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Between FAME and fortune, EV players worried about their investments

The prospect of the government withdrawing its signature scheme after the March 2024 deadline is likely to hurt dozens of start-ups that rode in on the back of subsidies

Big Tech's new reality in India: Stricter regulation, face-off with telcos

All of a sudden, global tech giants are grappling with the prospect of more stringent regulation and domestic telco's demands for a level playing field

From RIL to L&T and Adani, corporate giants build on EPC rule change

A shift from the high-debt hybrid annuity scheme for infra projects to a low-debt, performance-linked model is encouraging government and private majors to pivot to this business in a bigger way

Gas pricing up in the air: 2023 to see new trading products from exchanges

New trading products could be the start of India's attempt to create a domestic price benchmark and derivatives contract market, and the tapering of the administered price regime

A growth glitch for Freshworks amid stalling economy, class action suit

Despite bumps on the route, insiders believe that the company is still aiming for the sky

Power shift: Rajiv Rattan's makeover mode after Indiabulls separation

Rajiv Rattan is putting his past behind him and venturing into newer businesses such as retail, drones and EV manufacturing

CESL accelerates on the green track, opens bids for 6,465 electric buses

The subsidiary of a joint venture owned by four public sector power companies is moving rapidly to enable the creation of a transport ecosystem based on renewable energy

The New Year looks decidedly gloomy in India's political neighbourhood

Three key countries with which India has economic ties - Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal - are facing risks that appear to be worsening

Statsguru: Six charts explain banking sector revival amid rising rates

In March 2021, the GNPAs for SCBs were at 7.5 per cent of the total outstanding loans

Demand to exploration: Key warning signals for India's gas industry in 2023

Consumers will be in trouble, given rising European demand from India's traditional suppliers, the absence of gas storage facilities and the lack of a clear LNG procurement strategy

The year of scale and spectacle: Why 2022 was a big deal for media

From spectacle films to large media deals, scale, both on and off screen, remained the central theme in the evolving entertainment landscape

2022 newsmakers: From Russia-Ukraine conflict to crypto collapse, and more

2022 ended with further ignominy for former ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar, the promoter of NuPower Renewables

From Commonwealth Games to Fifa WC, 2022 was a year of reset for sports

2022 was about one sporting great finally realising his dream and another bowing out after having done it all

For tech industry, 2022 was a year of mass layoffs; 2023 likely to be worse

The tech layoffs this year have exceeded the job cuts the sector faced globally during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 triggered by the Lehman Brothers' collapse

Patchy recovery: How 2022 swung from despair to hope to caution

Even as it grappled with new viruses, the human race hit another milestone

Why India needs to build a robust framework to facilitate energy transition

The investment buzz for the transition has begun but policy frameworks still lag the process

The climate meltdown: Floods, forest fires, heatwaves cost a heavy price

Devastating floods, heatwaves, and forest fires made headlines even as the world signed key deals to protect biodiversity and agreed on a "loss and damage" fund

Australia FTA: Wine industry gears up for foreign market's entry in India

The duty cut regime on Australian wine under the recent trade agreement strikes a balance between protecting the domestic industry and opening the path for greater investments and tie-ups

Foxconn, Dixon leverage PLI route to boost manufacturing potential in India

How two poster boys of the government's signature manufacturing programme are deploying it to grow in India

A war-torn world: How Russia-Ukraine conflict dictated geopolitics globally

With the invasion turning into a misadventure for Putin in the face of a spirited Nato-backed Ukrainian defence, the world can only hope the 2 nations reach at least a brokered ceasefire deal in 2023