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The country can’t afford to leave the fate of the ever-expanding gig workforce entirely to market forces
Live in Bengaluru, Ownly wants to take food delivery beyond the top 10% of earners and is already doing over 50,000 orders a day
Bajaj Finance and Tata Capital could lose a lucrative lending tool. But the central bank has another option
E2E is buying chips, splitting its stock, spinning up subsidiaries—anything to sell more compute. L&T’s data-centre unit has already moved on
The upgrade strengthens what SCL already does, including catering to agencies and prototyping for students, rather than the 100X expansion and 28nm...
Advent wanted the water-purifier maker to have Urban Company’s service chops. Then Urban Company came for Eureka Forbes with its own purifier
The government is spending Rs 29,000 crore on regional airports, longer-term subsidies, and even aircraft. That does little for airline economics,...
A new mass-market product, targeted expansion, and a stronger bottom line might just carry Ather all the way to the top
On staying hands-on in the AI age, building venture studios, and staying loyal to a mission
Rents have outpaced home prices, salaries, and any attempt to fix it. A survey of hundreds of the city’s tenants and some landlords, and a look at...
Two years after ISRO did away with its hiring bond with IIST, the institute is struggling to adapt to private-industry requirements—continuing to...
Even without betting the farm like Glenmark and Wockhardt, it’s possible to punt on the drug India won’t make
IT companies are building new tools and repacking existing services to serve as the mediation layer between enterprises and AI models
The recent spate of e-rickshaws stalling in the middle of the road, due to Chinese BMS apps like BAT BMS and Epoch Li-ion, is yet another symptom of a...
The recent spate of e-rickshaws stalling in the middle of the road, due to Chinese BMS apps like BAT BMS and Epoch Li-ion, is yet another symptom of a...
For over a decade, Tata 1mg has resisted following trends other e-pharmacies did. It wants to be a healthcare company
Almost every major industrial state is giving billions in discounted land, subsidised power, and exempted taxes to attract data centres. What exactly...
Meity is trying to bring AI into every ministry, with six companies freshly empanelled. But messy data, fragmented procurement, and bureaucratic...
Operation Sindoor made drones the next military obsession. Now, as India prepares to spend $2 billion on them, a 2022 ban has spawned an ecosystem of...
Such is the obsession with renewables that no one has bothered to ask how much solar energy is too much without battery storage
The country is losing its world-class hackers to GCCs and foreign firms, just as government bodies are realising they need them most
The midwifery-led model ensures more personalisation and natural births. But it comes with higher expenses and difficulty scaling
The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund is exiting, often if not always, to its investors
One tracks 100 companies, the other 327. Yet they share 71, showing how India’s listed universe bends even the most niche investment themes towards...
The mission picked companies to build AI for farmers, schools, and hospitals. Two years later, they are selling mostly to everyone else
The stumbles of a smaller, superior competitor don’t bode well for the country’s largest asset manager
He built Fireside Ventures by refusing his own industry's two reflexes, chasing the one big winner, and raising all you can
After Adani Energy’s acquisition of smart-meter company Intellismart, the combined entity now manages a book of 47 million smart meters or 23% of...
The B2B e-commerce company is treading water. And it finds a $160 million lifeline, including from the world’s largest asset manager
Overseas education lenders have paused their IPOs plans and turned to the domestic market for growth as the US, UK, and Canada have moved to restrict...
Even as Restaurant Brands Asia tackles an Indonesia challenge, its acquisition by Ajanta Pharma’s promoter family brings fresh concerns over excess...
Tools from voice-AI startups like Sanas mute out “human” emotions like laughter. Meanwhile, AI agents are sounding more human everyday
Accent-translation tools from voice-AI startups like Sanas mute out “human” emotions like laughter. Meanwhile, AI agents are sounding more human...
Since shelving its IPO plans in 2022, the healthcare chain has grown bigger in size through private capital and acquisitions, while also changing its...
The market realities have changed over the past six months. Should you change your strategies?
With the 68-year-old billionaire’s succession plan, the telco has to find ways to thrive without the man who fought its wars
Once known for budget hotels in India, Oyo’s parent, Prism, now owns 40 brands internationally, thanks to debt-funded purchases. Its IPO wants...
Three companies lease India its AI compute. Nvidia supplies the chips to all of them—then comes for what they sell, one software release at a time
The RBI chose not to set a ceiling on interest rates. Now, NBFCs want to see just how far they can push it
Amber Enterprises, the contract manufacturer behind Voltas, Blue Star, and LG’s ACs, will now assemble Oppo’s smartphones, too. It’s a business...
Cafés near Starbucks, a long food menu, and now desserts. The specialty-coffee chain’s search for profits continues
AI’s insatiable appetite for memory is hollowing out the Rs 15,000 smartphone, leaving buyers with dimmer screens, weaker cameras, and higher prices
The state-backed digital commerce network is betting on new offerings for retailers in particular to revive its sagging fortunes. It’s a tough bet
The fintech has inherited Rs 6,500 crore, a diffuse revenue stream, and a UI problem
What looks like a minor tweak to salary structures is eroding the financial certainty that defined India’s tech jobs, with ripple effects on home...
Schools are scrambling to get their AI lessons in order. It’s proving to be a struggle
Vingroup rolled out ride-hailing services through Green SM in India. It’s also doubling as the largest customer for its automaker
Nvidia won the race to train AI. Turiyam thinks the race to run it is still wide open, and cheaper to win
Meta, Alphabet, and nearly a dozen other global investors bought into Jio’s digital-powerhouse story in 2020. Six years later, telecom still pays...
Adani Ports built its heft where ships docked. Now it wants to linger where energy lives—offshore