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Happiest Minds: Focus On Youth , Wellness Pays Off

IT services firm uses technology to hire/retain staff and make communication a two way street.

Axis HR Plavbook: Banking On Inclusivity

Ensuring inclusion, diversity and career progression is how the country’s third-largest private bank is harnessing its talent pool.

India Inc. Sprints Towards The Green Line

Sustainability takes centre stage as businesses combine economic and ESG goals.

Reimagining HR With AI

Human resources departments across companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence to be employee friendly and improve efficiency at work.

Off-balance: How Global Equity Indices Undermine India Story

MSCI METHODOLOGY MAKES INDIA UNDERWEIGHT IN GLOBAL INDICES. AS A RESULT, INVESTORS FAIL TO CAPITALISE ON INDIAN EQUITIES.

Modi's Political Capital

Caring For The Marginal Sections And Effective Execution Of Welfare Schemes Have Been The Hallmark Of Nda's 10-year Rule.

Managing Inter-Generational Workforce

Employers are using reverse mentoring, open communication and customised skilling to realise the benefits of a generationally diverse workforce.

Contract Manufacturing: Pharma's New Growth Pill

Domestic contract development and manufacturing organisations are raking it in, thanks to India's emergence as a pharma R&D hub and China's supply chain issues.

SHAPOORJI PALLONJI GROUP: TO HELL & BACK

HOW SHAPOOR MISTRY IS RESTRUCTURING SHAPOORJI PALLONJI GROUP TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND REPAY DEBT.

L&T'S TECH AVATAR

How India’s largest engineering company is shedding the haggage of construction to reinvent as a tech-enahled firm.

AUTO PARTS MAKERS SELF-DRIVE PROFIT

Despite headwinds, auto component exports - which contribute around 30% to the total turnover of India's auto ancillary industry have remained steady.

IS GST DRIVING CREDIT GROWTH TO MSMEs?

Post GST, credit to MSMEs has grown at a faster rate even as overall credit growth has faltered.

BETTERING TECH'S BIG BOYS

At a time when big IT services companies are struggling, the agility of mid and small-cap firms is giving them an edge.

RETAIL REAPS BUMPER GAINS

Sector stages smart comeback with 27% rise in total income as premiumisation catches on.

ANGEL ONE: MASTERING DIGITAL BROKING

The company sees 42.4% rise in profit as its early bet on digitisation pays off.

EPC DEALS DRIVE VINDHYA TELE PROFITS

The company goes big on water supply and irrigation turnkey projects to rise 208 ranks in The Next 500 list.

CARGO VOLUMES ADD TO JSW INFRA'S GROWTH

The JSW Group firm debuts this year as new ports and facilities add to a growing bottom line.

MOBILITY SOLUTIONS DRIVE KPIT'S PROFITS

The auto-focused software and engineering firm catapults to the top 10 in The Next 500 list as it bets on end-to-end architecture for global automakers.

WHY LANDMARK CARS IS IN A SWEET SPOT

Premium positioning in a booming car market and a superior management structure make Landmark Cars - The Next 500 topper - a cut above the rest in a low-margin dealership business.

SIZZLING SHOW BY INDIA INC.'S EMERGING FIRMS

Over 10 years, cumulative topline of The Next 500 club nearly doubles to ₹10.62 lakh crore even as profit quadruples to ₹60,000 crore.

Rise of the Indian Liquor Brands

How premium Indian alcobev brands are disrupting the market.

WHY INDIA WANTS HYBRIDS, NOT EVS

Hybrids beat EVs in sales as buyers take a fancy to mixed powertrains to get the best of both worlds.

HDFC BANK'S MERGER PANGS

INDIA'S SECOND-BIGGEST BANK MAY NOT BE THE CYNOSURE OF INVESTORS AS THE MERGER WITH HDFC WEIGHS HEAVY, SHAVING OFF 16% OF ITS MARKET CAP. BUT WHO CAN AFFORD TO IGNORE THE 800-POUND GORILLA?

The Conversation

NITIN GUPTA, CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES

Running Out Of Oxygen

Venture-capital-funded Private Markets Fueled The Creation Of Hundreds Of Billion-dollar Startups Over The Past Decade. Now Those Markets Are In Upheavaland The Unicorns Are In Crisis.

Why Medical Devices Firms Seek Lifelines

Investments rise but companies ask for more hand-holding and incentives to make India a manufacturing base.

Temple Fillip To Ayodhya's Economy

₹41,600 crore investment by Centre and state government to build facilities for 2.88-3.6 crore visitors to put Ayodhya on the cusp of a business boom.

Why A Weak Rupee Looked Strong In CY23

Rupee saw the least percentage fall on buoyant FPI flows and benign crude, but an encore will depend on Fed rate cuts and oil staying lower.

THE CHINA DILEMMA

For decades, American companies came to China to tap into a vast opportunity. As geopolitical tensions rise, it's getting much harder to stay-and it's just as hard to leave.

LOW-COST MODELS KEY TO FUTURE OF EVs

Massive demand at the lower end of the market means the segment is key to government meeting its target of 30% electric car penetration.