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Climate Woes Force New Biz Models
How consumer goods companies address weather disruptions with climate prediction models, AI and real-time data.
New Avenues, New Hopes In Start-Up Funding
India’s start-ups are recovering from post-2021 funding shock. Will the trend continue?
NEW FMCG BILLIONAIRES PACK A PUNCH
Homegrown brands take to diversification, digitisation to clock impressive numbers.
ASIAN PAINTS' BRUSH WITH COMPETITION
The company is facing new deep pocketed rivals and smaller players in the hinterlands, but the market leader knows how to up its game.
SHANGHVI GIVES SUN AN M&A DOSE OF GROWTH
Pharma billionaire sees 63% rise in net worth as acquisitions pay off.
AIF DEMAND SIGNALS FOCUS ON WEALTH CREATION
Rising incomes, especially due to start-up boom, take AIF industry on a high growth path.
$1 TRILLION AND COUNTING...
The stewards of India's rising affluence have created a new record with the elite club of dollar billionaires surging to 185 with a cumulative net worth of $1.19 trillion.
POWERTRAIN-AGNOSTIC FIRMS DRIVE MCAP GAINS IN AUTO ANCILLARIES
Promoters whose companies service both ICE and electric segments see a jump in fortunes.
INDIA INC. IN DIVERSIFICATION RUSH
Cash-rich groups foray into new-age businesses, consolidate existing ones to add to market value.
WHAT Ails SMALL CAR SALES?
Stagnant middle-class incomes and price hikes due to stricter regulations and inflation have hit the segment hard.
THE Coming Data Centre Boom
As AI and accelerated digitisation take centre stage, data centre business is headed for a multi-decadal growth story.
BOOSTER SHOT FOR MEDICAL TOURISM
Cost-effective quality treatment and infrastructure in private hospitals have led to the sector’s growth post Covid.
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CARRY TRADE: ANY NARROWING OF SPREAD BETWEEN DOLLAR AND YEN RATES CAN AGAIN CREATE HAVOC IN GLOBAL EQUITIES.
IN CONVERSATION - SÉBASTIEN BAZIN, CHAIRMAN & CEO, ACCOR, ON LATEST TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY TRENDS AND WHY BUSINESSES CAN'T IGNORE INDIA AND CHINA.
THE LUXURY & LIFESTYLE segment is doing well. What is aiding this growth? Can it sustain?
GAUTAM ADANI'S INFRA BET PAYS OFF
Adani Group chairman balances core sector investment and deleveraging following the Hindenburg meltdown.
AMBANI'S TELE, RETAIL CONQUESTS
RIL is first Indian company to cross ₹1 lakh crore in pre-tax profits as Jio, Reliance Retail emerge industry leaders.
For Start-Up Founders, Age Is Just A Number
A growing number of women entrepreneurs are starting up late. Here’s how they are navigating the choppy waters of business.
Start-Ups Embrace Ayurveda Boom
From a digital ayurveda database to a doctor consultancy platform and an online pharmacy, companies cash in on the growing opportunity as AYUSH treatments catch on.
STEERING THE ECONOMY THROUGH ALL ODDS
ON JULY 23, when she tabled Budget 2024-25 in Parliament, Nirmala Sitharaman became the first finance minister to present seven consecutive Union Budgets, beating the distinction of six consecutive Budgets (1959-1965) held by Morarji Desai.
SHOULD DIVERSITY REPORTING BE MANDATORY?
Though firms realise the need for a gender diverse workforce, diversity for most is a tick-in-the-box activity.
MALE SKEW IN FUNDING
Why it is more difficult for women entrepreneurs to raise capital.
THE RISE OF WOMEN ENGINEERS
Large Indian firms are hiring more women engineers in a push for diversity. But overcoming societal and educational biases is key.
FIXING THE BROKEN MIDDLE RUNG
Almost 30-40% of women in middle management roles exit the workforce and few actually make it to the top. What are companies doing to address the problem?
CAN FALLING LI-ION PRICES BOOST EV SALES?
Lithium-ion battery prices, which constitute 40-60% of the manufacturing cost of EVs, have hit an all-time low. Automakers have slashed prices. But is it enough to propel the domestic EV market?
How Ontario Is Counting On Its Pension From India
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan is aiming for a larger share of India’s booming real assets market.
THE 2047 INFRA ROADMAP
In Modi 3.0, infrastructure ministries go on an overdrive to fulfill the Pancha Prana dream of making India a developed nation by 2047.
Affluent Lead India Consumption Story
Top 4% earners contributing heavily to consumption while the bottom 57% seem to be barely subsisting.
BUDGET BOOST TO CONSUMPTION
Focus on jobs, MSMEs, rural sector and infrastructure is expected to fire up the domestic consumption engine amid slackening global growth.
Has IT Sector Bottomed Out?
Three months into FY25, CEOs are still skeptical about a full recovery.
Tata's Nuclear Power Ambitions
India is pushing private sector participation in building smaller nuclear plants to meet green targets.