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How Eruditus has carved a distinct niche for itself in ed-tech landscape

Last year ended with a revenue of $170 million and this year (end July) the company will touch a revenue of $450-500 million with 15-20 per cent accruing from India

From coal-based to a renewable energy-based NTPC in ten years

But the company will have to do a financial Houdini act meanwhile to make the markets keep faith in its long term story

Sugar season 2020-21 to end with lower stocks, Rs 7,000 cr unpaid dues

The record drop in stocks has largely been due to bumper exports of seven million tones and diversion of 2.1 million tones of sugar towards ethanol

China's crackdown on tech firms opens short window for Indian starts-ups

Beijing's decision to crack down on its tech start-ups has opened a window of opportunity for domestic start-ups, but it could close soon too

Teaching can't be business as usual once schools reopen: Bikkrama D Singh

'The teacher needs to alter behaviour and do flexible, iterative work', said Central Square Foundation's co-managing director

Early recovery for travel portals, little impact of likely third wave seen

Higher pace of vaccination, lifting of lockdown curbs is aiding recovery; but it is clipped as only 72.5% of airlines are allowed to fly as per present rules

Explained: What FDA full approval to Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine means

The research to develop a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine was accelerated in 2020

Siva tests IBC: NCLAT's choice between judicial wisdom & commercial wisdom

Siva Industries, a machinery part-maker, was admitted to the bankruptcy court on July 5, 2019

India needs to do more on hypertension, says Lancet global survey

Marginal increase in the number of people living with the ailment but diagnosis, treatment and control still need to catch up with best practices

DLF 3.0: Realtor ventures into new territories after four decades

DLF's tryst with the MMR market is not completely new. It has had smaller joint ventures and land ownership projects in the region earlier

In India, veganism is spawning a robust plant-based industry

Companies selling plant-based products are innovating and making available foods that are not part of any traditional Indian palette

Statsguru: FDI to literacy, 6 charts explain Afghanistan's economic woes

The country's gross domestic product (GDP) was lower in 2020 than in 2013

Fuel paradox: 6 more pvt players on cards, but price reins still with govt

Setting of retail prices, frequency with which they change and government increasing taxes when global prices are low all put a question mark on so-called market-linked pricing mechanism

Aizawl, Surat, Rajahmundry: Traffic from small cities gives IndiGo wings

Smaller markets have seen sharper growth of traffic, reaching almost 80-90 per cent of pre-Covid levels when other metros were still at 75-80 per cent, according to IndiGo CEO Rono Dutta

Marks & Spencer profit surges as clothing stores reopen post lockdown

The shares rose nearly 10% to 156.8 pence in London on Friday morning

A booming market for artificial diamonds yet no match for the real thing

Don't expect the synthetic stones to surpass natural ones anytime soon because the world's biggest miners of diamonds aren't looking to get into man-made diamonds

Despite India's poor track record, Tata takes a gamble on semiconductors

Globally, every country, including India, is looking at reducing its dependence on imports for chips and moving towards self-sufficiency

Why did previous attempts to boost domestic oil palm production fail?

Massive forest loss and impact on wildlife, long gestation, small farm holdings among hurdles to cultivation

China's digital yuan gives banks an edge in payments, says Moody's

The effort to develop a digital yuan "reflects the authorities' concerns about data concentration among technology companies", the Moody's analysts said

End of Bezos and Murthy's e-commerce JV may impact Amazon's business

The relationship between Murthy and Bezos dates to 2014, when Prione, a 49:51 joint venture (JV) between Amazon and Murthy's venture capital company Catamaran, was formed