Daybreak
By The Ken
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Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. Every day of the week, from Monday to Friday, Daybreak tells one business story that’s significant, simple and powerful.
Hosted from The Ken’s newsroom by Snigdha Sharma and Rahel Philipose, Daybreak relies on years of original reporting and analysis by some of India’s most experienced and talented business journalists.
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Can LIC do to health insurance what Jio did to telecom?
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May 01, 2025 |
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Ather’s IPO is a plot twist. Not a finale
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May 01, 2025 |
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Software glitches are turning Mahindra’s new EVs into high-tech paperweights
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Why Delhivery’s Ecom Express deal is both tactical and desperate
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Driverless trucks have pushed India’s first unicorn of 2025 into an existential crisis
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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ITC’s 24 Mantra deal and organic foods’ unending wait for glory
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Indigo's stocks maybe flying high but passenger patience has hit turbulence
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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How a made in Punjab jeera-flavoured soda is popping the Coke-Pepsi-Parle bubble
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Biyani’s retail empire flamed out. His daughters seek redemption in birthing new brands
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Turns out someone has to pay for free UPI
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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The career ladder is broken. What’s your next step?
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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When cricket and Koffee aren’t enough, JioHotstar wants to make 'Sparks' fly
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Lenskart built its empire on franchisees. Now it’s battling them in courts
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Scaler wanted to do for tech education what Masters' Union did for the MBA. AI had other plans
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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McKinsey, Bain, and BCG welcomed AI with open arms. Creativity is the first casualty
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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‘Boys will be boys’ — Trump, tariffs and the dismantling of global trade
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Minimalist was the glow-up Hindustan Unilever's skincare line needed
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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From Medimix to Apsara Ice Creams — scions of family-run businesses are done building just another ‘parent’s brand’
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Zerodha and Groww wanted to disrupt mutual funds. But they're stuck in first gear
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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China built the solar energy empire. India’s building the green hydrogen rebellion
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Cult turned amateur gym rats into fitness fanatics. Now they are paying in injuries
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Groceries were just the beginning. Your 10-min delivery app is now selling your screen time
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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India's AI mission could be transformative. But it's dead set on becoming Deepseek
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Private companies have stumbled upon a goldmine — Bengaluru's water crisis
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Blusmart’s unfair advantage has now become its biggest roadblock
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Hari Menon has to save Bigbasket from itself
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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With an IPO around the corner, Phonepe’s biggest strength is becoming its Achilles heel
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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India's only listed credit-card company is a revolving door of embattled CEOs
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Could a cashback convince you to change your go-to UPI app?
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Haldiram's vs Bikaji just got spicier
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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How pharma companies are chasing newer, better, easier profits by going the FMCG way
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Why India's battery dreams are losing charge
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Private schools are seeing a drop in enrolment. Where did the kids go?
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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IV drips move from hospitals to spas—to ‘fix’ the elite’s hangovers and hair loss
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Will Starlink in India pull off what giants Airtel and Jio couldn't?
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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The future of work is…whatever you don’t want to do
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Why Curefoods is dead set on expanding its menu beyond salads
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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SUVs are taking over India — one accident, one parking spot at a time
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Swiggy's post-IPO pains are a lesson for rich Indians playing the pre-listing game
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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'I am the Byju of Byju's and I am here now'
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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How the MG Windsor left Tata and Hyundai behind to become India's top-selling EV
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Why IITs and NLUs are setting up their own companies
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Deepseek cracked open AI. India’s AI plumbers are loving it
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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The death of the independent doctor
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Trump's tariff spree and what it means for India
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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How Wooden Street is challenging furniture giants in India with its Goldilocks game plan
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Why Wework India is moving away from what it knows best — co-working
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Diamonds with a side of champagne — how Zoya finally hacked the luxury jewellery business
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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How the govt gave the elderly free health cover, and insurers a reality check
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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In the run-up to IPL, there's a conflict brewing between OTT platforms & advertisers
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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How Tata landed a Punch on Maruti and also buried Nano’s ghost
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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How a four-year-old homegrown company is helping Mango and Next change the fashion game
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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A hair away from unicorn status, but Juspay just can't catch a break
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Every summer in India is a race against AC shortage. This year will be no different
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Inside the world of parent-approved desi dating apps
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Netradyne built a $1.3 B empire tracking drivers. Now it has to go driverless
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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What does it take to sell makeup to men?
