tourist visa on arrival in India

Are you planning a leisure trip to India this summer? Do you know there is supposedly an easier and time-saving option called the e-tourist visa on arrival facility rolled out by the Indian ministry of tourism? Although the scheme is yet to bring a significant change in the inter...

Assembly election results in India

As BJP overpowers Congress in Assam, the erstwhile government of West Bengal and Tamil Nadu receive faithful reactions from the assembly election results. Do we see an ominous future for the All India National Congress? The recent assembly election results in Assam, Kerala, Pondi...

Apple’s increasing focus on India

A new push for Indian IT: Apple is all set to launch its first developer centre in Bengaluru, India by early 2017. The American multinational company Apple Inc. is increasing its focus on India and announced its plans to launch the first ever iOS application design and developmen...

Gender pay gap in India

The gender pay gap in India is as high as 27%, according to the latest Monster Salary Index report. Not only in India, the debate over disparity in wages among male and women employees in the world is fetching interesting facts and socio-cultural factors about this long-standing ...

Increasing labour costs

According to a study, the increasing labour costs in India will be a hindrance in India’s cost competitiveness that is forecasted to reduce from 44 pc to 30 pc by 2030. Growing labour costs will dent India’s cost competitiveness in manufacturing vis-à- vis Europe and is esti...

International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia

Even as the world observes International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia on May 17, the third genders are not yet fully accepted by the society and face constant harassment and exploitation. Though countries across the globe celebrate International Day against Homophobia a...

Less Polluted Days Ahead?

According to a recent World Health Organisation report, New Delhi is at the 25th position among the most polluted cities crosswise the globe, while Patna, Gwalior and Raipur stand at sixth, tenth, and seventh position respectively. Delhi stands at the 25th position on the polluti...

INDABA tourism fair in South Africa

Safari in South Africa

In India we have the tigers but if you want to see a lion, a giraffe or a zebra in the wild, you should head to Africa. In this special Eyetalk by India Outbound Magazine we take you on an adventurous safa...

New insolvency laws

How to make it easier to do business in India, still sometimes complicated for local and foreign players? The upper house of Parliament of India aimed at addressing part of this issue by passing the insolvency and bankruptcy code 2016, on May 11. Business default is still a huge ...

Latest e-Tourist visa numbers in India

The e-tourist visa scheme by the Indian government is trying to impose itself as the game-changer for the country’s tourism industry. But the announcement of a mammoth growth figure of 266 pc on e-visa arrival in April 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, contrasts sha...