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Ticket to ride: Meet Prabhjeet Singh, president, Uber India & South Asia

From addressing cab aggregator irritants to Uber's next 10 years in India, Singh drives Nivedita Mookerji through the firm's journey

Falling demand, strong price competition pushing textile market into crisis

Many believe that two major reasons for erosion of India's global competitiveness are the 11 per cent import duty levied on cotton and high volatility in cotton prices during the last two years

Taiwan seeks investment beyond chips, to strengthen ties with India

Taiwan has also decided to set up its third consular office in Mumbai as demand from the region grows

How fuel price mirage has eroded India's credibility among investors

Lack of oil pricing reform is yielding supernormal profits for state-owned companies but hindering global majors from investing

Absence of violence is not the absence of fear, says Devesh Kapur

DEVESH KAPUR discusses the trajectories of violence and order in India in an interview with Aditi Phadnis

Weekend Bites: Skill, chance, and how Tom Cruise transcends both

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

India's new initiatives for sustainable fertiliser mgmt

These initiatives aim to structurally transform Indian agriculture through the synergy of various efforts of policy intervention, investment, financial support, technological intervention

RBI signals greater scrutiny of fintech industry amid funding drought

Fintechs will need to devote their attention to governance, compliance, business conduct, and adopting risk mitigation practices for long-term business stability

Accountable by extension: Meet Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Director, ED

To this, opposition leader Kapil Sibal had just one question: If who the ED Director is is not important, then why did the government give him a third extension?

'Risk does not manifest in isolation', say senior managers at banks

'Banks want technology to be agile and nimble'

Are Indian banks ready to adopt the expected credit loss framework?

The sophistication that ECL is asking for is much more ahead and advanced compared to usual scoring models

In age of artificial intelligence, traditional rules spur risk decisions

Banks were exploring options to leverage AI-ML technology in credit risks for at least the last five years

'Banks should be cautious of technological risks', says N S Vishwanathan

'AQR facilitated RBI to understand how a borrower behaved across the banking system'

Risk management: Not the time to drop guard for Indian banking sector

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis of 2008, regulators across the world focussed on 'conduct' risks

Betting on India's growth, top steel firms in midst of big expansion plans

Private sector steel-makers have aggressive expansion plans to the end of the decade betting on faster economic growth

Cooler summer halts the dairy crisis, industry looks at a turnaround

What has caused this transformation and will it last? Milk industry veterans point to a couple of factors for this U-turn

Resolving global regulatory polycrises

India should seize the moment of its G20 presidency to address the root causes of the universal crises, so that global regulators act much before there is 'blood in the Street'

Bajaj-Triumph, Hero-Harley entry shifts premium bike race into top gear

Royal Enfield is also the undisputed leader in the 250cc-350cc segment, virtually owning the market at a whopping 94 per cent share

Issues of modern era not very modern: Finance secretary T V Somanathan

Speaking during a panel discussion at the book launch, chief economic advisor in the finance ministry, V Anantha Nageswaran, agreed that the book could be called the history of the finance ministry

India's transition to less polluting fuels faster than in other countries

The government reportedly is moving to encourage electricity grid battery production in India, which can make renewable energy supply a more stable source of power