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Zepto to its employees — 'Who wants to be a millionaire?'
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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How facial-recognition firms turn public deals into private gold
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Can an army of Indian engineers help Microsoft take on Nvidia?
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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All you need to know about your Cibil score
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Subway is slowly doing away with what makes it Subway. Choice.
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Why India's scheme to make every Indian fly never took off
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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How Mokobara and friends forced VIP and Safari to rethink the suitcase
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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You are a quick commerce company. You have a billion dollars. How do you win?
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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How designers are going from backrooms to boardrooms at companies
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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From managing migraines, to treating IBS — why thousands are choosing devices over drugs
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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From luxury cars to lunch with celebs — wealth managers are going all out to woo the ultra-rich
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Why Minimalist was the missing piece in Hindustan Unilever's skincare game
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Roti ✓ Kapda ✓ Makaan? Should young Indians still believe in the home ownership dream?
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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Why investors can't get enough of Zepto
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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How Acko beat Godigit with just 15 health-insurance agents
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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The government is pushing for e-buses. But private bus operators are not hitching a ride
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Why Ola Electric went from leader to laggard in record time
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Quick commerce is helping brands thrive but can brands afford the success?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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What's really driving India's obsession with ranking the richest?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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AI can make loan approvals a piece of cake. So why is the RBI against it?
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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The Microsoft vs Nvidia battle, powered by an army of Indian engineers
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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10-minute delivery is making Zepto, Swiggy, and Blinkit disrupt themselves
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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The Big Fat Sustainable Indian Wedding
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Indigo's the winner of the skies and the stock market. But it's still walking on eggshells
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Bold Care and Mymuse are going where Durex and Manforce never could
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Indian universities are done being backbenchers in the global rankings race
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Could your home loan lender be stealing from you? The secret EMI inflator you didn't know about
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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On Shah Rukh Khan, dal-sabzi feminism, and the emotional-state of an economy ft. Shrayana Bhattacharya
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Youtube is Saregama’s superpower—and its kryptonite
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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You can buy an EV in China. But can you afford to insure it?
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Why people don’t change their UPI apps even when they hate them
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Daybreak 2024 — Episodes that soared and stumbled
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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What happens when you bring Rs 2 crore to the Delhi-NCR house hunt?
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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Dmart and Zudio walked so Vishal Mega Mart could run
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Chaayos is doing everything to be the anti-Starbucks
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Daybreak 2024 Wrap Part 2: Writers' picks
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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How the unassuming category manager came to rule the world of quick commerce
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Chief digital officers eat chief information officers for breakfast
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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XLRI introduced India to management studies. But now it's done being just another B-school
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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As surveillance tech blows up, startups face a unique paradox
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Dead mall rising: The life and death of Indian shopping centres
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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India’s second-largest logistics player is hurting after putting all its eggs in one basket
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Tata and ITC are harvesting what small organic-food brands cultivated for years
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Why the clock is ticking for Indian smartwatch makers
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Tata wants to make iPhones in South India by copying China's dorm labour model. Here's why it won't work
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Daybreak 2024 Wrap Part 1: The Ken writer's picks
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Flipkart wants to do with electronics what Blinkit and Swiggy did with groceries
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Why FMCG giant Hindustan Unilever has never really screamed for ice cream
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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India set up a new body to fix medical education. It now needs to fix that body
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Are banks done with India's credit card frenzy?
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Why India's biggest employer of women gig workers refuses to listen to its own workforce
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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How regional jewellery brands are trying to beat Tanishq at its own game
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Did someone just find the US$533 million that Byju’s lost?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Why Mamaearth is stuck with dead stock and mounting losses
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Are school-fee loans the next goldmine for Indian fintechs?
