Patanjali’s ads debacle shows while lying may be the norm in India, playing with lives isn’t yet
The Supreme Court’s decision is sort of a breakthrough in Indian ad regulation
600 new mutual funds in three years is a win for everyone. Almost everyone
Fund houses and distributors are raking it in with new fund offers galore. Investors could be left with the short end of the stick
Amazon got rid of its largest seller only to replace it with other ‘preferred’ sellers
The e-commerce giant had to part ways with its ‘preferred sellers’ in India after regulatory interventions. But the newcomers are still getting advantages
‘I just got my 30th credit card. And I’m planning to get more’
To Kashif Ansari, and the surprisingly large community of like-minded people, it’s mostly a game of reward maximisation.
Waycool’s pivot and the false promise of agritech
The US$700 million-worth startup wanted to reshape the food supply chain. But it increasingly looks like an FMCG company
A Philippine regulator on the digital-banking blueprint that once got India’s attention
The country has set a benchmark for digital banking governance by enabling new technologies while also keeping the unfettered enthusiasm for such innovations in check
KKR turned Eurokids into a ‘billion-dollar’ education giant. But not everyone’s applauding
In just five years, the PE titan is setting its sights on a 5X jump in the school chain's value, riding on corporate direction and revenue boosts from recent fee hikes
The single-use plastic ban has failed. That shouldn’t stop India from banning sachet plastic
Best of our audio journalism
The US is ready to pay for NSFW Hindi audio content, but India isn’t
Jaydeep Barman of Rebel Foods on why his business is ‘misunderstood’—and why that’s a good thing
Why Uber can’t be green without its fleet partners
Part 2: Chetan Maini of SUN Mobility on finding his ‘true north’, again
“Hello, I’m calling from Bajaj Finance. Do you want a loan?”
Insights from the job market you'll not find elsewhere
“Never say you want to do strategy”, and other ways to land that dream startup job as a fresh MBA
Off-campus job hunts for startup roles have become Plan A for graduating MBAs. So we asked B-school alumni, now startup leaders, how to do it right
How the IIT Bombay placement story changed over three months
The rise of the ‘chief value extractor’—or what startups want their CFO to be
From bean counting, the new finance leaders are now forming company strategies and driving major decisions. But at the cost of innovation
TCS gets the return-to-office bug. Can its IT rivals be immune?
Job hunt was once a skill test. Now, it’s a patience test too
Employers think they didn’t have it this good. But candidates are not the only ones losing out with six rounds of screening
Best of our stories outside the paywall
Influencers promote products. What happens when they do the opposite?
Elite UK schools land in India, get schooled in local realities
Gen AI startups heat up India’s election campaigns. They just won’t accept it
Young Indians are driving credit growth by riding premium, living swanky. But there’s a catch
Why no one wants single-sex education anymore
All things technology
Your 5G phone is bleeding Airtel and Jio dry. Is 3G history repeating itself?
A US$11.5 billion spectrum auction in May is looming. The telcos, having already spent US$15 billion, are struggling to see profits. And the expected 5G-driven B2B boom remains elusive
Can India’s digital currency still be another UPI?
Everyone’s on a yatra these days. Why shouldn’t EVs?
Sushil Reddy has been putting EV endurance to the test, with an odd target group in mind
Nvidia’s AI chips are about to flood the Indian market. But who needs them?
Ashneer Grover’s new fintech Zerope is an optical illusion
It talks like health insurance but walks like an usurious lender
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