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Telangana on a 'meet or beat' spree to attract job-creating investment

In a bid to attract job-creating investment, the state is focusing on besting incentives that other states offer - and it seems to be working

Ronnie Screwvala's edtech startup upGrad eyes a global learning curve

The company wants to be among the world's top six edtech companies by 2025. Here's how it plans to get there

Reliance Retail bridging gaps in ambitions to create a retail juggernaut

Unlike its competitors, RR's overarching presence in all key related goods and services that has potential to influence buying patterns is its biggest advantage

Standalone brands, hospitality chains shift into overdrive as demand rises

Other legacy brands are bracing to wrest the odds in their favour by creating niches within their portfolio for offering bespoke services to their guests

Statsguru: Six charts explain another dimension of poverty in India

The report highlights that differences among social groups define the incidence and intensity of poverty

Zee-Invesco battle puts spotlight back on corporate governance practices

The public battle between the broadcasting giant and a key institutional shareholder has precipitated a high-decibel debate on corporate governance practices

Charaiveti: An academic's journey-6

'The experience of debating in college helped me in many ways', said the author

Aiwa looks to resurrect its legacy charm for audiophiles in India

Aiwa's India headquarters are in Delhi and the firm is in the process of rolling out six major branch offices in key cities to look after core regions

BluSmart drives a green agenda, hopes to expand presence from core NCR base

BluSmart has also gone in for backward integration, creating EV charging stations or what it calls "super-hubs" that can charge almost 70-80 EVs at a time

Instructive progress: Meet Amit Khare, advisor to Prime Minister

Amit Khare's role in the case that sent Lalu Prasad to jail was almost incidental

14 of 22 states show imbalance in vaccination of SC majority districts

In case of STs, 17 of 19 states show imbalance. Districts with more than average scheduled tribes in their states have lower proportion of fully vaccinated people

How Gennova is developing India's first indigenous mRNA Covid-19 shot

Where Gennova scores is that it has achieved to crack the stringent sub-zero temperature requirements

Telecom companies vie for more space in Indian Space Association

One of the key issues that ISpA will look at is the space policy, which is being finalised

RIL's giga-sized green game plan bets heavily on inorganic growth

By swiftly tying up deals on the basics - manufacture, storage, construction - the petroleum giant has taken the first significant step toward meeting its clean energy goals

Explained: How 2021 science Nobel Prizes impact our world

The 2021 Nobel for Physiology (or Medicine) went to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their "discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch"

Why Moody's improved outlook on India might require a discerning look

The ability of the second largest global ratings agency to assess an upside and downside before events make everyone wise about India has been dismal for a long time

Seasoned banker with a plan: Meet Rajneesh Sharma, administrator, Srei

The important aspect of any lender is collections and repayment of dues. Sharma joined the bank as an advisor for the recovery. His experience in recovery will come in handy for the Srei group

Private equity inflow in real estate up 27% in Apr-Sep at $1.79 bn: Anarock

Private equity investment in Indian real estate rose 27 percent to $1.79 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal mainly driven by domestic funds, according to property consultant Anarock

How the world's first malaria vaccine will protect against the parasite

This vaccine has been in development for 30 long years

Srei's great leap back underlines high-risk nature of NBFC business

In the past three decades, the Kanorias have weathered many a crisis, including the NBFC crisis of the 1990s and the global financial crisis in 2008-09