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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The murky world of money mules and how they fuel India’s Rs 2,500 crore fraud economy
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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How lenders like Navi resort to extreme borrower surveillance to keep their A game on
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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How do you get people to switch to electric cars? Take the subscription route
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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As the Gen AI race heats up data centres, water becomes the new air
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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How Hurun's turned ranking India's ultra-rich into a mini-industry
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Are run clubs like rehab for the chronically online? Daybreak joined one to find out
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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How Swiggy prepared for its IPO
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Startups can't get over venture debt. But the lenders are getting pickier
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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CMOs are a dying breed. Nykaa, Nestlé India, and others are living proof
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Indian govt's free senior health cover exposes the dark side of private insurance
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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What does it take to launch a budget skincare brand today? 30 days and a penchant for marketing
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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How India's young millionaires are defying family norms to create new sources of wealth
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Youtubers are dominating Indian living rooms by taking a page out of the TV playbook
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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In India’s IPO market, this small city in Gujarat calls the shots. Just look at Hyundai
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Can the designer who made your mobile phone addictive also make you use your phone less often?
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: What do women really want? A 'f*** off fund'
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Why Apple and HDFC Bank decided to break up their exclusive relationship
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Rapido is taking on the Ola-Uber duopoly by being everything they are not
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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From luxury cars to lunch with celebs — wealth managers are going all out to woo the ultra-rich
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Is Zomato declaring war in the quick commerce space?
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Successful women are freezing their eggs. And that’s on men
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Truecaller beat Trai to the punch with spam-call fix
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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How NRI quota became the golden ticket to med school for rich Indians
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Why the RBI's two-year-old Innovation Hub is intimidating fintechs
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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What makes Cred an 'unusual' fintech?
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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You don't need a prescription to buy an i-pill. What if that changed?
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Theobroma's dilemma: how to continue scaling while staying true to the 'artisanal' identity
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Are two struggling denim brands enough to build a poor man's Reliance brands?
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Zomato is on a collision course with India's largest ticketing platform — Bookmyshow
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Why the PM's internship scheme is stressing out corporate India
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Is turning into a B-school the natural next step for liberal arts pioneer Ashoka University?
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Reliance wants to combine Hotstar and JioCinema into one mega app. Is it really a good idea?
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Guess who is helping the government keep drug prices in check
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Why Doon School and Mayo College are no longer the obvious choices for India's elite
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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All you need to know about India's most-hyped GenAI company
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Can cheap seats come with extra legroom? We ask the man behind India’s first budget airline
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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India's largest non-bank is a prisoner of its own growth
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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How Birkenstocks went from being a clunky, orthopaedic sandal to the new it-shoe
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Meet the unlikely winners of India's quick commerce boom. Local brokers.
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Why half of India's young doctors are drowning in debt
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Daybreak News Wrap: Musk vs Brazil; why we can't trust online news; and Meta's cool new sunglasses
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Why replicating China's iPhone city model in India is a short-term fix for a long-term problem
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Is Flipkart bringing a knife to the fintech gun fight with Super.money?
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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You can buy an EV in China. But can you afford to insure it?
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Inside Flipkart: a high-pressure workplace thanks to its IPO dreams. And Walmart
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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How a cab driver from Hyderabad became the face of India’s 8 million gig workers
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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A new Indian startup is ditching the sportswear playbook to score a Puma-sized win
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Bajaj Finserv wanted to make waves in healthcare. So, it bought a wobbly ship.
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Subway is slowly doing away with what makes it Subway. Choice.
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Why the Big Billion Days sale can make or break Flipkart's quick-commerce dreams
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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What happens when you sell education like shampoo? Byju's knows
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Sky-high real estate prices in Delhi NCR are making even the well-off feel broke
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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How do you get JEE aspirants to stay in school? Hire 200 IITians.
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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What has two wheels, runs on electricity, and is Ola Electric's next big bet?
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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India's newest unicorn, Rapido, is betting on a subscription model
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Red tape and lawsuits: Big tech has a big problem
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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What happened to Dunzo?
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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It made perfect sense for Zomato to go down the fintech route. Until it didn’t.
