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Privatising airports has brought gains. Here’s what needs to be done to make them high-yield assets.

Almost 20 years down the line, the public-private partnership model for airports has brought significant upside for investors. While past biddings left much to be desired on response from bidders, the evolved PPP model has found a sweet spot, with aggressive participation. Translating this to viability will need transformational steps on multiplying non-aero revenues from passengers, non-passengers, and real estate.

Aviation

Privatising airports has brought gains. Here’s what needs to be done to make them high-yield assets.

Aviation

Privatising airports has brought gains. Here’s what needs to be done to make them high-yield assets.

By Sidharath Kapur

10 Oct 20190 comment

Aviation

Boeing 737 MAX crisis: Pilots’ skills, Boeing’s safety standards come under close scrutiny

The crash of Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines flights shocked the aviation industry and resulted in the grounding of hundreds of Boeing 737 MAX jets worldwide. It may well have been a textbook failure of airmanship by the pilots. Boeing’s safety certifications for the 737 family too may be dated. The crisis highlights the double standards of the West on aviation safety.

Aviation

Boeing 737 MAX crisis: Pilots’ skills, Boeing’s safety standards come under close scrutiny

By Mohan Ranganathan

9 Oct 20190 comment

Cybersecurity

India’s rush for facial recognition: It should first sort out its stand on privacy and data security

Two years ago, the Supreme Court said privacy is a fundamental right. In the light of that judgment, there is an urgent need for India to have a public debate on facial recognition. Also, it’s high time that the government finalised its stance on the data-protection bill.

Cybersecurity

India’s rush for facial recognition: It should first sort out its stand on privacy and data security

By Raman Chima

30 Aug 20190 comment

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Board Matters

Transition time: what a board must ask to safeguard shareholders’ interest

The board must be vigilant during the transition period and ask questions relating to debt, asset quality, legacy of unethical practices, shareholding, and subsidiaries.

Board Matters

Transition time: what a board must ask to safeguard shareholders’ interest

By Unnat Sharma

28 Aug 20190 comment

Under the lens

Uber and Ola’s much-touted panic button just rings hollow

Most cabs are still not fitted with panic buttons, a key safety feature promised by the government. With this crucial feature missing and blacklisted drivers continuing to drive, a wrong turn or a deserted lane is all it takes for a routine cab ride to turn into a nightmare.

Under the lens

Uber and Ola’s much-touted panic button just rings hollow

By Kanika Saxena

9 Aug 20190 comment

Markets

Mid-cap funds once hunted big alpha. Now alpha haunts them.

Over the last decade, the last three years in particular, the difference between mid-cap funds has almost disappeared. Most of them have underperformed and the category leader, too, has negative returns. Mid-cap funds have caught the large-cap funds’ blues of vanishing returns.

Markets

Mid-cap funds once hunted big alpha. Now alpha haunts them.

By Pravin Palande

30 Jul 20190 comment

Under the lens

DGCA serves show-cause notices to top SpiceJet executives over frequent safety lapses

The aviation regulator conducted a surprise audit at the airlines’ headquarters and detected grave violations. SpiceJet says it will reply within the stipulated time.

Under the lens

DGCA serves show-cause notices to top SpiceJet executives over frequent safety lapses

By Tarun Shukla

5 Jul 20190 comment

Fintech

Touching the bottom of the pyramid: how this Chennai-based startup is helping the poor save more

The life of the poor in this country is an everyday battle. Trying to save a part of the measly income is even tougher. Now, a barely year-old startup wants to change that. While most existing microfinance firms and NBFCs only sell financial products, Kaleidofin understands the goals of its customers and with the help of an algorithm comes up with the most suitable financial product.

Fintech

Touching the bottom of the pyramid: how this Chennai-based startup is helping the poor save more

By Shishir Prasad

26 Jul 20190 comment

Artificial intelligence

Kailash Satyarthi's favourite tech: how face-recognition AI is saving thousands of lost children

Frequently vilified as a surveillance tool, the technology is helping trace, rescue, and rehabilitate trafficked children. The government wants every police station to implement the technology. However, in the absence of stringent data-privacy safeguards, big risks remain.

Artificial intelligence

Kailash Satyarthi's favourite tech: how face-recognition AI is saving thousands of lost children

By Kanika Saxena

3 Jul 20190 comment

Jobs

India Inc.’s women executives face a new challenge: AI

Technology-led work-function disruption is fast becoming an obstacle to maintaining gender diversity at the workplace. Here’s how companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Ingersoll Rand are grappling with this challenge.

Jobs

India Inc.’s women executives face a new challenge: AI

By Saumya Bhattacharya

27 Jun 20190 comment

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