Editorial

TO A NEW BEGINNING

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are. It is always a good opportunity to take stock of the past year. After scaling new heights in 2019, we believe in continuing to lead the MBD Group to higher ground in the year ahead. In a special edition w...

Up To Date

DELHI ELECTION RESULTS 2020: THE MEGA VICTORY OF ARVIND KEJRIWAL

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party surged to power in Delhi for a third term on Tuesday , boosted by a massive mandate of 62 seats - just a shade lower than its record 67 seats of 2015. "I love you Delhi," the Chief Minister declared from the party office, predicting the beginning of a "new kind of...

Cover Story

NEWSMAKERS OF 2019

ACTIVISTS, POLITICIANS, CHANGEMAKERS, ENTERTAINERS... WE PRESENT HERE THE NAMES THAT DOMINATED THE HEADLINES AND CREATED HISTORY TO BECOME THE FORERUNNERS OF CHANGE. Sundar Pichai He joined Google in 2004 and became the CEO in 2015, the year Google’s founders announced the creation of Alphabet...

MBD Ludhiana

RADISSON BLU HOTEL MBD LUDHIANA CELEBRATES 7TH ANNIVERSARY

L udhiana’s first 5 star luxury hotel, Radisson Blu MBD Hotel marks the 7th anniversary of providing bespoke indulgence and comfort to its guests. Started in 2012, this hotel has set a high standard for luxury hospitality in the city’s central business district. Driven by the vision of the fou...

Platform

INDIA GETS A CDS: THE IMPLICATIONS

A long awaited reform in India’s military and higher defence organisation took place on 24 December 2019, when the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally approved the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). This follows the 15 August 2019 announcement b...

Technology

GOOGLE, IBM LOCK HORNS ON QUANTUM SUPREMACY

GOOGLE’S quantum supremacy claim has now been disputed by its close competitor IBM. Not because Google’s Sycamore quantum computer’s calculations are wrong, but because Google had underestimated what IBM’s Summit, the most powerful super computer in the world, could do. Meanwhile Google’...

Travel

DESTINATION AUSTRALIA

PEOPLE FEEL FREE IN AUSTRALIA. IT’S A PLACE TO RELAX. FEEL THE SAND BETWEEN YOUR TOES AND GET AS CLOSE TO NATURE AS YOU CAN. - Chris Hemsworth, actor and Global Ambassador for Tourism Australia There’s Nothing Like Australia' is Tourism Australia’s global consumer marketing campaign highlig...

Special Report

UNION BUDGET 2020 HIGHLIGHTS

The Union Budget 2020 is based on three themes - Aspirational India, economic development for all, and caring society. The Income tax rates have been cut, 10% for income of Rs 5-7.5 lakh against earlier 20%. Presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a bid to revive the economic growth a...

High and Mighty

THE HIGH AND MIGHTY

The 10 most powerful world leaders of today... Donald Trump Billionaire real estate mogul and former reality television personality Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States who he took office on January 20, 2017. Previously, he was a real estate mogul and a former reality TV star....

Profile

AZIM PREMJI: THE GENEROUS BILLIONAIRE

I was 21 and had spent the last few years in Stanford University Engineering School at California. Many people advised me to take up a nice, cushy job rather than face the challenges of running a hydrogenated oil business. Looking back, I am glad I decided to take charge instead. Essentially leade...

Reading Room

INDIRA GANDHI: INDIA’S ORIGINAL SARI-CLAD BAHUBALI

Insecure daughter, Betrayed wife, National heroine, tough dictator. She was many things to many people and even today she is the most remembered political figure across the nation. Travel anywhere and ask and the one person they all remember is Indira Amma or Indiraji. Sagarika Ghose's book, Indi...