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Health fintechs have cracked the 'cashless insurance' dream. How long before the bubble pops?
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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How Meesho is making India’s second-biggest logistics player's biggest fear come true
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: Despite what Ola Electric may claim, China is driving the global EV movement
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Are you a good, bad, or an ugly customer? Myntra knows
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Why Rentomojo & Furlenco need to refurbish their strategy
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Want a gold loan? Lenders will break every rule in the book to get you one
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Sachin Bansal’s loan offer: take money, let Navi peek into your bank account for years
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: How Indian travel agents are gaming the visa process
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Here's what you should know about UPI's latest payments feature
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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What does Awfis know about co-working that Wework doesn’t?
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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Tanishq wrote the gold-retail playbook. Kalyan Jewellers hijacked it.
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Are Meta and Google doing enough to stop online frauds?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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India Olympics 2036: It's all fun and games till you become host
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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How an e-ticket discount has become IRCTC's Achilles' heel
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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IVF treatment can break the bank. So how are states offering it for “free”?
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Coaching giant Allen Career Institute's Kota stronghold may soon become history
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Merit vs diversity: The lines are being drawn. What side is your company on?
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Banks are coming to 'save' you from defaulting on your credit card bills. Here's why you need to watch out
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Cars24 is turning into a full-blown fintech. Its core business is taking a backseat.
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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RBI dug a pit for Razorpay. Razorpay just built a ladder.
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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Why Jupiter may become just another pesky bank app
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: Ozempic isn't approved in India yet. We speak to someone who got it anyway
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Bengaluru’s solution for its traffic mess that tech couldn’t fix: even more tech
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Will alternate schools ever become mainstream in India?
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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VCs think ice cream is a dish best served cold and sugar free. Newbie Hocco says hell no.
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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All you need to know about Ola Electric's IPO
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Gen Zs are powering astrology’s billion dollar glow up. Has science left the building?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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How Byju’s growth-hacked its way to bankruptcy court
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Healthify is trading the local treadmill for a global marathon
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Once the toast of town, Bira is now brewing more trouble than beer
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Why HDFC customers can bid adieu to exclusive cashbacks on Apple products
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: Zomato’s the investor’s favourite billion dollar baby. Could Swiggy beat it post-IPO?
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Wind's blowing towards all things luxe in India. But Chaayos isn't going there
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Not such a Great Place To Work after all?
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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How Birkenstock became the Bata for India's elite
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Flipkart wants top fashion brands to dance to its new tunes. Do brands have a choice?
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: What do women really want? A 'f*** off fund'
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Amul made India the world’s top milk producer. Its next target is protein
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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How Paisabazaar is spoiling PB Fintech’s profitability party
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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The great B-school placement drought is hitting Masters' Union where it hurts
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Why is Truecaller protecting you from spam calls instead of TRAI?
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: Why crazy rich Asians are buying one way tickets out of China
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Zomato and Zepto are doing for EV battery swapping what the govt isn't
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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Sugar.fit's diabetes 'reversal' plan is anything but sweet
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Nobroker is no longer no broker
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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What's making investors go googly-eyed for Zepto?
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: Stoa School is dead. Long live altMBAs.
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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At-home blood tests are soaring, and throwing up wrong results
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Bain is switching up its strategy in India. It’s 'cutting the excess fat.'
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Are Reliance's deep pockets enough for Tira to steal Nykaa's crown?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Why young coffee chains like Third Wave cluster around Starbucks
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: Hey Siri. Is Apple late to the AI party?
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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What's Airtel's weapon in its new fintech war against Jio? Your SIM card
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Titan’s Caratlane & Bluestone started at the same time. But one sparkles brighter than the other
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Is AI in cancer care just hype or the real deal?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Four-year-old Minimalist does for skincare what L’Oréal couldn’t
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: How India's 40-somethings are redefining career longevity
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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What's making Zomato bet big on Blinkit?
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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What do health insurers have against pregnancies?
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Why Cleartrip could learn a thing or two from old school travel agents
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Energy drinks are the hot new category in India and PepsiCo's Sting is its king
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: Inside the world of 'datrimonial' apps in India
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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What is suddenly sending shivers down the spines of 350,000 CAs?
