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Global headwinds to slowdown GDP growth; India resilient: HDFC's Parekh

Global headwinds are likely to slow down India's GDP growth, but the country is more resilient than many large economies, HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh said on Saturday

We should be allowed to charge for UPI: Worldline India's Ramesh Narasimhan

In a Q&A, the company's CEO dwells on the huge opportunity the payments business provides in India and why there is a sudden rush to acquire an aggregator licence

Not looking to raise funds right now, says Physics Wallah co-founder

Reports surfaced recently that the company was planning to raise $250 million in fresh funding, seeking a $3.3 billion valuation. However, Maheshwari denies that

IPO only after achieving overall profitability: PhonePe CEO Sameer Nigam

We have raised $650 million as part of PhonePe's ongoing fundraise of up to $1 billion, said Sameer Nigam, CEO and founder of PhonePe

India has 3rd highest number of billionaires in the world, shows Forbes

India, which has the third-most billionaires, with 169, had a more mixed year. Indian billionaires as a group - worth $675 billion - are $75 billion poorer than in 2022

Israel's former envoy to India appointed chairman of Adani's Haifa port

Malka served as the ambassador of Israel to India from 2018 to 2021

We can raise money in our new venture firms in future, says Lupin MD

In a digital health venture, I would love to go into areas where we have equity with doctors. Respiratory is one area where I am very interested in, says Nilesh Gupta, MD, Lupin

All our innovations have a bit of India in them: Siemens Healthineers CTO

In a Q&A, Peter Schardt talks about the Rs 1,300 crore campus his company is setting up in India, and dwells on the firm's plans in the country

Assets should ideally be churned within five yrs: Arcil's Pallav Mohapatra

In a Q&A, the MD & CEO of the firm dwells on its business model and the focus on retail assets to drive volume, going forward

Real estate growth depends on job security of people: Gera Developments MD

Tight monetary norms would mean funding will become harder for developers, he says

Our financial dependence on broking is now far lower: ICICI Securities CEO

Retail investor behaviour so far has been mixed in terms of market activity. Indirect investment through mutual funds has improved significantly, said Vijay Chandok, MD & CEO, ICICI Securities

Lock, stock and barrel: Meet Jamshyd N Godrej, chairman and MD, G&B

Godrej speaks with Pavan Lall about future-proofing, why his companies are private and the reason he's a hands-off manager

Pathaan has brought our zest back: Yash Raj Films CEO Akshaye Widhani

'Our primary source of income is film - whether we get it through theatrical, catalogue licensing, music income - it is all film'

There's a huge opportunity for performing credit funds: VAM's Sukumar

Sukumar explains why investment opportunities in this space are expected to grow manifold

'Eyeing 20% growth in Indian market', says Hitachi's Gurmeet Singh

ACs are not perceived as luxury items anymore, says Gurmeet Singh, chairman & MD, Hitachi Air Conditioning India

Our sourcing from India has grown from 11% to over 23%: Bayer's Santos

In a Q&A, the president of the firm's crop science division says digital farming will be a key driver of the company's growth in India in the years ahead

India needs legal system, structure to support arbitration: John Quinn

Chairman of one world's largest law firms for business arbitration says 'enormous demand' for setting commercial disputes outside courts

We want to become No. 1 EV player in India, says Hyundai's Unsoo Kim

"The Indian govt's initiatives on EVs are very strong and customers want to buy EVs. This will make the country's conversion to EVs faster than other markets, and I hope even faster than the US"

Want to become a 360 degree financial services company: Religare's Saluja

"These are to get into asset reconstruction business, alternative investment fund business, wealth management and similar synergistic business, which the existing management can start"

India team an incubator for Kyndryl's apps, data and AI: Nicolas Sekkaki

"Everything we think about, we can test in India, learn from it, and also help our domestic market to grow, because we have some new skills"