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Who is Rajiv Kumar? Former CEC named as HDFC Bank's part-time chairman

From leading India's public sector bank clean-up to overseeing the world's biggest election, Rajiv Kumar now takes on one of corporate India's most closely watched boardroom roles

India's AI race: Why building infrastructure matters more than chatbots

Industry experts say the next stage of AI development in India will depend on investments in compute infrastructure, data centres, energy, and connectivity

Corporate cybercrime: Why businesses are becoming prime targets of hackers

From ransomware and boss scams to AI-powered phishing and data theft, cybercrime is becoming a boardroom concern as companies emerge as the most lucrative targets for organised attackers

World Vitiligo Day: How Michael Jackson brought global attention to vitiligo

Michael Jackson introduced millions to vitiligo, but the autoimmune disease remains widely misunderstood. On World Vitiligo Day, here's what causes it, how it affects people, and why awareness matters

From Innovist to Minimalist: Why India's beauty brands are hot targets

Global beauty majors are increasingly turning to acquisitions as ingredient-led Indian brands reshape how products are developed, marketed, and scaled

From chats to commerce: Why India is WhatsApp's most important market

With hundreds of millions of users, millions of businesses and a rapidly growing digital economy, India has become the most important market for WhatsApp

Reliance's AI strategy bets on compute, power and connectivity at scale

Reliance's AGM showed the conglomerate is shifting from being viewed as an energy-retail giant to an AI infrastructure player built around data centres, compute, connectivity, and power

Fertility puzzle: Why countries can't seem to reverse falling birth rates

From cash incentives to calls for national duty, governments deployed every tool to boost births, but declining fertility proved far harder to reverse than expected

Why India is opening the door wider to foreign investors in govt securities

Govt has completely eliminated capital gains tax and withholding tax on interest income for FPIs investing in GSec, and has expanded specified securities under FAR

India Inc's new supply chain strategy: Replacing efficiency with resilience

Repeated shocks from Covid to conflict in West Asia are pushing Indian companies to diversify suppliers, localise sourcing and strengthen risk monitoring, even at the cost of higher expenses

Explained: What happens when IBC-linked stocks face market restrictions

Reliance Infrastructure's plea to review ASM restrictions puts the spotlight on whether insolvency-linked trading curbs protect investors or limit their exit options

Why Google's SpaceX deal signals the rise of the AI compute landlord

Google's $920-million-a-month SpaceX agreement shows how AI compute is turning into a scarce, rent-generating infrastructure asset

India Inc builds creator workforce as influencer marketing matures

Companies in India are increasingly hiring creators, video producers, and content strategists in-house as creator-led marketing becomes a core business function

How a shareholder's complaint led Sebi to Rajesh Exports' ₹15 trn puzzle

A shareholder's complaint about unpaid receivables triggered a two-year investigation that led Sebi to question revenues, disclosures and overseas operations at Rajesh Exports

Zee's Fifa bet: Can football deliver returns in cricket-dominated India?

Football remains a niche sport in India compared to cricket; yet, Zee believes Fifa can help build Zee5, strengthen its sports channels and attract premium advertisers over the next decade

How Hindware-Google verdict could rewrite digital strategy for India Inc

Experts sat the Delhi High Court's Hindware ruling could reshape customer acquisition, platform dependence, brand protection and digital growth strategies across India Inc

From BPO to robo-BPO: Why robotics labs may need Indian homes, factories

Experts say India could become important hub for physical AI services, but only if companies go beyond basic data collection and build higher-value capabilities in robotics, simulation, infrastructure

Anaemia, IMR, MMR, clean fuel use: NFHS-6 drops key health indicators

Latest National Family Health Survey, that covers over 679,000 households across 715 districts, has omitted several long-tracked indicators like anaemia, mortality, sex ratio at birth and clean fuel u

Flipkart's India Post tie-up signals a more asset-light logistics strategy

Flipkart's India Post partnership signals a broader shift in logistics strategy as the Walmart-owned e-commerce major looks to deepen reach while balancing costs and profitability

10-minute deliveries in 45-degree heat: India's gig workers hit a heatwave

With temperatures crossing 45°C in several cities, India's fast-delivery economy is facing growing questions over worker safety, platform accountability and consumer expectations