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Why reining in financial influencers is a Catch-22 problem
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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EVs aren’t everybody's cup of tea. Maruti-Toyota are making the most of it.
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Why free airport lounge access is not so free anymore
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Why we date, marry, or breakup with Swiggy Instamart, Blinkit, Zepto & BigBasket
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May 30, 2024 |
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After UPI, NPCI feels the pressure to build its next hero product
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May 30, 2024 |
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How Wakefit and other new-age mattress companies are selling you sleep
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May 29, 2024 |
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Can Xiaomi, a smartphone maker, be the next Tesla?
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May 28, 2024 |
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Why banks love to shower you with reward points
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May 27, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: The Pharmeasy Investigation
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May 24, 2024 |
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What happens when your grocery delivery apps start selling you iPhones & water coolers?
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May 23, 2024 |
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Why does Digiyatra have a new app? The real reason is a scam
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May 22, 2024 |
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Why every payment aggregator should be scared of Phonepe
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May 21, 2024 |
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Why even well-funded startups can't resist the lure of Shark Tank India
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May 20, 2024 |
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Daybreak Special: Why aren't we scared of chemicals in our skincare anymore?
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May 17, 2024 |
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Globally sanctioned Chinese companies rule India's $5 billion surveillance market
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May 16, 2024 |
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Meesho wants big brands in its basket. But brands think Meesho is like a 'village dukaan'
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May 15, 2024 |
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The bank locker, as you know it, is crumbling
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May 14, 2024 |
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Gaurav Munjal wants to save Unacademy by doing what he once ‘hated’
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May 13, 2024 |
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Debit cards will be obsolete soon but SBI still wants to save them
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May 10, 2024 |
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Why is Darth Vader selling toothpaste for Dabur?
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May 08, 2024 |
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Aditya Birla Fashion has a new hack for growth. Except it could also destroy its business
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May 07, 2024 |
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Walmart's tightening grip and IPO dreams are pushing Flipkart staffers to the edge
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May 06, 2024 |
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Cab companies gave big EV orders to Tata Motors. Why don't they have more EVs in their fleets then?
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May 03, 2024 |
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“If our country’s leaders are still at it at 73, why should I retire?”
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May 01, 2024 |
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Why Cult.fit wants to be more like Decathlon
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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The switch to EVs is great for the environment. And hackers too.
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Employees are feeling the squeeze as Swiggy preps for its stock market debut
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Why retail chemists in India wanted BJP manifesto to include an e-pharmacy ban
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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The US is ready to pay for NSFW Hindi audio content, but India isn’t
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Why Uber can't be green without its fleet partners
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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RBI's policy shift will crush Visa-Mastercard's rule. But will Rupay take advantage?
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Why it's a bad time for Campus to be India's top sports shoes brand
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Is there room for deep fakes in democracy? AI startups seem to think so
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Paytm has a message for its lending partners and RBI
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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"Hello, I’m calling from Bajaj Finance. Do you want a loan?"
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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A year and nearly 50 million transactions later, do we still want ONDC to win?
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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What happens to Byju's employees after they're laid off?
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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How Bigbasket wasted its first-mover advantage
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Were you forced to sign up on DigiYatra? If yes, listen to this
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Online shopping is no fun without free returns. But Myntra, Ajio hate them
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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What happened to Pharmeasy?
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Can Swiggy and Zomato save train meals?
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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How UPI will disrupt the credit card ecosystem
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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What a cyber criminal told us about KYC frauds
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Why mental health professionals are taking up courses on banking and finance
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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The run-up to the IPO is changing Swiggy as we know it
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Why YouTube, Instagram creators pay the price for safety on social media
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Why Kota's coaching-centre-capital tag is under threat
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s loss—20M Paytm Fastags—is his ex-colleague’s gain
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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How Blinkit's turned around its fortune under Zomato
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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The curious case of India's antitrust investigation against Google
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Why Tata Motors doesn't want to make the Indigo-Indica mistake with its passenger EVs
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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How Amul is making "whey" for protein in India
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Your AC bill is unlikely to go down anytime soon. Here's why
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Why Swiggy's pre-IPO ad-revenue strategy has its restaurant partners complaining
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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The govt wants to move nutraceuticals under drug regulator's domain. Here's why
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Is tech the only answer to Bengaluru's traffic troubles?
