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Like a Boss: Infosys co-founder SD Shibulal on how leadership hinges on challenging the status quo, uncertainty principle and steering the company during a crisis

Infosys co-founder SD Shibulal has a Masters in Physics and Computer Science but he has never been to a business school and yet he continues to inspire through his leadership. In this edition of our Like A Boss series we caught up with him to understand his leadership style and what keeps him inspired.

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Delhi slashes jet fuel tax to 1% for regional connectivity

Analysts believe an overall 10-15 percent cuts in costs is likely for all take-offs from Delhi. This may be followed by similar news in Mumbai and Chennai.

Quick take GST changes: Calamity cess is not equal to sin tax; positive for ITC

This decision of the Goods & Service Tax Council is already backed by the constitution provision (Article 279A), which allows it to raise fiscal resources for a specified period to deal with natural calamities.

Goldman Sachs India Fund buys 59.96 lakh shares of Edelweiss Financial Services

First Carlyle Ventures Mauritius sold 68,048,557 shares of Edelweiss Financial Services at Rs 127.37 per share on the BSE. Also, GMO Emerging Markets Fund bought 4,249,835 shares at Rs 127.25 per share on the BSE.

Revenue might take a hit of Rs 1700cr in Q4 due to royalty payment: ONGC

On the company's fourth quarter earnings he said that there might be a hit of around Rs 1,700 crore on the revenue due to royalty payment.

Airtel to simplify shareholding structure in foreign arms

It further said: "BAIN will continue to hold the shareholding in African operating companies and the company's investments in its wholly-owned subsidiaries Bharti Airtel (USA) Ltd, Bharti Airtel (Hong Kong) Ltd and Bharti Airtel (UK) Ltd will be help entirely by BISPL, another wholly-owned subsidiary of the company".

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"Markets continued to be buoyant on expectation of rate cut by RBI and positive global cues. We are seeing continuation of rally in the rate sensitive sectors led by reality, banks and FMCG which were also supported by budget related sops," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd.

1001 Startup Ideas - Smart Lockers for e-commerce companies

The startup will deploy smart lockers in various localities, and e-commerce companies can deliver the goods to those lockers, and such goods can be received by the customers by using a lock code which is sent to the customer.

Start-ups, FDI to be exempt from new tax on unlisted firms

In an interview to PTI, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said securities transaction tax (STT) was levied in 2004 and capital gains made out of STT-paid listed stocks are exempt from long-term capital gains tax.

More businesses must work with suppliers to curb climate change

"The supply chain is the new frontier in environmental responsibility – an area rich with opportunity that remains mostly unexplored," non-profit group CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project, wrote in its report published on Tuesday.

Sweat equity: Another way of rewarding your employees

The management of the newly incorporated companies or the companies opting for diversification generally believe in the practice of inducing the best executives and employees who bring in their know-how, skill and technical expertise that ultimately results in augmenting the business value of the enterprise.