Daybreak
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Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. Thrice a week, Daybreak tells one business story that’s significant, simple and powerful. All in fifteen minutes or less.
Hosted from The Ken’s newsroom by Snigdha Sharma, Daybreak relies on years of original reporting and analysis by some of India’s most experienced and talented business journalists.
Episodes drop on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
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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 |