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Why Licious had to lay off after all
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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What will Paytm do now?
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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How Shark Tank India has spawned an ecosystem of risky investments
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Freshworks is shedding its employee-first DNA to reach its $1 billion dream
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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How Indian women’s go-to drug, Meftal Spas, became a victim of its own popularity
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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How Jio Financial is prepping to become India's top NBFC
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Is the new tax regime for everyone?
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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Who is Domino's real rival?
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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The Byju’s saga so far
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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What VC analysts do when there are few deals to make
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Could the now dead Zee-Sony deal resurrect?
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Investing in 'Ayodhya stocks'? Blind faith is not the answer
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Robotic surgeries won't be affordable in India anytime soon. Here's why
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Loans were great until they brought along a mental health crisis
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Why more than 100 Indian startups wrote to TRAI about net neutrality
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Why Sula shares are soaring
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Paytm wants to know: where are the merchants without QR codes?
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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As UPI transactions hit record-high, it's time to get your guard up
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Will the subscription model help Rapido grow its new cab business?
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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The Flipkart-effect is not doing Myntra any good
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Best of 2023: Credit-card whizzes are beating banks at their own game
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Best of 2023: Why banks are now lining up to finance your study abroad
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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The big takeaways from Telecom Bill 2023
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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All you need to know about the Sony-Zee merger
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Forward-thinking alone may not guarantee the success of India's indigenous mobile OS
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Can Google's loss against Epic impact the anti-trust case against it in India?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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What KYC frauds have to do with fear
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Why domestic phone makers aren't making the most of "Make in India"
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Your ChatGPT-written résumé maybe reducing your chances of getting a job
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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What Swiggy's IPO prep means for its employees
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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How Tata is gearing up to join the FMCG big league
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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You love credit card cashbacks but banks prefer giving you reward points. Here's why
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Why being the leader of debit cards in India is bad for SBI
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Cybercriminals are exploiting big-tech to dupe users. Who's responsible?
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Personal loans helped Paytm make a comeback. But it can't rely on them anymore
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Physics Wallah is risking the business it has built for the one that it wants to build
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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The D2C boom is over. Mamaearth's IPO is proof
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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The govt's U-turn on how to label fake news and misinformation on social media
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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PVR Inox's new sub model wants to push occupancy. But it will likely end up with a 'house-not-full'
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Byju’s $1.2 billion bad loan just cost it a unit in the U.S.
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Close to bringing in $10B in revenue this year, India's becoming the apple of Apple Inc's eye
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Growth? ✓ Convenience?✓ Happy delivery partners? Swiggy's walking a tightrope
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Why PhonePe is selling health insurance with funny World Cup ads
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Why retail investors showed little interest in Mamaearth's IPO
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Vivo is India's No.1 smartphone brand. But it can't celebrate the win just yet
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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World's first long-lasting male contraceptive is almost here
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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The delivery-partner fee you’ve paid, but haven’t really
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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How Bajaj's service-first approach is working out for it in the EV market
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Byju's new CFO quits in 6 months. Here's what you should know
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Why Disney may now want to hold on to Hotstar after all
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Is India's e-rupee ready to be 'the currency of the future'?
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Dabur is battling an identity crisis
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Why BNPL platforms have become a playground for cybercriminals
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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How a coffee startup is giving global giant Starbucks a run for its money in India
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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What is fuelling the growing band of de-influencers in India?
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Four in 10 quit Niti Aayog in a year. Time to think or tank?
