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Covid's Real Stress: Unemployment

It’s not that the government does not believe there is no problem, but it does not have a quantified number on how big the issue is

Mapping The Growth Route

Reviving the economy through capital spending should be top priority; fiscal consolidation will have to wait

SaaS Startups: India-born, US-focussed

Strong cloud-based enterprise software product companies are emerging in India, but are quickly moving to the US, drawn by customers, the ecosystem and the IPO dream

Tory Burch's Survival Sketchbook

Amid a luxury fashion apocalypse, one of the century’s greatest entrepreneurial retailers (and one of America’s richest self-made women) brought us deep inside the battle to save her brand

The Rise of Venture Debt

Startups increasingly turned to venture debt funds to raise capital, making 2020 one of the best years for the VC debt industry

Playing it Smart

India has emerged as the biggest smartphone market for Samsung, 25 years after it entered the country. it now needs to keep the Chinese rivals at bay

ALL ABOARD

Meet the intrepid people who have traded traditional living spaces for a life on water

Founders' Mentality

Accel seeded the passion of entrepreneurs into its investing DNA to spot early winners in the consumer business. Its next big bet: SaaS unicorns

Apollo's PE Creed

With the AION Capital Partners joint venture, Apollo Global struck deals focussing on distressed assets. Now, setting out on its own in India, it has eyes on larger transactions

2020: A Big Deal Year

PE and VCs deployed $47.5 billion in Indian companies while exits hit a five-year low at $6 billion

Lessons From Lockdowns

Industry leaders from across sectors talk about what their learnings—professional and personal—have been through the Covid-19 pandemic

10 Big Questions For 2021

The Covid-19 crisis wreaked havoc on the economy. Will the New Year herald a much-needed recovery?

Selfless Service For Minimum Pay

ASHA workers such as Vinimol and Indu in Kerala have been the foot soldiers in the fight against Covid-19, and yet not acknowledged enough

The Way We Shot (From Home)

With barriers to film production brought in by the pandemic, filmmakers came up with creative ways to tell and shoot stories

Lending A Helping Hand

Billionaires, CEOs, philanthropists and celebs went out of their way to help citizens deal with the pandemic

Will The Pandemic's Lessons Go Viral?

Besides scaling up the health workforce, infrastructure, equipment and management systems of primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities need to be strengthened

Heroes Behind The Wheel

Ambulance drivers have transported those who succumbed to Covid-19, regardless of risk to their own lives

A Tailwind For Digital Transformation

Across sectors in India, the Covid-19 crisis pushed businesses to embrace technology at a rate they wouldn’t have thought possible otherwise

Friends on the Frontline

Cops and municipal workers ensured humanitarian help and essential supplies were readily available during the lockdown

Eye For Innovation

Five companies launched and modified products to address health care needs and simplify treatment during the pandemic.

Signing Up For Science

Volunteers who took jabs of potential Covid-19 vaccines talk about their apprehensions and motives

The Rising Star Of Vaccines

How Sharvil Patel and Zydus Cadila—one of the most diversified pharma companies in India—are trying to find an end to India’s Covid-19 woes

‘IPL IS THE WORLD'S BEST DOMESTIC CRICKET TOURNAMENT'

In a recent book, Rajasthan Royals owner Manoj Badale and acclaimed cricket journalist Simon Hughes track the franchise’s evolution, and the league’s upward trajectory

‘India Continues to Love K-Pop'

Spotify India MD Amarjit Singh on insights from the platform’s latest annual audio trends round-up, why India is crucial to its global growth and the company’s expansion plans for the country

‘We Can be 100 Percent Transparent, But it Will Have Low Utility Value'

Dr Gagandeep Kang, virologist and fellow of the Royal Society of London, on transparency in clinical trials, emergency use authorisation for a Covid-19 vaccine candidate in India and whether it should be available for sale

What Ails India's Financial System?

The Reserve Bank of India is on an overdrive to stem asset quality rot in the banking system, although now may not be the time for a ‘big-bang reform’ like allowing private corporations into the lending business

Seeds of Protest

As farmer agitations gather momentum, Forbes India speaks to farmers on the ground to understand the way forward, and why they will not budge till their demands are met

Trials of Transparency

Experts discuss navigating the grey area of deciding how much information around Covid-19 vaccine trials needs to be made public to retain people’s trust in the vaccination process

Valuing Profits

An unexpected and extraordinary development at testing company Kilpest left investors grappling with a question: How does one value an extraordinary surge in profits?

Message Received

Why route Mobile, a cloud communications platform provider started with an investment of $2,000 in 2004, has emerged as a darling of investors