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Early-stage VC Blume Ventures elevates CFO Ashish Fafadia to partner

Fafadia represents Blume on the boards of Purplle, NowFloats, Slicepay and Turtlemint and oversees another half a dozen companies

Sistema Asia Fund Advisory brings in Sumit Jain as senior partner

Jain was earlier with venture capital firm Kalaari Capital as a senior partner

Alibaba used shoppers' data to invent a spicy Snickers bar

Alibaba's market research arm, Tmall Innovation Center, can crunch data and show companies what Chinese consumers are seeking but can't find

Motilal Oswal PE raises a record Rs 23 billion for its third fund

Investors in the fund include domestic and global institutions, large family offices and HNIs, besides Motilal Oswal

How dairy startups could end up in the land of costly milk and honey

Dairy startups are modernising the way milk is delivered to people, but their high cost of doing business means they will struggle to make money

Bangkok: City of street food & nightlife is now turning into an art gallery

City is hosting its first art biennale at sites across capital

One step back for coal mine reform: MDO contracts with state PSUs are back

Four years after the Supreme Court declared them illegal, the MDO model has become the private mining industries' route to cornering a larger piece of the coal mining business again

Chhattisgarh polls: With 'no other option', Ramdayal Uike returns to BJP

Before returning to the BJP, Uike was the working president of the Congress in Chhattisgarh. Still his candidature on the Congress ticket appeared uncertain

Netflix needs to tweak its pricing model to attract more Indian subscribers

The streaming giant arrived in India at the beginning of last year

Newsmaker: Why Hari Sankaran, ex Vice Chairman & MD of IL&FS, is in a mess

Sankaran had joined IL&FS as its chief economist in 1990

DoT consults telcos to chart post-Aadhaar road to verify customers

Source said a few meetings between DoT officials and telecom operators have already taken place but no final decision has been arrived at

Investing in stressed assets more attractive for firms like us: AION MD

AION focuses here on equity buyouts, hybrid capital solutions and investing in the distressed asset space, says Parth Gandhi

Homegrown private equity fund Kedaara Capital cashes in on fast exits

While it isn't alone, Kedaara is among the front-runners of home-grown private equity players looking to move outside the confines of just being a family-style financial office

What's in a name? A lot if it links a billionaire to China's Xi Jinping

Geely revealed details of the holdings of its chairman and top investor Li Shufu, who has made a spate of eye-catching global autos investments over the past decade

NITI Aayog's draft concession agreement gives e-buses a sense of direction

In the absence of clear regulations, operators were going headfirst into the world of green vehicles

Can India defy Trump? Govt looks to keep Iran oil tap open amid sanctions

India is exploring ways to get around US sanctions, due to kick in from November 4, to continue buying oil from its third-largest supplier

Can 18 hours in air be bearable? Airlines bet on ultra long-haul flights

The Airbus models and Boeing's Dreamliner - make flying for nearly a day economically viable as the number of ultra-long-haul flights increases

Automakers act to repair aftersales, seek to edge out roadside garages

With the goods and services tax levelling the field between the organised and the unorganised sector, the roadside garage is making way for branded outlets

From Oyo to Udaan, India's VC mkt records over $2 bn investment in Q3: KPMG

India saw several $ 100 million-plus mega deals this quarter, including $ 120 million by CureFit and $ 100 million by BookMyShow

Newsmaker: Pravin Srivastava, India's zealously diligent Chief Statistician

The new chief statistician's reputation for diligence could have a salutary effect on the government at a time when the quality of its data is under intense scrutiny