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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The ICC World Cup is Disney+ Hotstar’s last chance
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Licious has enough money but not enough customers
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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How the $17 billion-worth Jio Financial is gearing up to disrupt India's NBFC space
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Dunzo fans made it a verb. Then it became just another delivery firm
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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The Kota factory is imploding and student suicides are not the only reason
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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What VC analysts do when there are few deals to make
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Why Airtel's Gopal Vittal is betting on younger and “hungrier” executives for top roles
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Credit-card whizzes are beating banks at their own game
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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In the push to make social media 'safe,' Youtube, Instagram creators are collateral damage
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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How Apple is building an army of 'faithfuls' in India
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Why banks are suddenly lining up to finance your study abroad
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Is Digiyatra more about cash than convenience?
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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The “Big 3” consulting firms have a talent problem
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Is Rapido trading passenger safety for growth?
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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India has over 10,000 unemployed pilots but airlines can’t hire them
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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There's more to Unacademy's U-turn than what meets the eye
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Your EV is a computer on wheels and your data is its fuel
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Disney leaves Jio the keys to the kingdom
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Sleepwell isn’t sleeping on the mattress business anymore
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Byju’s had one escape route. Now, it is in limbo
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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How Tata’s using “innovation managers” to enter the FMCG race
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Tutors have a troubled relationship with Unacademy. Here's why
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Nothing's coming in the way of Star Health's recovery. Not even angry customers
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Reliance controls just 3 percent of India's retail market. It's still a big deal
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Influencers promote products. What happens when they do the opposite?
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Ola chose selling over servicing EVs. Bajaj disagrees
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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All set to enter India, Tesla seems to be learning a thing or two from Tata Motors
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Why India's first law for gig workers doesn't live up to all the hype
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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On UPI, you are who you transact with
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Byju’s employees are getting blocklisted by recruiters
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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Why Microsoft India's most successful leader couldn't keep all his employees happy
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Everything that could've gone wrong is going wrong at Urban Company
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Credit-on-UPI is going to change credit card economics forever
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Tata Motors is leading the cab industry’s EV shift. But it hates the ‘cab car’ tag
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Will the end of password sharing help Netflix get some chill in India?
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Maybe Pharmeasy’s founders weren’t crazy enough
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Reliance Retail shows why the unlisted market is not for the fainthearted
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Does the delivery-partner fee you pay 'fully go to them for their time and effort'? Nope
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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Cybercrime syndicates running ad scams are thriving on Google and Facebook
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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The wild finfluencer party is finally coming to an end
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Free airport lounge access helped sell more credit cards. Now its come to bite banks
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Paytm's left the market divided with its turnaround hack
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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Zomato has an edge over Swiggy. Here's why
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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ICICI Bank's 'too much democracy' policy is causing its top talent to quit
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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What can BITS Pilani do that the IITs can’t?
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Another knockout punch for Byju's. This time from NBFCs
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Byju's auditor Deloitte says “I quit”
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Indian pharma is in the news again. For all the wrong reasons
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Tata needs BigBasket to fulfill its retail ambitions
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Why aren't insurance companies super busy after the Odisha train crash?
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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No, your refined cooking oil cannot be heart-friendly nor can it control your diabetes
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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How many cars does it take to change Uber’s driver model? 10,000
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Quick commerce is dead? Zepto doesn't think so
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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WTFinancials is going on at Byju's?
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Ikea and Walmart are leading the resurrection of jute in India
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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What happens if we kill Swiggy, Zomato, Ola, and Uber?
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Govt's $3 billion boost for India's EV makers is trapped in ambiguity
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May 31, 2023 |
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How Apple is building an army of 'faithfuls' in one of the world’s most price sensitive markets
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May 28, 2023 |
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Sony Liv is all set to disrupt OTT power dynamics post Zee merger
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May 26, 2023 |
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How an Indian fintech is trying to find its mojo by not being a fintech
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May 24, 2023 |
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Jio and Airtel are fighting a new war to win 120M households
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May 21, 2023 |
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Who are the 'unhireables' of India's startup world?
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May 18, 2023 |
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Dunzo fans made it a verb. Then it became just another delivery firm
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May 17, 2023 |
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Physics Wallah’s journey from master of one to jack of all trades could backfire
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May 14, 2023 |
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Namma Yatri is affordable and driver-focused, yet Ola and Uber remain unfazed
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May 12, 2023 |
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$1 billion or employee-first ? Freshworks confronts a choice
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May 10, 2023 |
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India's nursing brain drain: Why building more colleges won't stop the crisis
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May 08, 2023 |
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Your health supplement could lead to your next health disaster
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May 05, 2023 |
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Byju’s played the good game. It still didn’t matter
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May 03, 2023 |
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The world of short-video creators in India is going through a major shakeup
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May 01, 2023 |
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Was Mankind Pharma's IPO a good idea?
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Is Vodafone Idea, India’s third largest telco, worth saving?
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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How e-pharmacies are living but still on the edge
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Google and Jio's cost-friendly phone ended up being a costly mistake
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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Swiggy’s 1000 crore plan to save itself from the delivery partner crisis
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Pandemic dealt a knockout punch to BookMyShow. Now it’s coming back with a new face
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Nykaa gambled on fashion. Was it worth the risk?
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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"Hello, I’m calling from Bajaj Finance. Do you want a loan?"
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Regulating 'finfluencers' is a slippery slope
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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How Disney+Hotstar is trying to fill the IPL-sized void
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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India’s TB patients can finally celebrate the end of Johnson & Johnson’s monopoly disguised as charity
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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NPCI's latest directive could prove to be a game-changer for Paytm
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Reliance is going after DTH and cable TV subscribers
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Foreign phone makers are capitalising on "Make in India" but Indian firms are lagging behind
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Bringing millets back to our plates will take more than declaring 2023 the year of millets
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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JioCinema's big IPL bet has advertisers in a fix
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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Why AC bills during summers are difficult to control
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Shark Tank India is inspiring retail investors to pour in crores on risky investments
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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The FAME subsidy is working just fine for India's EV sector
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Credit-card issuers can't count on their favourite users anymore
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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India's electricity distribution companies are getting disintermediated
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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ITC's sin good is now fuelling the reversal in its fortunes
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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India's data privacy bill may infringe on your freedom of choice
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Why Big Pharma stayed away from developing male contraceptives
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Chinese surveillance companies are prospering in India despite global sanctions
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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Why India hasn't met its solar energy goal yet
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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The battle between telcos and content companies over 'fair share'
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Why it's time for Disney+Hotstar to level up in India
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Why Indian Pharma struggles with quality control
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Is UPI ready to go international?
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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The ray of hope in Zomato's grim quarterly numbers
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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Why Dabur is reinventing itself
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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India's new guidelines to stop fake reviews online are missing an important detail
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Why your holidays abroad are going to cost more
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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Britannia's unfulfilled dairy dreams
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Google Pay India needs an overhaul
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Is the new tax regime for everyone?
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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Why Reliance Jio is eyeing a state government's pet project
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Nykaa's post-listing glory days are over
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Why BharOS needs to take lessons from the past
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Why edtechs need to rethink their aggressive sales strategy
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Where are Indian patients getting their cancer drugs from?
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Why investors find it almost impossible to get money back from the IEPF
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Jan 20, 2023 |
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How Mahindra Finance dealt with the RBI curb on recovering loans via third party agents
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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How some edtechs are forcing tutors to drive sales
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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How fried chicken helped McDonald’s become an investor’s favourite
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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The antitrust case that forced Google to approach India’s top court
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Why occupancy at the country’s largest multiplex chain is declining
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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How ZestMoney can help PhonePe meet its goals
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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How cooking-oil companies have been misleading consumers in India
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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What Sula's IPO means for its public-market investors
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Jan 03, 2023 |
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Why Airtel is witnessing an exodus of its regional CEOs
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Why Metro Cash & Carry may exit India after almost 20 years
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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How SNBL startups are trying to make savings-led purchases cool again
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Why creditors are losing faith in Byju’s
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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Why the ban on sale of loose cigarettes is not alarming investors
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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The e-rupee is stuck between UPI and cash
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Why communications ministry may be forced to revise the draft telecom Bill
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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How Apple is winning India
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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The curious case of Adani’s open offer to NDTV’s public shareholders
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Dec 05, 2022 |